So much snow!

[all photos by mom]
I've never seen so much snow! It took two days for Nettie and Berl to dig out. Dad, Mom, Berl and me spent hours at the local school, sledding down an enormous hill on a toboggan. Well, they did. I had an arctic adventure. I found an old black cane, sunk up to my waist and shouted "I'm in the BIG BIG SNOW. Who wants to come in the big big snow?" I'd hurl my cane and shove my body through the snow, breaking trails...Dad, Berl and Mom had a race to see who could luge fastest and farthest down the enormous hill and across the field. Next day we rode a gondola 4300 feet up onto Mt. Mansfield to watch the skiiers plummet down the slopes. It was soooo cold we huddled in the warming hut for a while, watching the skiers jam granola bars in their mouth and stuff foot warmers into their boots. We bought some socks (yes, there was a shop, a restaurant and a waffle house on top the mountain!) and warmed up with Lake Champlain hot chocolate. Mmm....A fantastic weekend in Vermont. Mom's gonna teach me to ski this spring.