rain clouds

As Longfellow said "into each life a little rain must fall," and so begins our November. I must say, I love the rain. One thing I find the Bay Area lacks are the beautiful rain storms that come in the summer in the Southwest and the East Coast. Lightening and thunder are rare here and when it does rain, it's often quite gentle. Perhaps other Bay Area residents disagree with me, but I'd take a red sunset after a summer monsoon any day!

This morning Max and I sat down to celebrate the rain by making rain clouds. He's still a little young for most aspects of this project, so I ended up helping him with quite a bit of it. I think any four year old and up would be able complete this on their own, with some adult guidance.

After we were finished we hung it up in his room and he started to sing "rain, rain go away."  It reminded me of how magical rain can be to a young child. I had to make a mental note - get out and play in the rain while it lasts! Which we're going to do right after school today!

How do you spend your rainy days? Do you LOVE the rain or hate it?