Another song to cheer everyone up: Sunshine Lollipops & Rainbows!
HA! I knew someone would jump in with that snow-upmanship. 
You know what I say to that?
There’s a reason why I didn’t move somewhere where 4-7 feet of snow is “meh”, and that’s because I do not want 4-7 feet of snow all at once. Among other considerations when buying a house, living in an area that doesn’t typically get 4-7 feet of snow all at once was a big one, yet here we are. Living in an area where it wouldn’t take 2-3 hours to get to or from my job in Boston was another one, yet here we are with the most recent statistics I read showing that there are 42 functioning commuter rail engines to serve the entire commonwealth of Massachusetts right now. The other night I got home from work at 9:40 p.m., and I was lucky. One guy I talked to at South Station had no way to get home.
And this is because 4-7 feet of snow is not “meh” to us. (Although we need to beef up our infrastructure should it become so). I don’t want to live in Maine or Vermont or Buffalo, because I don’t want Maine or Vermont or Buffalo snow totals.
Having had both toddlers and 'tweens, I have to say: yes.
Over a whole winter. There’s no place in New England, even Maine, where this much snow is normal in 2.5 weeks.
Beach bucket and shovel and let her make her own human habitrail in the snow banks?
Back in the day, I was about 7 and my brother 9 when my mom would let he and I tunnel in the 3 story tall piles of snow [and sled off the roof of the spot you got to by opening up the side window in the attics]. We made hugely elaborate tunnels, and little caves.
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I was going to say something like that, tie a rope round the kit, give them a shovel and let em start tunneling.
Mind you, I’ve only ever seen snow on TV and movies so I wouldn’t really know.
That stuff looks cold.