Every once in a while I turn an average day with the kids into a “yes” day. This means I say “yes” to just about everything (within reason – don’t go testing me – I don’t let them run the asylum) But I do try to say yes to most things they ask for.
I tend to do this whenever I find myself on the crabbier side of motherhood. My crabbier side surfaces when I have spent days of uninterrupted time withmy children. This was the case this past week. Between the weather and the kids being sick, we hadn’t been out of the house(except for the hospital) and I had had no time to take a deep breath by myself. My patience gets thin and I find myself snapping at the kids frequently. So, my solution is the ‘yes day’. It makes me feel peaceful and centered….and like the mommy I want to be.
This means, yes, you can watch one more show, yes – you can paint, yes – you can have some extra Cheetos with your lunch, yes – we can have a birthday party for your doll, yes – I would love to play basketball with you for the 25th time today, yes – Candyland sounds like a marvelous idea, yes – you can have pancakes for dinner, yes you can take the cushions off the couch to make a ‘cushion pool’ and yes – you can play games on my computer when I need to be doing a little work.
And, yes – I would love to have both of you – my little fighting monsters – baking up a storm in the kitchen.
That, my friends, is called getting egg on your face – literally. I couldnt’ see it when I was filming, but up close – egg on the entire left side of his face. In his hair, around his eye…. So, we have now added eggs to the long list of things Cooper is afraid of.
Coop will not be cracking eggs again anytime soon. But he will be eating the cookies we made.
And, despite the egg incident (which, actually made me laugh – hard) the Yes Day was a success.
I am once again feeling normal. Or at least as normal as I usually do.
Can’t you see the Bliss on Coop’s face? Or did the yelling drown everything else out? At least I am trying, yes?
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