February 12, 2009
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Carnaval d’Hiver
The school council at Oldest Large Child’s school hosted a Carnival d’Hiver (Winter Carnival) at the Lake in order to introduce culture from all parts of Canada to the school and also to coinicide with the Carnival in Quebec which the children learn about in school and the fact that OLC’s school is a French Immersion school no doubt helps.
There was a “caban du sucre” that allowed my brood to try Maple Sugar on a stick for the first time, which me monsters found to be enjoyably sticky! There was such an amount of people there and in the semi-darkness (it was 6:30 in the evening!), and everyone bundled up against the cold, it was hard to see who was there that we/I knew from the school. Mostly The Husband and I just stood there looking at each other while trying to keep and eye out for OLC skating amoungst the crowd and minding that Healthy Weighty Wee Man and Wee Blonde Child did not cause an accident of ice skaters. HWWM and WBC ended up going over to the play park, which lasted about 5 minutes until WBC announced that the toilet was needed. And of course the evening wouldn’t be complete without the requisite free watery hot chocolate, which was so hot you had to carefully hold the cup so as not to burn your fingers while waiting for it to be cool enough to drink ~ Tim Hortons would’ve been proud!
Pictures will follow once I am able to get them off the camera….
