Warm enough to play outside

Last monday, my book club met at School Woods, Deb Shapiro's in-home supper club, for soup night. Over bowls of vegan Italian wedding soup, fresh baked bread and beets, we discussed The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Later, as the conversation shifted to stories about our personal lives, it came up that I am writing a blog. 

To make a short story shorter, my literary comrades convinced me to shift the focus of this blog (did I even have one?) to my pursuit of fun times here in Wisconsin. They said it would be interesting to follow, particularly in the winter, when amusement sometimes feels hard to come by. 

I have really taken this idea to heart. Already, it's made me more aware of the need to carve out time during my weekends for fun activities. Certainly, that's not a bad thing! 

I'd say things got off to a very good start this weekend. On Saturday, Cliff, Josh and I bought plastic saucers and went sledding. Then, on Sunday evening, Cliff and I met Terry, Nora and Toshi for downhill skiing at Tyrol Basin. Both outings were so much fun!

A note about saucer sledding: it's a HOOT because there are just so many ways to go down a hill on a saucer! First, we tried it on our knees, stomachs, butts. Then we tried spinning as we went down cross-legged. Next, we hit the jumps. Finally, we got the idea to go down as a unit--first with our legs linked (as if we were going down a slide together), and then with our arms linked (so we were all side-by-side, facing the bottom of the hill together). 

Here are some snaps from this weekend's adventures!