Wow, it sounds wonderful, winters here in Switzerland are brutal, i mean it doesn't get as cold as somewhere like Canada but it get to zero and below, living in an apartment with a small child is tough as you can only really get out for 30min to 1 hour before you get too cold, plus the winters just go on forever, this last winter didn't seem to finish until April/May and now we're nearly in July and only just getting some good weather and it will start cooling off again around October.
Maybe i should keep my snowboard and give the Canterbury slopes a go ;-)