Dear February…you do it to me every. single. year.  Each year as the busyness of the Christmas season passes I long to savor the cozy, cold winter months. You included. I wish for snowflakes and fires. Pots of wholesome soup bubbling on the stove and friends gathered around…making the most of the frigid time.  It’s all fun and games until the last of the Christmas glitter reluctantly makes it’s way into the vacuum cleaner and the gym has emptied out from those who have dropped the new years resolutions and given up on the losing of pounds. Many of your days are gloomy February, but then to make matters more complicated, you tempt us with sunshine, that from the inside makes the outside look welcoming. But then there is your wind, and your chill, and your unpredictability. Oh yes, and the flu. Contrasted with the daffodil shoots brand new. We grow antsy for Spring.  There’s this inner conflict. The reluctancy (this isn’t really a word but roll with it) to let go of the cozy, hibernation for the sanity! I choose sanity! These little boys need to run and play and this momma needs a normal day. So February, as you finish your thing please, please give us something. Give us some sunshine and some warmth, give us some healthy days and give us March!

And to you my lovely readers, aren’t you just so ready for Spring? I mean, maybe it’s just me. I’m ready for the winter blues to fly out the window and for Spring fever to hit. This week we have been hit with the second round of the stomach bug. First was Jackson last week and just when we thought Owen had dodged the bullet Owen started up last night. I know on pintrest some are marketing dooms day kits but I am angling to market stomach bug kits. Speaking of stomach bug survival kids, I had just packed our stack of towels, trash bags and clorox wipes away YESTERDAY. And after 4 days of having Owen’s comforter pulled back just in case I had made his bed up again and tucked him in all snug as a bug in a rug….just before it all went south! The bads news is I have cleaned the house top to bottom twice in 5 days, the good news is I have cleaned the house twice in 5 days!

I’ve decided that this wacky weather will take the hint when I gather up my winter decor. Certainly the sled on the front door step is giving mixed signals. And the print of cozy boys in snowy gear. And the evergreen on the mantel. Out with you winter. Bring on Spring!  Tulips and lemons and garden planning and walks outside and boys that smell of fresh air at bath time. It’s coming! I can feel it. I just have to be patient.  Until then I will attempt to savor this season.