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Indoor playground, museums, have people over.

I live in the PNW so it rains like 8 months out of the year. We're lucky that we have a lot of cafes that do kids bands in the mornings during the week. So we've been frequenting those quite a bit this fall. We also do library toddler groups and indoor play spaces. If it's not raining I'll bundle LO up and brave the park or put him in the stroller and walk around the local shops. Our zoo does a deal on 2nd thursdays so I take advantage of that if it's not raining.

Besides the standard library/kids museum/trampoline park ideas, we also have a solid stash of ideas to make a day at home feel special:
- Baking and cooking are fun for my 3 year old and can take up a whole day if I need it to - picking a recipe, going to the store for ingredients, cooking, etc.
- Pajama days (literally the only thing different than a regular day is that we wear pajamas but my toddler thinks this is the BEST and talks about it weeks later).
- A movie in the middle of the day complete with popcorn popped in the air popper
- A really involved craft project I wouldn't ordinarily have time for - we've liked the craft kits from Alex Toys

We usually make sure to do the gym so they can go in the daycare. Sometimes we go to the indoor pool as well. We always seem to have an errand to do, so we mostly just take them with us to do that and then go out to lunch after or something. Then, just find a toy or activity they haven't done in a while and try to get them to play with that. Oh and TV

@winniebee: awesome, thanks!