Rainy Day Tips are just simple, easy-to-implement suggestions for you and your family. We all know the story of a rainy day spent inside with the whole tribe. The rain begins as a gentle, musical patter on the roof in the morning. How cozy! Time to snuggle up and enjoy the murmur of the raindrops… and make breakfast, dress people, start the to-do list, wash the dishes, etc! The day goes on and the mere knowledge that we are cooped up inside gets to all of us. Then, hours later, the rain is still pouring down in buckets. I can stand at the sink with the dish suds and hear everyone inside the house, including myself, growing more desperate to run around, getting a little grumpier, and just becoming officially sick of the rain. Of the entire rainy day. The rain does give us such a cozy feeling at the start! If we can embrace it a little, on purpose, it seems to allow us a much smoother day, even confined in the house for hours. First, mama can take a little time to herself early in the morning, if possible. Check out my ideas for Ways to Grace Your Mornings to begin your day with peace and balance. Having a moment to create and nourish our own peace, however brief, always helps. Then there are a few strategies that keep the peace in a house full of people who love to run around outside. Here are five ways to survive these drenched and dreary days: Take a few minutes to celebrate the rain together. Talk about how the rain makes plants grow, talk about how everyone who is farming or who was waiting for rainfall must be happy, list things each person likes about the rain. A prayer of thanksgiving goes a long way towards helping the heart accept heart aches, even small ones. Now this is a lesson I need to practice, as well as teach (I am simply continually trying with this mindset) so this is good for me to practice as well! If it’s warm enough, go out and splash in the puddles. It is so much fun! If it’s too cold, just open the window a little and actively listen to the rainfall, or sometimes we stretch our hands out into the rain to feel the wet and get into the splash a little. It…