Beating Cabin Fever

As January comes to an end and we head into February I'm quickly growing tired of our Northwest winter and ready to skip spring and just head into Summer.
I enjoy a little rain and the mild winter we've had for the most part but now I'm over it and so is Mason.
There are only a number of things to do indoors with an active/short attention span/too smart for their young age (20 months) little boy.
We have built everything possible out of legos, played more "basketball" than I ever have and played with all the toys from Christmas so much that neither of us care to even get them out anymore.
So I thought I'd change things up, get out of the house...
First stop, "Tiny Tots", an indoor play area for toddlers/preschool kids. This place was great! First visit was free, it was close to home, and there was so much to do! Everything from slides, cars, train sets, play kitchens, houses, tools, mail boxes, babies and cars to ride in! Tons of learning toys, books, balls, etc! Mason (and I) had a blast! I was seriously considering a 6 month membership, (only $45!) until we got home. Mason was suddenly sick! Fever, didn't want to eat, and fell asleep before I even left his room! (from past posts you'll remember he never goes to sleep without a fight). He stayed sick for days!!! Fevers even with medications, wouldn't eat, lost weight and was up all night! The doctor was stumped, we waited it out, then did bloodwork and X-rays to find everything came back normal. Then by day 14 he quit having fevers and started eating a little. Who knows what he caught or if he caught it from there. All I know is he's been healthy until we went there, and we're not going back.
Next, I decided to head to the community pool. Family Swim is a time for parents and kids to swim together so we headed down one evening to try it out. Only $3.75 and we had a blast! Mason loves the water! He "swims" and jumps in and has so much fun. I never let his head go in the water though. He has tubes in his ears and really shouldn't even be swimming but seriously, we're going crazy in the house!
Probably before we visit the pool again I'll get his ears checked and get some plugs because he didn't sleep well last night and today I noticed his ear smelled like an old rotten band aid (so gross I know, I'm sorry).
Hopefully we can continue to swim. And until summer is here, we will continue to take advantage of sunny days outside and play dates with Mason's cousin.