We made an impromptu trip to Parc Jean Drapeau to check out the Fete des Neiges on Saturday morning. We were inspired because the Doodlebops were going to be doing a "show". Clara watches the Doodlebops on Kids CBC quite often so Marc and I were pretty sure she'd be excited about seeing them "in real life". I'm not sure excited was the right word but mildly amused, interested, and entertained she certainly was. Thank goodness we made it on time because the "show" was 4 songs in length. Leo is standing in front of me in this picture entranced by the sights and sounds.
After Clara got a Doodlebops glossy picture with their autographs we headed off to see what else the Fete des Neiges had to offer.... first of all there was SNOW!!! All the snow is gone everywhere else in the city (and the burbs too I think) but I guess the organizers worked hard at making snow and the whole area was just beautiful. First we made snow sculptures with blocks of hard snow - Clara made a "sleeping polar bear" and Marc made a pretty impressive beaver head. Then Clara went sliding on an ice slide, and fishing for tin cans. You'd think that fishing for tin cans with a pole and string with a magnet on the end may not be the most fun you'd ever had but Clara and lots of other kids were having a blast. We kinda had to drag her away in order to see some snow sculptures complete with slides and tunnels.




We are most definitely going back next year... there was lots more to do but we were on a tight schedule, we were spending the afternoon with Grand-papa and Grand-maman Rollande to celebrate Marc's birthday!