We wrapped the kids up in their warmest clothes with double socks and boots and hats and gloves and scarves… and ventured into the 18 degree cold to play in the snow. We even brought Sasha, our bunny, out to play. I remember when i was young, i didn’t have a pair of good snow boots. Whether they had a hole or i just didn’t have a pair, i don’t remember. But what i do remember is getting two empty bread bags (why we kept empty bread bags is beyond me), pulling them on like socks, and placing a rubber band around them at my ankle. Then my sis and i would go out in the snow and play for what felt like hours. Maybe it was hours. One year we built Fort Fort (what better name for a fort than Fort?). One year we built a pillar of snow that had to be a good four feet tall. Each time a car drove past, we’d jump over it. I remember Dad watching and laughing at us from the window seat. Those bread bags sure did keep my feet dry.
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Tags: boots, memories, snow, winter, wonder bread
I remember this like it was yesterday! Maybe I need to start doing it again on the winter Boy Scout hikes.
I’m sure that the Scouts will really appreciate that.
I remember wearing bread bags over my feet while walking to school. lol
We use bread bags for all sorts of things too, but we’ve never used them as snow shoes. Hmmm, great idea.
Langley, i don’t know if it’s the best idea in the world, but i do know that as a kid, wearing bread bags over leaky boots kept us outside much longer!
Amanda, i thought we were the only ones who wore bread bags!
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great post as usual!