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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