You probably woke up this morning thinking that spring was on your doorstep and it was time to start planning vacations accordingly (ah, spring break). Well, guess what, winter isn’t going anywhere.

Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s cutest weather forecaster, has seen his shadow and as such six weeks of winter has been added to the calendar. The famous groundhog lives in Punxsutawney, PA, and has been looking at shadows for years, so he knows what he’s talking about (squeaking?).

What are you going to do with more winter? Another ski trip? Ice fishing? Take the kids sledding? The possibilities are endless. Kind of like winter.

Enjoy.

Photo: Eddie~S via Flickr

Tomorrow morning is Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (the 85th!) and today is the opening of The Muppets! Kermit is having a big week.

Enjoy your holiday!

This post is a Wordless Wednesday entry. The words were just something to be thankful for.

This post is more of a what you missed than a what you can do, and I apologize. I blame Disney PR. Seriously, I’m the editor of a Family Vacation site, a contributor at numerous high-profile parenting sites and I even dabble at The Disney Blog — it seems like someone should have sent me an email about the whereabouts of Perry.

I had to find him myself. Now I know how Carl feels. Read More »

This is crazy. This is crazy. This is crazy.

Behold the famed Family Truckster parked forever(ish) in the Historic Auto Attractions Museum in Roscoe, Illinois. Moose out front should have told you.

For those of you that haven’t seen National Lampoon’s Vacation, go watch it, I’ll wait.

Good talk, Russ.

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