Keep Moving, Winnipeg!

Winter is such a wonderful season and it’s definitely here to stay. For us Winnipeggers, the coming of winter wasn’t bad after all. We experienced a mild transition from fall to winter and even enjoyed warm, wintery days before Christmas. But the scene changed when temperature plunged down, and we have to scurry ourselves around looking for thicker scarves and fleece sweaters to help us keep warm.


There are some people who admit that winter isn’t their favourite time of the year. For those individuals, bouts of depression hit them with no warning at all. Days are certainly shorter and nights are longer at this time of the year. The gloomy skies you see once you step outside of your front yard might make you feel gloomy, too.

Adults in general have ideas on how to cope with this wintery season. We might opt to stay at home and curl-up in our beds and get an interesting read. For others, going outside to ski or skate, will be a much better alternative rather than soaking up in the couch to keep them fit and active.

In general, different people have different ways on how to keep healthy and active during these cold months. Once you decide on what to do this winter season, let’s say, take up a class in skating, pottery or painting, don’t forget to get your children involved or at least enrolled in a special class. Children can also get bored easily if they don’t have anything to do at all. It will be a good idea to engage them in some outdoor activity like tobogganing at the Assiniboine Park or skating at The Forks on weekends. It’s not necessary for you to spend in order to get your kids active this winter. Even in your own backyard, you can let your kids build snow forts and snowmen. With you participating in their activity, you can be reassured that your kids will have so much fun and they will relish the time you spend with them.

On the other hand, if doing an outdoor activity is impossible for you, you may choose to create some cool crafts. Go get those old tissue boxes, old bottle caps, buttons and coloured paper, and build an alien or monster out of it. With some ingenuity, you will create masterpieces worthy of the space at The Winnipeg Art Gallery.

So even before you sulk in misery and think that there’s nothing else to do, go visit our city's Winter 2010 Leisure Guide for some cool things to do this winter.

Here's a video which I think is very entertaining and shows a lot of snow.