A few weeks ago, we visited the ICE exhibit located at a nearby resort/convention center. The ICE exhibit is made out of nearly 2 million pounds of ice, hand carved by Chinese artists.
Every year, millions of people visit the city of Harbin in northern China for the annual ice festival. Several of those artists traveled to Florida to design and create the many ice sculptures that make up the exhibit. So you could say we have our own mini Harbin Ice Festival here in sunny Florida! Of course, to keep the ice from melting in these sweltering 80 degrees temps, they have to keep the exhibit at a freezing 9 degrees!!
So we all dug through to the backs of our closets and suited up in our warmest gear and headed over anticipating the freezing temps ahead of us. Fortunately, the exhibit provides (ugly) but warm parkas. It was really neat and the kids had a blast.
We came here two years ago just before we brought Esther home, so it was nice to do this again.
Every year, millions of people visit the city of Harbin in northern China for the annual ice festival. Several of those artists traveled to Florida to design and create the many ice sculptures that make up the exhibit. So you could say we have our own mini Harbin Ice Festival here in sunny Florida! Of course, to keep the ice from melting in these sweltering 80 degrees temps, they have to keep the exhibit at a freezing 9 degrees!!
So we all dug through to the backs of our closets and suited up in our warmest gear and headed over anticipating the freezing temps ahead of us. Fortunately, the exhibit provides (ugly) but warm parkas. It was really neat and the kids had a blast.
We came here two years ago just before we brought Esther home, so it was nice to do this again.
Hehe.. so we dared Emma to lick this giant cupcake! She didn't think it tasted very good.
The Nativity Scene-one of the prettiest pieces out of the entire exhibit!
We all joked that Asher must have been the warmest out of all of us, since he comes from chilly Dandong in Northern China!
Poor Dad was the designated purse holder while the rest of the family waited in line to try out the large ice slide.
Foggy glasses!
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