moms/dads, what do you do w/ kids when it rains?

Question

what kinds of things do you do? this is what I'm doing today:
I planned a special day to have with my kids. Get up at nine, make them a breakfast of crepes with blackberries and lemon sauce and hot chocolate. Get them all bundled up to go for a walk in the rain and then to the library. Then we went to the library and out to lunch and a cozy restaurant. We came home and they all had warm baths and are taking a nap. At four we will bake cookies and then have a nice warm dinner. After dinner we are going to sit around the fireplace and read for a while, and then its bedtime.

Answer 1

It rains a LOT in Louisiana, so, you know, not the same thing everytime. I do usually try to make a warm, hearty breakfast like you - hot chocolate, crepes, oatmeal, along those lines. If it's not dangerous outside we'll go outside and play in the rain. If it's dangerous, then we close all the shutters, have candles, matches, and flashlights out, then make a blanket fort and sit inside, drink hot chocolate, and take turn telling stories. That's if my kids don't have to be in school or at practice that day.

Answer 2

Rain A Little Fall of Rain I Can't Stand the Rain I'll Take the Rain Box of Rain Tears in the Rain Don't Rain on My Parade Raining in My Heart September in the Rain 92 Days of Rain Fallin' Rain Kiss the Rain Rain on Me Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Bring on the Rain I Sure Can Smell the Rain Soldier in the Rain Tell Me What the Rain Knows Yesterday's Rain Come On In Out of the Rain Have You Ever Seen the Rain? Make it Rain Caught in the Rain Crying in the Rain It's in the Rain Singin' in the Rain Purple Rain Watching the Rain Paris in the Rain Fire and Rain Band of Rain Soul Rain Let It Rain Through the Rain Nothing Stops the Rain Evening Rain Sunshine After the Rain Fool in the Rain Blame it on the Rain Why Does It Always Rain On Me? etc., etc., etc.

Answer 3

Take a deep breath and go out anyway. I don't even bother with an umbrella usually, too much hassle and always end up wet anyway. My son gets his raincover though if it's very heavy. I live in England so if I changed my plans every time it rained I would never get anything done!

Answer 4

We have a special breakfast and then we do an activity like painting or dancing, then we read for a little while then we play card/board games or play wreslte for a little while, then we all help make diner, then they get their baths, and then we sit around and talk for and play a little more then they get a story read to them and then they all go to bed..

We change it up every time though, we always keep it fun and interesting around the house..

Answer 5

I live in Oregon, where it rains nine months out of the year. Since it rains every day we just go on with our normal routine.

Answer 6

I make them fly a kite outside with a key tied onto it.

Answer 7

put rain coats on them.