Mother's Day Daily: Day 39

Look, between kid chaos and the mental load of running a household, it's easy to forget that the person you share a bed with used to be someone you actually enjoyed hanging out with. You know, before you became logistics coordinators who mostly communicate through grocery lists and who's-picking-up-who texts.

Here's the thing: you don't need expensive date nights or Pinterest-worthy couple activities to reconnect. You need stuff that's so easy you can't make excuses. Here are three ideas that have done wonders in our house:

1. Battleship Sushi: grab some butcher paper, draw a grid with a divider down the middle, order takeout sushi, and arrange the rolls as your ships. Get a hit, take a bite. It's ridiculous and perfect.

2. Silent Search and Find: hide a small object somewhere in the house, and when your partner finds it, they hide it again. No talking, no rules, just an ongoing game that can last months.

3. Finally, download "The Challenge" app:it's free two-player games you can whip out during any random five minutes when you're both actually in the same room.

The point isn't to fix everything wrong with your relationship over California rolls. It's to remember that connection doesn't have to be complicated, scheduled, or Instagram-worthy. Sometimes it just needs to be fun and actually doable when you're running on three hours of sleep.