The First Day of Autumn
"Is it Fall Yet?" by Jenni - Taken at Big Trees National ParkI love Fall. It's my favorite time of year. Even though I was anxiously awaiting Summer (the school vacation was desperately needed), around the first of August, I started wishing for Autumn.
Crisp, cool days. Leaves turning colors. Hot apple cider and warm pumpkin scones. Decorating the house for Halloween and visiting the Pumpkin Patch. So many of our family traditions revolve around Fall.
Since bringing the kids home, Fall has become even more special. It is when we celebrate our "Metcha' Day" with a Russian feast in honor of Vika and Eamon. Carving jack-o-lanterns has become a much more light-hearted event. Before, Jeff and I would compete to see who could create the best jack-o-lantern. Now we laugh as Eamon cringes in disgust each time he pulls the goo out of his pumpkin, and Vika carves so thoroughly that her pumpkin's "face" becomes one big hole. We go on leaf hunts and watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas" while drinking hot cocoa. On Thanksgiving morning, we watch the Macy's Thankgiving Day Parade in our PJs, marveling at the Broadway dance numbers and enormous character balloons.
To me, more than any other season, Fall is about family. What are some of the traditions your family shares in the Fall?
I love everything about fall. Everything except raking leaves. But the kids do like climbing in the piles, so it's not all bad! I also love that I don't have to water the yard anymore, and that I can start to neglect the weeding in my flower beds a bit. And, I always get a big pot of mums for the front porch.
Pumpkin scones? Yum. Do you make them? Or just eat them? 'Cause if you make them, I want the recipe!
Fall has always been my favorite season. It's so wonderful that you, Jeff, and the kids have developed warm, loving Fall traditions. Those memories will stay with you forever.
Fall is truly wonderful. There's such a wonderful smell in the air when the leaves change and come down. Halloween is one of our favorite family holidays and it's always exciting to see what the kids want to dress up as.
Thanksgiving morning we sit around watching the Macy's parade while cutting leaves out of construction paper and writing on each one the things we are thankful for. Then it's time to go out to the back yard and find the perfect "Thanksgiving branch", which we stick into a vase in the middle of the dining room table. As Kirk and I make the Thanksgiving feast (being vegetarian, it doesn't take too long!), the kids use thread and tape to hang the leaves on the Thanksgiving branch. I love that our Thanksgiving feasts involve just the 4 of us - we save getting together with other family member on the day after.
I love fall - it's my favorite! We never had any traditions.
Congrats on your Metcha day-I love how you celebrate the season!!
I do enjoy fall, but I do mourn the loss of summer.
We love the pumpkins (I get lasy and use the Mr Potato stick ins for our jack o laterns!).
I love taking the kids on hay rides and looking for special leaves.
It is fun to develop new traditions, I hope you have a fabulous fall!
It is the most wonderful season, although I admit I miss east coast NA fall colours. I need to get to the Lake District here, which also has the most spectacular scenery.
I remember the Macy's parade - oh how I miss it....
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Sigh!
Oh and I also wanted to say that I love the crescent moon-shaped hole in the beautiful leaf you photographed!
Dude! It is so my favorite season - hence why we got married in the fall. Plus, my favorite color is most prominent then as well as my favorite Holiday - Halloween (I so can't wait to start decorating). It's also the time of year when I can start breaking out my scarves and hats - you know how I'm addicted! It's not too cold and I love pumpkin patches (although I'm totally bummed about Perry's this year - argh!). There's just a different smell in the air and I feel like I should be doing something crafty/homey. I did a little jig in the car when they announced it was the first day of Fall./J9
Great traditions. I may adopt some of them this year.