ICE!

With Thanksgiving over and a weekend with family in town, we decided to take the kids to National Harbor for ICE! It is a 2 million pound ice sculpture display in a tent that is kept at 9 degrees. The rules state that you wear ridiculous coats, if you are lucky (Harper was not so lucky as the coat was three times bigger than her and maybe 20 pounds heavier), and file through a maze of ice sculpted into bridges, sleighs, animals, people, penguins, trees and slides. Yes, slides. Harper was out after about 15 minutes since it was too cold and she wasn't allowed to go down the slides. But Lucy was ready for the slides. And slide she did. The cold didn't slow her down. I slid with her, she slid by herself and she raced Hunter several times down the racers. She slid until her feet were numb and she couldn't use her hands. It was pretty neat and I'm glad we went. Oh, and I am thankful for one of the rules: no sticking your tongue on the ice. Another reason why Harper wasn't so thrilled.