Winter Carnival 2012

I had my first experience with the St. Martin’s winter carnival last week and what a blast! The day started off with assisting Mrs. Bicknell “paint” some circles for the event I like to dub the “frozen coloured water in a jug being thrown across the parking lot” event. My first lesson learned was water and food colouring combined with sub-zero temperatures makes for a good time.

As the afternoon started and I met all of the students in my group (who were fantastic) we headed for the curling event. All of the students enjoyed throwing the frozen water. There was a minor mishap, however, as a large number of containers filled with coloured water that had been frozen disappeared. I am not too sure how this happens, but it must be something in the water!

The next event was the smoosh skies. After watching this event, I believe it should be included as a demonstration sport at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. It is tough unless you have some great communication and teamwork skills.

Moving on to the field, a very competitive game of Clear the Area was embarked upon. Despite the fact that we all attend a Catholic school, there was a few incidents of all out cheating! It was all handled with the best sportsmanship, however, and everyone had a good time, despite sore shoulders.

Just prior to some free time on the playground, we spent a while on snow shoes kicking up the white stuff. Even though there was a lack of snow, the snowshoes were a great way to get around. Numerous students prepped for the track and field season by doing a few sprints.

After a game of the class outside game, ‘Duck-Duck-Goose’, which I vote should have been called, ‘Snowflake-Snowflake-Blizzard’ students weaved their way through pylons in the hockey relay. Even thought the ice was bumpy, the students all maneuvered their way with ease through the pylons.

The next pair of events were my favourite! I was able to show off my superior goaltending skills in a game of soccer and then had the pleasure of riding on a wagon pulled by two beautiful creatures named Tim and Ben.

After some tobogganing and a tug of war…I will let you ask Mrs. Bicknell who won…we all headed in for some hot chocolate and TimBits supplied by the Vegreville Tim Horton’s. That was the end of a fun and highly successful day that I won’t soon forget.

A big thanks to the division 1 team that organized the day, to Tim Horton’s for their support, and a huge thanks to all of the parent volunteers.

I put together a video of some of the activities that made the day such a success.

ENJOY!