Me wondering if the snow will ever end. We just had another 15 centimeters dump on the last day of February when I’m typing this!
The winter carnival season is upon us and this year the Vars carnival made an appearance outside again. I can’t remember the entire history of the Vars carnival but I feel that we went once after a spaghetti dinner with Sierra as a baby (there was a bonfire and some Beavertail on a stick that Vero still talks about!) and then another year it was so cold that they just limited the carnival to a day of kids activities inside the school gym which was fun as well.
Painting snow hills! How cool.
But this year it was outdoors and an afternoon of fun was planned. Horse rides! Treasure hunts! Sliding! Snacks! Crafts! Drawing pictures! Hot chocolate! It was great. The kids really loved it and Sierra enjoyed seeing a few of her friends from class at the event. Ezra enjoyed seeing the horses and going for a ride.
“No Dad, THIS is how you paint. Let me show you.”
We also lucked out that it wasn’t OVERLY cold. The week before had temperatures around -20 and I would say this day gave us -10? -15? Whatever it was, it was manageable for a few hours with the kids outside. Vero even loved the carnival so much that she went back to pick up some pulled pork sandwiches for supper!
To whoever was involved with the carnival this year, well done!
Enjoying the horse wagon ride around Vars. We even passed by our house!
Meeting Tom and Wilson. The horse ride itself was quite hilarious as the fellow in the back had jokes to entertain us for the ride.
I’m pretty sure sharing a pogo was the highlight of the carnival. Two days later Sierra is still asking if we can have a pogo. I think I will reserve that for special events! To this day, I don’t think I’ve had a pogo yet. I’m saving it for a special day.
Chatting around the fire
This photo was on the town councillor’s Facebook page and you can see all of us in the wagon.
Another photo from the town councillor’s Facebook page. At first I thought it was just a pile of wood and then I spied Ezra sipping some hot chocolate in the background! That was the part of the day where we surrounded the hot chocolate to cool down.