Yes Day.....Oh, what an absolutely delightful and very exhausting day. Back when I went to 'Moms and Muffins' with Kadence we went to her class and we read this book. She told me that she knows that I would never let them have a Yes Day. What?! Challenge accepted! Basically for one entire day you can only answer yes to any question. I did put the restriction that it had to be safe and it couldn't be Disneyland. They knew that we were going to do it this summer but didn't know when. We woke them up and surprised them by telling them it was Yes Day! I reminded them plenty that this was the one day that they could do all the things we never let them do. I tried to write down the questions and take questions as the day went on. I didn't write down all the questions, there were just too many!
"Can we not get ready?"~Kadence
"Can we pick our own shoes?"~Kadence
"Can we have ice cream for breakfast?"~Shelby ($6)
"Can I put my own straw in?"~Kadence
"Mom do you want to try my smoothie?"~Kadence
"Dad, can you buckle us?"~Shelby
"Can we keep going around?"~Kadence (The round about by our house)
"Dad, can I give you a wet willy?"~Kadence then Shelby
"Can we wear a dress?"~Shelby
"Can I pick WHICH dress?"~Shelby
"Can I wear my tiara?"~Shelby
"Can Kadence wear one too?"~Shelby
"Can we get all our stuffed animals and throw them down the stairs?"~Shelby
"Can we play in the pile?"~Kadence
"Can we wear necklaces?"~Kadence
"Do you want to see what we're doing?"~Kadence
"Can we make snowflakes and hang them on the thing old people hold on the stairs?"~Shelby
"Can we jump, run and skip in the house?"~Shelby
What better way to welcome Jeffy to Yes Day other than: "Can we give Jeffy a wet willy?"~Both
"Can we eat McDonalds for lunch and stay there?"~Both ($20)
"Can we play on the toys after we eat?"~Kadence
"Can I put my Mickey on the shelf?"~Shelby then Kadence
"Dad, Can I give you 10 spankings?"~Kadence
"Dad, Can I give you 20 spankings?"~Shelby
"Dad, can you open the door for us and then buckle us?"~Shelby
"Can we not eat all our food?"~Kadence
"Can we bring our toy on the playground?"~Kadence (Happy Meal Toy)
"Can we go to the store with the little carts and get Anything we want?"~Shelby ($11)
"Can we eat our treats, drink our drinks and cuddle our stuffed animals?"~Kadence
"Can we read Yes Day downstairs?"~Shelby
"Can we get in the box seats?"~Shelby
"Can we use our own blankets?"~Kadence
"Can we get our pillows?"~Shelby
"Can we do a pillow fight?"~Kadence
"Can we read lots of stories from the BIG Dr Seuss book?"~Shelby
"Can we see a movie?"~Shelby ($45)
(Shelby tried to look like Mike)
"Can we get treats?"~Kadence then Shelby
"Can we go to a pizza place...the firehouse place?"~Shelby then Kadence ($35)
"Can I make a bracelet?"~Shelby
"Can I touch this?"~Kadence (A display)
"Can I make a caterpillar with the straw wrapper?"~Kadence
"Can we go on a quest for a new toy?"~Shelby
"Can we make a map?"~Shelby
"Can we have pirate hats?"~Shelby
"Can we get dessert?"~Kadence
They followed the quest map and followed the specific directions and picked their toys. ($32)
"Can we stay up really late?"~Both
"Can we play with our toys at the park?"~Kadence
"Can we make cookies?"~Shelby
"Can we play Barbies with the Barbie house?"~Kadence
"Dad, can you play with us?"~Shelby
"Can we go to 711?"~Kadence.....hinted by mom ($8)
"Can we read Yes Day again?"~Shelby
"Can we do a family snuggle?"~Shelby
"Dad, can you put my dirty clothes away?"~Shelby
"Does Yes Day have to end?"~Shelby
Our Yes Day lasted 14.5 hours, cost us $157 and left all of us so happy and looking forward to next summer when we do it again. I'm excited to see how it varies from year to year. The girls will get bigger ideas, it will cost more money and yet it will still be so much fun. David and I have agreed that we will continue this until we have grandbabies and then we'll do it with them instead.
