*Indoor play-messes wherein the play continues from day to day without ever putting the toys away in between.
*Static, static everywhere... but less so all the time.
*Pears ripening in the windowsill.
*Cat naps... and cats napping.
*Snowbanks taller than the children, and in some cases, taller than the parents too.
*Those last few inches of new fallen snow, optimistically left unshoveled... in hopes they melt instead.
*Giggling, for the joy of giggling. (Also, a form of "winter exercise", when all else fails.)
*Ice houses leaving the lake, one by one.
*3D movies from the library.
*Projects that pass the time due to needing glue... lots and lots and LOTS of glue.
*Anticipation of warmer days, snow melting, thawing soil, spring flowers, and neighborhood walks so vivid that it aches.
*Perusing of summer photos, most especially summer foods, to remind yourself that winter does end, and it WILL end soon.
*Snow forts- tall enough to stand in!- built by a dedicated daddy.
*Sanity saving friends that you are so grateful for that you want to kiss their feet or stroke their hair or simply weep each time you see them.
*Timeouts for- out of sheer boredom- being just a little too rough with the kitten.
*Thinking about Easter dresses, and emails planning Easter meals.
*Putting "flowers" on the grocery list. For real.
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Also, several of your comments from yesterday's post made me laugh. Out loud. As in: a noise was actually coming from my throat. (Sarah's yeti comment has me intermittently chuckling whenever I think of it...) I've responded to several of them, so if you left a comment you may want to check back.
7 comments:
I know you're going crazy with winter and all, but this post makes it look... not so bad. Kind of sweet, actually.
great pictures!
Thats an awesome snow fort! And I love the pic of Marin (is that her name here?) on the steps... and I hope you answer your f'n phone tomorrow cuz I need to talk at you
Look at all that snow! I must admit, it does put our snow into perspective - we almost always leave the driveway snow to melt - on only occasionally regret it.
Loved the pictures.
ugh - we have cabin fever as well. And don't you think farm fresh eggs are so superior to normal eggs sold in the store? I'm an egg snob.
This is great. I am right there with you...And my preschooler is totally feelin' yours on the boredom-induced time-out-resulting naughtiness!
I'm scared to say how much I want winter to end. March does not always mean the end of winter in my beloved Alberta. But I'm hoping, because as pretty as pictures make it...I'm tired of snow!
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