YES Day!

Yes Day is a cute book about saying yes to your children all day. I've wanted to do it for years but it always slipped my mind. This summer, we finally did it!

Lee had gone to Carrollton to spend a few days with his mom, so I was flying solo with this idea.

Will came out of his room that morning and said, "Can I watch tv?" I started to say, "No, you know the rule (I don't let them watch tv first thing in the morning.) But as I started to say it Will got a HUGE grin on his face and said, "But it's YES day!!" hahaha.

We had Panera bagels for breakfast (luckily YES day fell on a Tuesday so they were half price ;) ) And let's be honest, they ate the bagels for all snacks and even dinner!

We did have to go to swim lessons but I let them swim longer than usual and said YES to watching the rock climbers afterwards.

Tyler said (with a HUGE grin), "Mom? Will you do my chores??" He also loved that I did his laundry. He hates doing laundry.

We went to NACHOS for lunch. We actually hadn't been there in awhile but Salvador was all smiles to see us. The boys are almost getting too big for him to hold! We love Salvador, he's so nice. At the end I went up to pay and he said, "Nah, this lunch is on me today." I said, "Oh no! We'll pay!" He said, "No, no, these are my boys!" haha. 

Amy wanted to go to the Animal Shelter and walk around. (Don't worry, I said NO to bringing anything home!)  They were fascinated by the kittens. First off- we have about 5 neighborhood cats that wander our yard and Secondly- if we were to get a kitten it would be one of Anna's 9. But have no fear, as Amy declared, "We are not a cat family." If we need a kitten fix, we'll visit Anna in a few weeks.

Not this particular dog, but we took a different dog for a walk. Well, when done, the dog wouldn't go back into it's cage and it started barking and nipping at us. Then wouldn't let us near it. I had to go get a worker, who was not very thrilled at us. After that, I declared it was time to leave. They may never let us in again. 

The boys played outside for the rest of the afternoon and had bagels for dinner. We set up the tent in the backyard and had a little campout. I gave the boys some screen time and it was 11pm before they finally settled down. 

Amy and I were trying to take a picture once the boys fell asleep but she couldn't quite figure out where to look. It was pretty funny. 

YES day was a success. (Me, the next morning) 

Amy fell asleep on the front porch the next day, YES day wore her out!

YES day was a lot of fun. We actually slept in the tent the next night as well. Lee had come home by then and we all slept in the tent. He had the house to himself, which was pretty funny. "Welcome Home Dad! We are all sleeping in a tent!"

It was an interesting day for me as well. I really noticed how my first inclination was to say NO to everything and I had to remind myself to say YES. It was a good reminder for me to say YES more often. Maybe we'll do another YES day over Christmas break. It really was a lot of fun.