The basement at my son's daycare took in some water over the weekend, so I'm spending the morning with him until it's dried out enough to be ready. So the challenge is to plan for an unexpected morning together.

We have a spreadsheet where we keep track of lots of things that we might do on a Sunday morning. He is learning his letters, so it's actually a challenge to come up with something for the C column which doesn't actually belong in S or K. The spreadsheet fills up slowly, with lots of entries under I ("ice cream") and L ("Lego").

It's not a particularly sophisticated method, but it does let me store things away for the future. Here's one entry each from the A through L columns of that spreadsheet, with links to details suitable for a rainy morning or where I wish I knew more. One entry in particular, K is for kite, is blank: we don't have a favorite place to go kite flying yet.

A is for appetite. Whatever you do, make sure that people are well-fed before you head anywhere, so that everyone is in a better mood. The AnnArbor.com breakfast restaurant list is a place to start if you need to think of a place to go out.

B is for buy a different Lego set. A previous version of this list included "buy a Lego set," but we already did that, so this is a new one. If you're not up to buying Lego every time a 5 year-old suggests it, then an event like the regular Chelsea District Library Lego Club might be your thing.

C is for County Farm Park. With 141 acres of trails and meadows, there's a wide variety of things to do at this park located south of Washtenaw Avenue off Platt Road. The County Farm Park website describes the park, which includes a forested floodplain which should be pretty wet right now.

D is for nothing to do, a common complaint.

E is for eat breakfast, see A above.

F is for fishing. I did a roundup of fishing spots earlier in the season. This coming weekend, June 12-13, is Michigan Free Fishing Weekend, where all fishing license fees are waived for two days; all fishing regulations will still apply.

G is for games. Mike Hulsebus is writing a column for AnnArbor.com, Critical Hits, which has board game reviews. His recent review is of Zooloretto, a game where "the explainer could sit there and take you through the rules, but until you take your second turn, you won’t quite realize how the rules work together." With a 5 year-old, almost every game is like that.

H is for harvesting catnip, which grows in profusion in our backyard and makes the cats happy. "The volatile oil in catnip contains the monoterpene, nepetalactone, which is similar to the valepotriates found in valerian, a more commonly used herbal sedative," notes the University of Michigan Health System page on the topic. "Meow," say the cats, as they roll around happily.

I is for ice cream. When you are 5, every day is a good day to ask for ice cream. If you are very lucky, an ice cream truck will stop by, though they are rare on area streets on rainy days. In civilized places, the ice cream truck lets you know it's coming via Twitter; we're not there yet, though you can find out the locations of itinerant hot dogs (Dad's Dogs) and coffee (Roos Roast) online.

J is for jam. If you had picked some of the strawberries that are now ripe, you could have been making jam from them. Grandma will give us some jam when we head up north for vacation this summer.

K is for kite. Any day that is not good for flying kites is thus good for making kites. April is National Kite Month and National Poetry Month, so I'm a little late for the traditional season. In Jackson, there is a Jackson Skyfest early each May. I don't have a list of great places to fly kites in the area - you need to stay away from power lines and have some space to run. Suggestions are welcome so that I can be ready come next April.

L is for library. With everything else about not having a plan for something to do with the kids, the library is my number one fallback for something to do on a rainy day. I haven't been to an area public library yet that didn't have a nice place for kids to go when it's a rainy day and you need to get a few things done while the kids amuse themselves with books, crafts, toys or games.

Edward Vielmetti compiles lists of fun things to do with your kids for AnnArbor.com. Contact him at edwardvielmetti@annarbor.com.