| When I think back to my childhood in | | | | my favorite to look at because I can |
| Central Wisconsin, there are many things | | | | associate a memory with it. We have |
| I will always remember. I remember my | | | | tons of pictures of my sisters and I |
| dad shoveling the snow into huge piles | | | | playing in the leaves, but we really |
| at the end of the driveway so we could | | | | didn't do this too much because my dad |
| make great snow forts. I remember | | | | make us rake the leaves first. |
| making homemade ice skating rinks in our | | | | I want a picture of me falling on the |
| front yard. And I remember trying to | | | | bumpy ice rink we made in the front |
| slide down the hill - or should I say | | | | lawn. It was too small to skate on so |
| bump - in our front yard whiles standing | | | | we pretty much just stood on it! |
| in the sled. | | | | This is a simple shout out to all the |
| It's a good thing I remember these | | | | parents raising kids in the snow. If |
| things, because no one ever thought that | | | | your kids' pictures are all taken amidst |
| these were the very memories I would | | | | colorful leaves or on the green grass, |
| hang on to for the rest of my life. I | | | | something is missing. Your kids will |
| am the youngest child in my family, so | | | | remember the snow. Will you? |
| my parents didn't take as many pictures | | | | Winter is full of too many great |
| of me as they did of my two older | | | | memories to miss. So this year, think |
| sisters. But few of the pictures I have | | | | about hiring a photographer to capture |
| match the memories I have. | | | | the memories you've missed over the |
| Of all my school pictures, I can only | | | | years. |
| remember one. It's by far the worst, but | | | | |