Let Me Entertain You

I used to like rainy days. It meant a chance to stay inside and either get inside work done or, if I didn't feel like cleaning toilets--and let's face it, I usually don't--to spend a day recovering from whatever strenuous outside activity we have most recently been engaging in.

Then I had a baby.

Actually, more accurately, I should say that then I had baby who became a toddler. And, true to their name, toddlers like to, well, toddle. All the time. Everywhere. And the bigger they get, the farther they can toddle, the more they can explore, and the less satisfied they will be with four limited rooms.

So rainy days are now a challenge. Cubby does not understand why we can't be outside every waking moment, chasing sheep and playing with rocks. He doesn't really get the concepts of "wet" and "cold" that lead to discomfort. He just gets bored.

Frankly, I do too. After several hours of making cow and pig noises for the animals he finds in his little wooden barn and many games of putting the ball in the cup, then dumping it out, then putting the ball in the cup, then dumping it out, then putting the cup on my head, then letting it fall . . . well, I'm ready for Cubby's bedtime.

Yesterday was a rainy day. Today is so far sunny. Today will be an easier day.

Thank God for sunshine and spring.