Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Our Fall Wish List


Fall is here (at least in my book). I count the days of autumn from September 1 to Thanksgiving. We love this season even though it is usually extremely busy. We may not make it to all that we want to do, but here is a guide for when I can squeeze something in to our schedule. 

Our Fall Wish List in no particular order ~
  1. Make apple pies
  2. Make homemade candy corn
  3. Do the exploding watermelon and rubber bands activity (we never got to this summer)
  4. Go apple picking
  5. Make Halloween costumes
  6. Go trick or treating
  7. Go to the homeschool Halloween party
  8. Go to the Mountain State Fair
  9. Have a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
  10. Go to a pumpkin patch
  11. Carve pumpkins
  12. Make homemade caramel sauce
  13. Go to Duke for my son's cardiology appointment
  14. Visit the Mad Hats store while in Durham
  15. Attend many Nutcracker rehearsals 
  16. Watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
  17. Watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
  18. Celebrate Husband's birthday
  19. Celebrate Anne's birthday
  20. Have a sleepover birthday party for Anne
  21. Paint baseboards in two more rooms
  22. Make mulled cider
  23. Go on a hayride
  24. Celebrate Boomer's 5th birthday (Tim's dog)
  25. Look at the stars through the telescope
  26. Make 12 lunches for homeless ladies staying at our church (October 11)
  27. Attend the Renaissance Fair on education day
  28. Listen to Spooky Classics for Children by Jim Weiss
  29. Listen to Sherlock Holmes for Children by Jim Weiss
  30. Listen to Mystery! Mystery! for Children: Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Auguste Dupin by Jim Weiss
  31. Pose for a fall photo shoot
  32. Go on fall nature drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway
  33. Take leaf nature walk
  34. Attend Robot Zoo Exhibit at the Arboretum



3 comments:

  1. Oh! Sherlock Holmes for Children??? That sounds wonderful.

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  2. What a fun list. It's quite inspiring. I hope you make it through all the items on your list.

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  3. I'm finally catching up on my blog reading. I love Jim Weiss but haven't gotten anything new in years for the kids. I will have to look into some more and dig out the ones we have. The older kids have heard them but the littles haven't. How very fun!

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