beating the winter blues….

Anyone else ready for spring? I look forwad to having my very active boys being able to fun and play outside for hours on end… In the winter they seem to feel like they are stuck inside a jail cell when the weather outside is not good for playing.
I grew up in Alaska so this is not an uncommon feeling, around feburary after all the holidays are over you start to want it to warm up and turn into spring.
What do you do to hold onto you and your kids sanity untill spring?