Five Rainy Day Activities & Our Indoor Picnic!

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It’s Spring, which means April Showers are inevitable! We’ve been lucky so far & have only been hit with some pretty bad wind, but I’m ready for when the storms come with a list of rainy-day activities to do with a toddler!

1. Color: Shane is in a major coloring stage, and I actually love coloring with him. He colors on every single page of his coloring books, so I have some brand-new ones tucked away for a rainy day!

2. Play Flashlight Hide & Seek: I set up some of your Shane’s favorite toys in his room & grab a couple of flashlights. We turn off the lights & he has to “seek” the toys I name with his flashlight! I also shine the flashlight on objects & we name them to increase his vocabulary.

3. Have A Dance Party: Sometimes it’s fun to play some music & just dance like no one’s watching! This is a fun way that both Shane & I get some exercise!

4. Build a Fort: Shane loves forts- especially since I usually make S’mores to enjoy in our “camping tent”. Those are obviously optional, and there are so many things you can do in a fort!

5. Have An Indoor picnic: Who says you can’t have a picnic when it’s raining? We have a picnic blanket that we can set up inside and eat lunch on! {&It actually gets Shane to eat more since it’s fun & different, so double points!}

The last one on that list, an Indoor Picnic, is something we do even on Sunny days sometimes! This last weekend, as you know, was Easter- and we wanted to do something fun & special. We thought about going to the park for a bit, but every park we drove by on our way home that day was beyond packed. So we decided to do an indoor picnic!

“Mommy, can we pwease have ice cream?”

He wanted to pick out his own- so he grabbed two of the Chocolate Fudge Bars!

Shane was the only one who ate dinner on Easter {Justin & I had both had a really big lunch} so we waited until dessert to set up our picnic. We recently went to Walmart & bought a few varieties of the new #TCBYGrocery line of frozen yogurts & novelties and so we had a little ice cream buffet of sorts on our picnic blanket! {You can view more photos & learn more about our trip to Walmart in my Google+ story!}


Shane went straight for the Chocolate Fudge Bars, while Justin sampled the English Toffee Crunch & ultimately went with a Frozen Yogurt Sandwich. I was tempted by the Supreme Cookies & Cream, but went with a Chocolate Fudge Bar also since a whole bar is only 80 calories &my lunch had been, well, more than 80 calories.

It was actually nice to have the dessert on a picnic blanket because when Shane made a giant mess with his Fudge Bar I just threw the blanket in the wash & didn’t have a big mess to clean up! It was also really fun because we got to spend a little bit having fun & being together before the busy week started up again.

The TCBY Grocery line of products are completely yummy, by the way. I’m completely in love with the Fudge Bars & I’ve tried the English Toffee Crunch as well & it’s delicious. I can’t wait to try the rest of the flavors- especially Cookie Dough & Mint Chocolate Chunk! Products are available in Quarts & Pints and there are the novelty items as well. You can learn about the full line-up at TCBY’s website! {&Be sure to check out TCBY Grocery on Facebook & Twitter as well!}

What’s your favorite rainy day activity?

Susie’s Note: This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #CBias All experiences are authentic & all opinions are my own.