Can ya smell that?? The crisp fall air, maybe even the smell of a few campfires soon to be leaf burning piles, the fresh apple pie. Friday nights the sounds of cheers and the band coming from the high school. Pretty leaves, Honeycrisp apples, yes, fall is in the air!
What is it about this time of year that most people seem to love? The kids are back in school, (ROUTINE!!!!), the air has dried out, the days seem to be cozy yet still draped with the remnants of summer. We have NEW activities to look forward to, yes and change of seasons lets us look forward to new things, beginnings and endings. Those pretty fall colors, the comfy feeling of those favorite lived in jeans and just right fuzziness of that favorite sweatshirt.
We are now gearing up for Homecoming week in our town, and that always signals Fall is really here to me!! Our family is still cramming in so many traditional activities, but finding it harder to do so with the mounting responsibilities of a family getting into those teen years. I have also learned that we need to switch up some of the old ways of doing things and replace them with similar, yet different ways. The pumpkin patch we used to attend, my kids have outgrown so we've found an orchard/patch to go to that is scaled down in the "kiddie" activities yet just as fun to still go and pick apples and pumpkins and take the few silly fall photos that they love. Now instead of being just a family activity, it's branched into "can I bring a friend?" It seems as though it's still a desired thing to do with their family, but they want the security of having a friend, to know it's still "cool." I can respect that. The best part of that to me is that I get to know my kids' friends and they often become like family as well and we get to share in fun memories with others.
What does YOUR family do to celebrate fall's arrival? I'd love to hear about what you do and maybe add some new into our fall!
Life is good, get on with it!
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