Growing up in the suburbs of Baltimore provided some really fun snow days.  Our house was atop a steep, windy driveway so it was the main hub for all the neighborhood kids to build snow forts, go sledding, and later warm up by the fire with hot chocolate and marshmallows. It’s a definitely a complete departure for me raising our kids in NYC.  We share our backyard with hundreds of other kids who are vying for that one and only sledding hill  (it gets used and abused within the first hour).  And, we don’t have a fireplace.  But, I do … [Read more...]