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winter fun

Building the Ultimate Snow Fort – The Beast on Our Front Lawn

By //  by Leslie Foster 9 Comments

Our family loves winter.  Snow is awesomely-wonderfully-fun and versatile.  You can use it for snowball fights, skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, and snow angels. But most importantly, you can use it to build. From the time our son was barely able to walk, my husband Dave was out there building forts (Who’s the bigger kid, eh?)  Afraid of collapsing tunnels, a real danger that takes the lives of a few children each winter, my husband diligently builds a wood structure upon …

Filed Under: Family Fun Tagged With: family fun in the winter, safe snow forts for kids, sleep in a snow fort, winter fun

How to Make Real Snow Cones

By //  by Leslie Foster Leave a Comment

Growing up in Northern Ontario, winter meant lots and lots of snow. That’s all we knew. Staying indoors all winter wasn’t an option. And we didn’t have 24hrs a day TV, video games, iPads, and other electronic devices. We actually played outdoors. We would build houses (forts were for boys after all!) We would make walls, chairs, beds, even snow telephones. We could spend hours out there in our make-believe world. Snow was our real-world outdoor Lego. If you are having difficulty tearing your …

Filed Under: Desserts, Food & Drink, Recipes Tagged With: coloring for snow cones, flavouring for snow cones, how to make real snow cones, kid friendly desserts, snow cones, winter fun

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