The Quinzy

Yesterday, during the blizzard, Blair & his friend Christopher built a snow fort, or at least started one. Today the kids finished by placing a tarp over the top and shovelling snow all around the edges to keep it from blowing away.

So, here is there Southern Alberta Quinzy! A Quinzy is a traditionally built by shovelling snow into a large pile and then hollowing out the inside to make it like an igloo, but since we don't get much snow here the kids used a tarp for a roof.

Erinn looking rather blue!

Kirby sitting in her homemade snow lounger.

Blair warming up from the cold wind and -16 temperatures outside his shelter. As usual he got a little carried away and had his survival pack, bow & arrow as well as some candles inside just in case he couldn't find his way back to the house due to the stormy weather conditions.