geez, it’s nearly the end of february and winter still doesn’t show signs of abating. this must have been the longest winter i’ve had. not the coldest, because i remember braving -15 degrees last year to bring J for a pedia check-up. this year hasn’t been extremely cold, but i don’t recall having snowfall this late. spring is sure taking her sweet time coming. i wish she would just hurry up because packing a toddler who can’t keep still and starts squirming away after 5 seconds is starting to get on my nerves. well, what can i expect when i myself start to loathe the sight of jackets, pullovers, gloves (which i hate wearing so my hands look and feel like that of 80-year old)?

J needs to move and run around, try out the equipment at the spielplatz, jump on puddles, play at the sandbox. but in this weather, gee, getting out of the house already takes us more than a quarter of an hour (and that’s if he’s cooperative). and when we’re finally at the spielplatz, he’d want to play for hours and would never want to go home again, despite freezing hands, cheeks and most probably, feet, too. he’d wail and squirm and arch his back when i declare it’s time to go. sometimes i’d give in and stay, but the problem is, with his perpetually running nose, i’m not sure we should be staying so long outdoors. so in the end i’d have to bribe him with a fruit bar or a brezel so he’d sit back in his buggy on the way home. bad mother!

anybody knows of a mantra to entice Spring to come?

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