Say Yes whenever you can

I've read this parenting advice before but I ended up reading an article yesterday that said it again and I REALLY needed it yesterday. One of those days when Haley was crying alot, Harper was doing the most annoying sound in the world...the high pitched whine that never ends, Lily was sassy, demanding, 5 going on 15 and Lacy, well Lacy was her sweet self but was getting over a fever so was able to play like crazy but was "still sick" when it was clean up time,etc. All day long I kept saying no, no, no, no, no which made everything worse. I said No to things I normally say yes to, no to things that were no big deal but somehow, I thought I would gain control of these wayward munchkins.

I am determined to say YES whenever I can to my girls so when I do have to say No, it means something instead of just a word they hear all the time like background noise. I'm going to try & try to say Yes when they ask to help make cupcakes even though I'm in a hurry, say Yes when they want to do something that will probably result in another mess that needs to be cleaned up.