Punxsutawney Phil’s babies have been named Shadow and Sunny

Punxsutawney Phil (Picture: Barry Reeger/AP)

Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring now have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin.

Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow.