Sunday, October 17, 2010

Whatever I Say Day

While making our summer bucket list for kids, AJ and I found an idea of having a day in which the child gets to pick whatever they want to do for the whole day. I thought it was cute, but didn't put it into action until AJ reminded me - several times. I could tell how much he liked the idea, so I thought that it would be fun to try.

Well scheduling is difficult... we first found a day in which we could do a half-day "Whatever I Say Day" and agreed to follow up soon with a full day as well.

AJ seemed more interested in picking where he could eat than the activities he wanted to do. It was adorable. He had fun planning for quite a while before we even left the house.

He decided that he wanted to go to an arcade. He wanted my brother Mac (8) to come along as well. So after some preparation, we all hopped in the car and went to Boomers, a large arcade with go karts and other attractions.

The boys had a blast in the arcade. They took turns picking which game to play next and played very well together. We put all the tickets into one big pot and split them between the boys for them to pick prizes. We ended up eating there and AJ made sure to get dippin dots ice cream, as he so desired. He made a point to let me know that he should get "whatever he wants today". It was sooo cute! He had some cotton candy as well.

We went outside and the boys rode on mini go-karts and a train. We then had to head home to make it in time for a family dinner, so we didn't get to do the laser tag that they wanted to do. They were very happy with our trip though - we'll go back and do that sometime soon as well.


I loved the idea and I know AJ had a blast getting more say in what we did - without me saying we were too busy and couldn't do what he wanted.
Great idea! Can't wait to do it again! =)

The nametag from AJ's kindergarten class...
All done, he's a big first grader now!!! =O