Indoor Play in the 417: How to Plan a Bad-Weather Day Out (By Age, Budget & Energy Level)
The Hall of Giants inside Fantastic Caverns — 60 degrees down here, whatever the 417 weather is doing. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (public domain). 🏠 The 417 Mom Home · 🔥 Today's Deals · 💛 Networking Mama Hub Indoor Play in the 417: How to Plan a Bad-Weather Day Out (By Age, Budget & Energy Level) Here's a thing I've learned as a mom of six in Springfield: the rainy day itself is never the disaster. The disaster is standing in the kitchen at 9 a.m. with six kids climbing the walls, Googling "indoor stuff near me" while everybody melts down — including me. The fix isn't a longer list of places. The fix is a plan you make once, on a calm day, so future gray mornings take about ninety seconds. I already keep two rainy-day posts here on the blog — my Rainy Day Rescue playbook (the at-home system and the rainy day bin) and our big list of 12 indoor things to do with kids in Springfield . This post is the layer that sits on top of both: how to pick th...