Dusting off the yes day...

A million years ago, when I was a cool, caring parent...I used to schedule a Yes Day every once in a while.  A Yes Day was a list we kept on the fridge.  Every time the kids asked to do something I couldn't do right then: make candy, go to the museum, do a craft, etc. I would write it down on the Yes Day list.  Then I'd schedule a day that was a Yes Day and the kids would choose a few items off the list to do that day.  It was fun and practical.  You can read about a museum Yes Day here.  Some other Yes Day activities included: making gingerbread trains (in March), making a bee craft with paper and marbles, and making strawberry mice.  I don't think I have posts of those, but I have pictures...somewhere...

Well, it has been a few moves and several years since I last did a Yes Day with the kids.  Adell and Colter don't even know what a Yes Day is!?  So we decided to have a Yes Day this summer.  It started with everyone picking a treat they wanted to eat.

Colter asked for his own jar of Nutella.

He had Nutella for lunch while I had a kale salad.  One of us was disappointed...

Clare and Adell asked for their own tub of store-bought frosting.  They also asked to be able to decorate cupcakes (with additional frosting).

Adell asked to paint on canvases (we had to do this on Sunday, I couldn't fit everything into one Yes Day). 

It was a successful day.  I did learn that a Yes Day with five kids is different than a Yes Day with three kids.  It takes a little more planning and each kid can really only pick one Yes Day thing they want.  Lessons learned!