The heavy snow the night before had covered the neighborhood in a thick layer of snow and glazed ice. The extreme cold followed by rain prevented anyone from going outside for long periods of time. At night the wind howled and made the windows rattle, like a banshee. The ice was not suitable to make snowmen or snowballs. It would have been a boring winter if my dad had not come up with the idea to make an igloo.
I thought this would be cool, since I had only seen igloos on TV. We put on our coats and boots and ran outside. First thing that I noticed when I went outside was my face was freezing. I could also see my breath freeze in midair. This didn't stop me from building and igloo though. I also noticed how quiet it was. No one was outside and I only heard a bird chirp once in a while. The only other noise was the cars passing by every once in a while on Berry Rd. The first thing we did was decide where the igloo would go. …
