Fun in the Snow
My brother Sam just posted some pictures of him snowboarding ... something that he's always wanted to do ... . for some reason it just made me laugh. I remember the Centellas's first winter, I was only 5, but snow must have magical powers. I can remeber all the fun and cold times we had. I remember getting pulled in the Jameson court by my grandfather, in a sled! A sled! We had just come from a tropical country and the first thing we ended up doing in the US was building snow forts, throwing snow balls, wanting to shovel snow and drink hot chocolate. :)
I remember every winter, Hoyt Park would be flooded in order to make one of the best Outdoor Ice Skating rinks in the U.S. We would skate for hours on our dulled handme down iceskates. I swear I was the fastest kid out there! (Even tho we had figure skates and all the other boys had hocket skates! HA HA HA, we didn't know the difference). I remember twirling my lil'sister around as Mom sat in the Blue station wagon and watched. We would sometimes get a five dollar bill, and race off to the warming house for hot chocolate and popcorn. Somedays we would head to the snow hill ... we could sled for hours in our WWII style tin ice shields ;) Remember those!
So Sam is continuing the legacy.... while the rest of us Centellas's decide to refute Michigan and it's weather, swear at the cold and run inside as quickly as possible. Sam remembers the fancination of Michigan Winter. .... maybe I would enjoy winter if I did the same. . :) Hope you had fun Sam ... and I that you're not to sore today.
My brother Sam just posted some pictures of him snowboarding ... something that he's always wanted to do ... . for some reason it just made me laugh. I remember the Centellas's first winter, I was only 5, but snow must have magical powers. I can remeber all the fun and cold times we had. I remember getting pulled in the Jameson court by my grandfather, in a sled! A sled! We had just come from a tropical country and the first thing we ended up doing in the US was building snow forts, throwing snow balls, wanting to shovel snow and drink hot chocolate. :)
I remember every winter, Hoyt Park would be flooded in order to make one of the best Outdoor Ice Skating rinks in the U.S. We would skate for hours on our dulled handme down iceskates. I swear I was the fastest kid out there! (Even tho we had figure skates and all the other boys had hocket skates! HA HA HA, we didn't know the difference). I remember twirling my lil'sister around as Mom sat in the Blue station wagon and watched. We would sometimes get a five dollar bill, and race off to the warming house for hot chocolate and popcorn. Somedays we would head to the snow hill ... we could sled for hours in our WWII style tin ice shields ;) Remember those!
So Sam is continuing the legacy.... while the rest of us Centellas's decide to refute Michigan and it's weather, swear at the cold and run inside as quickly as possible. Sam remembers the fancination of Michigan Winter. .... maybe I would enjoy winter if I did the same. . :) Hope you had fun Sam ... and I that you're not to sore today.
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