Winterfest 2010

We headed up to Lake Geneva February 5 & 6 for their Winterfest and the National Snow Sculpture Competition. Nolan & I spent the night within walking distance of the event. Russ had to work on Saturday but he drove up Friday night to have dinner with us and to play in the pool with Nolan. Nolan was very happy Dad came up - they played Godzilla in the pool, with Nolan of course in the role of Godilla and Daddy in the role of Random Bad Monster.

The snow sculptures were very impressive to see. Friday night we were able to watch the artists in action. Nolan and I were both enamored with the pig on the motorcycle, which turned out to be two pigs when we checked again Saturday morning.

Nolan was disappointed that the promised area for kids to make their own snow sculptures never appeared, so he found a piece of ice that he proclaimed to be his ice sculpture.

We walked to Egg Harbor on Saturday morning for breakfast. Although a relatively short walk, we were both quite ready for our hot cocoa and coffee when we arrived! After returning to our hotel and bundling up a bit more, we headed down to the fest for a final look at the sculptures. It was VERY crowded. If we go again next year, I think we'll just go up Friday night - it was more fun to watch the artists work and it was nowhere near as crowded. Nolan was fascinated to watch cars parking on the iced over lake, as well as the ice fishermen shanties. He could hardly believe it when I told him that we were standing on the same beach that we visited last summer when his cousins, Dad & Uncle Kurt buried him in the sand!

I'll leave you with my personal favorite of the snow sculptures we saw.