{"id":1308,"date":"2011-03-04T22:25:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T03:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2011-03-04T22:29:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T03:29:15","slug":"to-pluto-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winklerworldonline.com\/sda2\/2011\/03\/to-pluto-and-back\/","title":{"rendered":"…to pluto and back"},"content":{"rendered":"

and the winter days drag on… and on… and on…\u00a0 with rain that doesn’t even melt the snow in the beginning of March!<\/p>\n

and i think we are going stir crazy cooped up inside day after day after day…<\/p>\n

though we do get out a bit.\u00a0 out to go sledding (or force aidan to try), out to build snowforts, out to dig tunnels in the mountains that the snow plow builds up in the cul de sac around the corner.\u00a0\u00a0 out to ride tricycles and red-cars with the faintest glimmer of meltage along the sidewalks… even an early trek to gallup park in the still freezing river air.\u00a0 and we’ve found a few outlets to venture out to and still keep warm.\u00a0 library storytime on thursdays,\u00a0 treks to the occasional mall that has a kids’ playplace, stops at a mc d’s that might have a climby thing, a toy store here or there.<\/p>\n

but we do stay in an awful lot.\u00a0 and what do we do for two months straight with only a couple sightings of green grass?\u00a0 well, here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n