You know it's been a long winter when...

...your three-year-old can't even remember ever having the windows open before.

This morning Amy grabbed my hand and dragged me over to the living room window. "Mommy, you'll never guess what Daddy did yesterday when you were at work. He opened this window. And you'll never, ever believe what's behind this window. It's another window!...a window that has millions of little tiny holes in it. The holes are shaped like squares. I never saw anything like it before! I told Daddy that I didn't think he should be opening windows like that, but he said you wouldn't mind".

I love the cold weather and will be sorry to see it go. But I suppose that when your children don't even recall ever having seen a window screen before, it's probably about time for Spring to arrive.