It is absolutely pouring down with rain in Brisvegas today, which means one of two things are happening in this good city that I call home.
- Women everywhere are fighting a losing battle against the frizz
- Mothers of small children are counting down the minutes until wine o’clock hits
Because I am nothing if not a problem solver, today I am going to offer you a few suggestions as to how you can survive a few days of being trapped indoors with screaming, bored children while enduring frizzy hair. You are welcome!
Kirsten’s Rainy Day Survival Guide
1. Remove all mirrors from your house
They are not helpful in a crisis situation and will only make matters worse. Trust me. The last thing any mother needs after 5 hours of enduring Dora The Explorer on high rotation is to catch a glimpse of herself in the mirror.
All sorts of untruths will run through her head, ranging from “OMG why does my hair look like I’ve just put my hand on one of those big electric ball things they have at the Science Centre?” to “Oh FFS, how the hell did I manage to get mashed banana on my ear lobe?”
Get rid of the mirrors and your rainy, frizzy hair day will instantly improve!
2. Replace play dough with cookie dough
If this isn’t a genius move, I don’t know what is and to be honest, I wish I’d thought about it much earlier than 3.5 seconds ago.
My suggestion would be to not tell the kids it’s cookie dough and keep up the facade that they’re about to get their arts and craft on with some play dough action. Plonk the cookie dough in the middle of the table and leave them to it. They will be there for HOURS because every kid knows under no circumstances do you ever eat the play dough.
Yet once they get a taste of that sweet, sweet cookie dough, they’ll want to subtly inhale it, all while they think you’re not looking. So off you go. Make yourself a cuppa, put your feet up on the couch and settle in for a few hours with a good book/blog/tv show because your day is made!
3. Have a game of Hide and Seek
This one was a favourite activity at our place back in the day. The best hiding spot is lying down on either the floor of a wardrobe with the door shut or under the couch.*
Either of those places will take the kids AGES to find you!
*you do have to be a bit on the slim side AND quite good at vacuuming for that one to work. I struggled in both areas so stuck with the roomier wardrobe situation. Also the darkness of the wardrobe means no one can see your frizzy hair and you’d be surprised how calming it is to be in a small, dark space all on your own for a good hour or so.
4. Pour yourself a wine
I’m not really sure how to approach this one so I’ll just ask a question instead.
My kids are now 14 and 11, so it’s been a long time since I’ve had to entertain small children while stuck indoors. Is it still considered ‘inappropriate’ to pour wine into your coffee cup after midday? Asking for a friend, obviously.
5. Go shopping
Not at the actual shops. That would be CRAZY.
No, instead of trying to load your kids into the car, drive in the rain, find a car park, take the kids out of their car seats, strap them into their prams, feed them, toilet them, nappy change them and then possibly get 10 minutes of mall wandering before one of them vomits/cries/wets their pants/loses a shoe, just take the simple, easy, stress free approach.
Drop them off at Daddy’s work on your way to the shops and tell him you’ll be back at 2.
JOKES.
AS IF that’s long enough. You’ll be back at 4.
And that my friends is my rainy day survival guide. Hope you found it helpful!
Are you trapped inside with small children and Dora? Should we send wine, panadol or both?!
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