Frolics

The spring festival 'Frolics' is finally here! We are participating in the corporate challenge during the festival and the office is all excited to defend their win from last year. For the last week many of the staff have been preparing the costumes that we will wear in the parade!

The first few corporate challenge games were quite fun- relay races, tug of war and even spinning around a bat and running a short race. This last game proved to be quite difficult and many of the participants didn't stay on their feet very long. One unlucky member of our team even managed to end up with a concussion from a brutal fall on the ice!  Games are that much tougher on ICE!

Randall helping out during the tug of war

The dizzy baseball bat run- collision barely averted 

Kids playing tarditional games at Frolics

There were a number of events organized during the festival including a fashion show of traditional Inuit clothing.  There were a number of gorgeous parkas- even for infants!  In the evenings there were snowmobile races out on the frozen bay.  Randall got some great photos of the snowmobiles taking off at the beginning of the races. 

Colleague taking part in the Frolics Fashion Show 

Adorable traditional fashion

Snowmobile race

Next came the Frolics parade and all of us were able to participate in the parade!  Randall served as one of the cards in our deck of cards costume and Nicolas was part of the daycare parade float.  We were walking behind the car that lead our float and with the spring weather the snow and ice are melting and freezing creating a slippery walk and where the snow has started to melt and mix with the gravel road created a muddy mess.  We were having to run to catch up to the truck and we did a good jog around the community running behind our float..lol.  Nicolas really seemed to enjoy his ride on the daycare float and even waved to people as the float went through the community.

Our float- deck of cards

Randall as the ace of hearts 

Nicolas on the daycare float

Spring is in the air..

The temperature is warming up and we are now enjoying spending more time outside sledding and playing in the snow- mostly Nicolas!  His favourite game is now 'Arctic Soccer' where there are little snow soccer balls everywhere he looks!  Another fun afternoon activity is walking out onto the frozen bay and watching the snowmobiles travel along the bay.

Nicolas sledding on the Bay

Our experiences in the Arctic have been captured in articles in La Nacion- Revista Dominical and Soho  magazine. Which emphasize the difference in living in an environment like the Arctic compared to the tropics of Costa Rica. The article in Soho magazine was particularly interesting as it depicted the experiences of two Costa Ricans in the poles (Arctic and Antarctic). 

Soho Magazine Article 

La Nacion Article

The true sign that spring is here and that we are coming out of the brutal winter cold… the dogs are sunbathing!!  Can't wait until the spring festival 'Frolics' begins in a few weeks.

Enjoying the spring weather