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rainy days.

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stay sane?

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new projects out of old magazines.

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creative. With baking, they get
involved in the whole process.
Measuring, .cutting and rolling
the cookie dough is almost better
for them than eating the final
product," Saks says. "It gets
messy, but I let them do every-
thing. We bake sugar cookies
and make colored frosting. I am
sure to always have baby
M&Ms and sprinkles on hand for
the budding chefs. "Clean up is
part of the game, too," she
adds. Michael fills the sink with
bubbles up to his armpits to do
the dishes, and Jaime is on hand
with the Dirt Devil to sweep
loose sprinkles.
"By the end, the sessions usual-
1 ly end up in the bathtub. Yet
when you see those creative
1 wheels turning, it is all well
worth the effort," Saks says.

ain, rain go away —
we can not watch that
video one more day.
Sound familiar?
It's spring, and that means rain.
Rain brings the flowers and
makes lovely puddles in which
children can jump and sail tiny
boats. After the rain come rain-
bows and bright green grass.
Rainy days also mean more
time spent indoors, something
that might not sound too excitin
for families with small children.
But according to the creative
mothers we spoke to, being
inside on a long, rainy day
doesn't have to bring the blues.
So when the next big dose of
boredom hits your children, turn
off the television and help them
banish the rainy-day blahs with
1 2. Indoor Trains And
imagination, cool art projects
Picnic Campouts
and fun games — all indoors.
When Michelle Wolfe of West
Here are some ideas to get the I Bloomfield begins vacuuming,
ball rolling.
that's When her four children —
Zachary, 6; Spencer, 3; Merrick,
I 1. Convert The Kitchen
2, and Hannah, 6 months —
Into A Bake Shop
get ready for action.
1 "Baking is a simple but continual
• "They take the kitchen chairs
favorite for gray days in our
that I have moved away and line
I house," says Marianne Saks of
them up to make a train," Wolfe
1 West Bloomfield, mother to 6 1 /2-
I says. "Zachary will be the con-
year-old Jaime and 3-year-old
1 ductor and make tickets so that
Michael.
every one can board. At a point
"My children do not enjoy tele-
during the ride, they will throw a
1 vision, so we have to be very
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