What a great way to kick off the 118th St. Paul Winter Carnival…with a windchill advisory! The little man and I were slated to meet our classmates for a field trip this morning, not far from the Ice Palace…but with an actual temperature of -10 I think we’re going to play hooky. Hopefully the much hardier little man will forgive me. I will take him to see it soon, but until it warms up a bit we’ll settle for viewing this gallery and time elapse video, from the comfort of our cozy computer room. And there’s a good chance we’ll have a decent view of tonight’s fireworks from our upstairs windows. Keeping my fingers crossed for that because it’s not bloody likely I’ll go outside to check it out.