Itchy Leggins and Kickerinos

From first grade to fourth grade I lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was GREAT. My Dad would tamp down the snow in the back yard, lay down black plastic, mound snow around the edges, and go out at night with the water hose and "flood" it to make our ice rink. From time to time he would go out at night and add another layer. We had two clothes line poles inside our ice rink, so we would hold on to the pole (mittens, of course) and go round and round and skate to the other pole and do the same! I loved to ice skate and each winter I had to make new pom-poms for my skates.

To dress for the walk to school, I had to wear my dress (of course! girls could not wear slacks to school back then), and itchy leggins. In fact, I remember one time I had to go back home and put those itchy things on. I did not like to wear them, but my legs got too cold without them. I also had to wear my Kickerinos, which I loved to wear. Kickerinos were not just snow boots - they were cool snow boots. My old snow boots I had to put on over my shoes (overshoes). My Kickerinos were real boots; they had a furry collar and zipped up. I could fold the collar up or down.
(updated with a photo!)