Taking the kids out for the afternoon is one of the best things you can do for them.Cooking a meal or something will help also.
We had a friend with cancer that wanted to see flowers before see passed away (Early March) so we took a waterbed heater and placed it in the flower bed under the plants and it heated the soil enough to let the flowers bloom. Just a thought if its still cold there.

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