Well summer is officially over, and as the nights (and days) get chillier, I’m getting excited for the next season. Fall has an awesome line-up of holidays and traditions. This year more than ever I’m so excited to continue those traditions with our little family. Sunday will actually be able to participate in the holidays, even if she doesn’t understand why we’re doing things we are. It’s also so exciting to envision our first Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in our own little home. I had fun making a summer bucket list a few months ago, I figured I’d make one for fall. Not everything got done on our summer list, but I liked that it pushed me to try and do things we might not otherwise have thought to do and it gave me ideas of things I could do with Sunday to make ordinary days a little more fun. Anyways, here’s my seasonal list- I can’t wait for all things holiday in the next three months!
As a family:
- Go to a pumpkin patch
- Trick or treat with Sunday
- Get firewood for our fireplace
- Go to a corn maze
- Bonfire at the beach
- Go on a hike [October 7]
- Have a movie night
- Have a General Conference party [October 1-2]
- Go on a scenic drive
- Go on a picnic
- Host/Attend a Halloween party
- Go to the indoor pool
- Take our family Christmas photo
- Carve pumpkins
- Go to Davidson Orachards and buy apple juice
- Create a family Halloween costume
- Burn the first fire in our fireplace
- Pass out candy to trick-or-treaters
- Go geocaching
- Skype aunts and uncles that live far away
As a couple:
- Host a potluck
- Do a month of gratitude with Tanner
- Go bowling
- Try a new restaurant
- Learn a new card game
- Watch a halloween movie
- Create and organize our ‘home office’ nook
- Get Christmas gifts for the girls
- Get our yard ready for winter
- Go on a double date with another couple
With Sunday & Quinn:
- Rake leaves and jump in the pile
- Build a fort
- Make spooky spider cookies
- Visit the local museum
- Fall photo shoot with the girls
- Jump in puddles
- Make a bird feeder
- Feed the ducks at the park
- Get a matching fall outfit and take pictures
- Send Auntie Jenna package [October 3]
- Paint pumpkins
- Make homemade play dough
- Go to a library story time
- Do a fall craft
- Get books at the library
Just me:
- Decorate mantle
- Decorate for Halloween
- Make a front door wreath
- Burn some fall smelling candles
- Paint chalkboard wall for Sunday
- Hang up pictures in our house
- Get banana hot chocolate with Kaila
- Make mom’s chili
- Make something with apples in it
- Bake pumpkin bread
- Make homemade pizza
- Make cookies for our neighbours
- Make felt dolls for Sunday
- Start the girls’ photobooks for this year
- Make homemade bread
