How to Make Rainbow Bubbles

In Time of Silver Rain
The butterflies lift silken wings
To catch a rainbow cry,
And trees put forth
New leaves to sing
In joy beneath the sky
As down the roadway passing boys
And girls go singing, too,
IN time of silver rain
When spring
And life are new.

-Langston Hughes

Did you know that 'Dr. Suess' writing, The Cat in the Hat was terribly wrong in one sense? Rain does not mean that you are stuck inside all day. Being from Seattle you learn, or should, to love the rain. Many beautiful things can happen in the rain, that cannot otherwise... inside and out.

Today we discovered this simple truth... Rain makes beautiful rainbow bubbles.

Next time you feel cooped up inside your house... think again!!

Some ideas for the rain:

1. Dance in your underwear

2. Jump on the trampoline

3. Have a boat race in a nearby rain gutter

4. Catch raindrops (with buckets or with your tongue)

5. Make a mudbath or paint (My girls love to make paint with the clay soil in our backyard... and it actually makes a great wood stain... just mix dirt/clay with water and paint with dried up clumps of grass)