Mommy Mondays: Fall Bucket List

I don't know about you guys, but I LOVE these bucket lists.  We don't always get to everything on the list, but it's fun to sit down and brainstorm as a family about activities we want to do.  Thatboy is already asking about our plans for winter activities.  And it was 90 degrees on Saturday! 

The only problem I run into, is that some of my favorite activities don't always fall on their appropriate season.  Like apple picking is always done during the "summer" here, even though it is definitely a fall activity.   And while Christmas falls in the winter, most Christmas activities happen in what is traditionally considered fall, based on the calendar.  And this year?  Channukah actually falls in the fall!

But I'll sit here, sipping my cider, dreaming of cooler weather and sharing the adventures we've had and plan on having for the rest of the "fall."

*Go Apple Picking

*Make Chili

*Drink apple cider

* Make pumpkin muffins

* Make candy corn

*Make creepy gingerbread houses

* Corn Maze!

* Go on a hayride

* Oktoberfest

*Go to a pumpkin patch

*carve jack-o-lanterns

* Go to Fall Festivals

* Read Halloween books

* Watch Halloween movies

*Brick or Treat at Legoland

* Listen to Halloween Playlists

* Visit a haunted ship

* Trick or Treat

*Dia de los Muertos Festivities

* Watch the Macy's Day parade

*Go see a movie on Thanksgiving

*Celebrate Thanksgiving

*Take family photos

You'll notice there's a decided lack of fun things like "go see beautiful fall leaves changing colors."  Such is the tradeoff for living in California where fall marks wildfire (and arson fire) season because of the high heat, extreme dryness, and high hot winds.  It's not my favorite tradeoff!