THE LONGEST SEASON EVEROnce the holidays are over, it seems like one interminable slog to Spring here in our northern-prairie state. One of our favorite children's CDs is Catch the Moon by Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb. One of the songs on it is about a groundhog and how he's waiting for Spring, but he "looks out the window, it's snowing again". Every time I hear that song I think, "I know how you feel!" November and December were relatively warm and very dry here, but in the last little while we've gotten a couple of nasty cold spells and enough snow to convince us that spring is nowhere near us. It's enough to drive a preschooler, an almost-toddler and their mom a little bonkers. 
So we hang out in the toy aisles at Target, snag some samples from Sam's Club, and run around the gym at the church with our friends. It's months like these when I wonder why the entire population of North Dakota doesn't pick up and move to say, northern California. At least those of us with small children...
So we hang out in the toy aisles at Target, snag some samples from Sam's Club, and run around the gym at the church with our friends. It's months like these when I wonder why the entire population of North Dakota doesn't pick up and move to say, northern California. At least those of us with small children...
