Winter is Coming

Any ideas for ways to entertain babies during winter?

These days whenever I meet other mums with kids older than a year, I'm often asking them what in the world they do with them when it's 5 degrees and raining. Cause I have nooooo idea, and it's starting to worry me. Having grown up in Australia, I still have large gaps in my knowledge of how to survive the cold. In fact, the first time I experienced snow in Amsterdam I skipped out of the house, gaily jumped on my bike and rode half-way down the street before slamming on the breaks and asking a bemused passer-by if I you were even allowed to ride bikes in the snow. I had no idea. In the way that English tourists have no idea about rip tides and spider safety. Almost 9 years on I'm a bit more cluey about snow and the like, but as for cold weather baby-entertainment - I've got nothing. Actually, I've got one thing. Cafe Giraf on the Kinkerstraat. This little gem of a place has a dedicated baby play-room with a treasure trove of awesome kids toys. The manager told me today that most of them are from her sister-in-law in Australia, so instead of saying, "welkom op de kinderboerderij!" they drawl, "welcome to the faaaaaaaarm, eh?" See you there sometime this winter...