Since my children are Californians and live without shoes or coats, it's an interesting experience when we travel to snowy country. How I WISH I had my camera on me when my toddler ran out in the snow barefoot, shirtless, with his buns peeking out from his sagging jeans. He was cruising to make it to the trampoline (which must have been frozen).

Instead we turn to snaps of my oldest hitting the slopes. He made a rather dramatic landing from his sled. None of my kids cared that there was no fresh powder - that all the locals weren't interested in sledding on rough and icy snow. But my kiddos had a ball.