Rainy Days are killing me!

My 2 year old LOVES fingerpainting when we we can't go outside. If it was a girl I'd say play dress up...have you let him play games online?? check out nickjr.com or noggin.com...they have some awesome learning games for kidlets. I like the idea of letting him puddle splash...they LOVE that stuff...good luck and have fun

I am in northern california and we are in the same boat here. today we have some sunshine but the rain will be starting back later tonight. We have been playing board games, charades is fun too and we have watched a ton of movies.

Why not dress him up to keep dry... and yourself, and take him out for a good old stomp in the puddles. Kids have great fun playing in the rain. Then, you can bring him home for a nice hot bath/shower, and a bowl of soup for all, to warm them up. Young kids need to expel some energy. After that, I'm sure he'll be content to sit down to one of his games, colour in some books, or do some jigsaws or something. If you really can't bring yourself to do that... how about some more energy expending games. Is there room for him to play a bean bag game, or do you have some skittles he could bowl at? There are quite a few things he could do indoors, but then, nothing beats the fresh air and a good old puddle-stomp. I even do that now, at my age. lol. Brightest Blessings. Brightest Blessings.

Have you ever seen one of those small jogging trampolines? If he's got pent up energy, get one of them, let him jog, bounce ect.. he'll burn some of it off. I'd definitely trade the so cal rain this time of year for what I've been dealing with this year. I was born and lived in so cal (san berdo mtns) until I was 13. Now I'm in Kansas and the last couple days is the first time we've been above freezing since early december. I've raised two kids in it, both boys.

One of the games my kids like to play when they are stuck in the house is Hullabaloo (I hope I spelled that right) by Cranium. It's nice because you can spread the rubber pads down and then press the button the the machine. Thye pads are different colors, shapes and have different items printed on them. It will then says things like go to the yellow pad, walk to the triangle pad, hop to a food, etc. It's easy for the kids to play by themselves. We will still play with our kids when they ask. My kids are 8 and 10 and have had that game for at least 4 years, and they still love to play it. My girl friend got it for her 5 yr old and 3 yr old twins and they love it too. They pull it out, set it up, play it and put it away by themselves too.

I hate rainy days too, my favorite kind of day is when it snows about 4 inches. That way it looks really nice out but it't not hard to get from place to place. 5 Kids??? That's gotta be tough for you. I guess one way to keep them busy would be to let them watch TV or something.

first 5 kids holy man OK maybe some help for you Go to any girl scout site and they have many thing you can do with kids girls and or boys. HAVE A GREAT DAY/NIGHT