Hurry up spring

Does anyone else feel like me after the holidays are over?  I'm okay with the cold weather and the early dark nights until the new year starts.  Then I just HATE the next few months.    January and February are usually cold, boring and I feel like a bear hibernating during the winter.  Not too mention how much my gas bill is during this time.  Of course I also find this as my excuse not to do anything either.  I don't want to cook, clean, go outside, diet or any other activity.  I just want to be WARM.  That usually ends up being in my bedroom with the electric blanket on high.  I've dedicated this down time to preparing for our trip to Disney in March.  I've found the average temperature in March is 78 (yeah!) with the average low at 55.  I've found out our pool at the hotel is heated year round at 85 degrees (nice).  I've found places to eat, shows to see and of course I have created an itinary for the days we are there (I'm sure all of you are just shocked at this).  Now I am working on my packing list, my "to buy" list and how much money I need to save up.  Last but not least I'm working on the countdown.  42 days until we leave for a week of "Fantasmic" (as Disney says when you call) fun. 

Back to Normal

I still can't believe it's 2011.  The years just keep getting shorter and shorter.  Our Christmas went well.  The kids really liked their presents from Santa.  C-bug got a Barbie townhouse that she LOVES and C-dog got an electric scooter that I thought at first might be too fast for him but he zips down the street like a pro.  Our big gift to them was a trip to Disneyworld.  Most of you already know the story but it went something like this.  C-dog unwraps the calander that says "We are going back to DisneyWorld.  We leave in 77 days.  Merry Christmas love Mommy and Daddy".  The reply from C-dog "cool".  C-bug walked back over to her Barbie townhouse to play.  I was like "WHAT???"  Then Big C says "Guys, you do understand we are actually GOING to Disneyworld".  Replies: yes.  No excitement, no great big scream of joy, no big rush of kisses and hugs saying how happy they were.  Oh well...it's been a week and now when we mark another day off the calender they seem to get more excited.  "Can we ride Mt. Everest" or "Do you remember when we went and saw...".  I guess it will be like Christmas in March when we leave.   

This year C-bug will turn five and start kindergarten.  I can't believe my baby will be in "big school" with her brother.  She can't wait.  I made the mistake of telling her this year she turns five and she asks me every day "will I be five tomorrow"?  When I say no it's "the day after"?  Let's hope this isn't what I hear until August...whew. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday.  I know we did.  Big C summed it all up though.  He said Christmas is such a big deal and once all the presents are opened you feel kind of sad.  I agree...it's depressing to take the tree down and put all the decorations back in the attic.  The great holiday cheer is over and we all go back to our normal lives and wait 11 more months to do it all over again.