Every year at this point in time I get this feeling of almost disbelief- at how the year flew so fast. That feeling seems more and more intense and obvious as we age, I guess, at least that's how I feel. Life seems to go way too fast. It really feels overwhelming sometimes to see how a whole year just slips through your hands like grains of sand and here we are getting ready for Christmas again and starting to plan the year ahead. Bottom line, life does go way too fast.
The last couple of months in town have been very unseasonable. The weather was pretty much around the 60's during October and the two first weeks of November, rarely hitting the 50's, which is really weird in this part of the country during this time. Low temps started to hit Madison by the very end of November and only now we have started to see very low temps (I MEAN, VERY LOW) so winter has officially arrived.
As usual, I need my little list of things I want to do during Winter break otherwise, I get lost in my daily routines and my own daily craziness, and I end up missing all the cool things I really don't want our family to miss.
We decided we want to see the Nutcracker again, this year. Diego is a little older so he'll be able to enjoy it much more. Ice skating lessons have been on my list forever, this year we are doing this. Our favorite place in town to go ice skating is the ice rink at the Edgewater Hotel, in Madison. A beautiful outdoor rink by the Mendota Lake. The Winter Solstice Celebration is also something we don't want to miss on December 16 at The Aldo Leopold Nature Center. We have been to the Summer Solstice Celebration a few times but never to the winter one. Snowshoeing is something new I would like to introduce Diego to, this winter. It is fun, easy, inexpensive and we have a very pretty Arboretum to explore here in town while snowshoeing around it. Sledding, always fun and many parks in town to go to and spend some time sledding down a hill. Can't forget, Star Wars opens on December 16, we'll be there for sure.
Happy winter break.
Stay warm and safe.
a few pictures of wintertime in Madison.
