A Frugal Family Fall Bucket List

Fall is our favorite season. Living in the deep south, you really appreciate it when the weather starts to cool off and the sky is a brilliant blue. “October blue” is what we call it. The smell of the air just seems different. The sights of pumkpins and brightly colored leaves and apples… ahhhhh!

You can laugh but I actually have to hold Bill back from decorating the house too early. He start planning in late July when the weather is sweltering. He watched the calendar and marks it off. The first football game signals to him that we are getting close and then, finally, I will give the nod and off into the attic he disappears. Down he comes with boxes of leaf garlands and faux pumpkins. He vacuums the greenery over the cabinets in the kitchen and then gets busy making it gorgeous.

When the kitchen is perfected, he pops a bowl of popcorn and everyone snuggles up to watch Charlie Brown movies.

This year, he surprised me by bringing home two big mums. I HEART mums and I love this Fall-enthusiast hubby of mine.

If you are looking for something to put you in the festive Fall mood, check out my Ultimate Fall Bucket List for Your Family:

• Go apple picking.
• Visit a pumpkin patch.
• Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
• Make popcorn balls.
• Go to the county fair.
• Enjoy a caramel apple.
• Decorate with leaves and mums.
• Jump in a pile of leaves.
• Go to a football game.
• Count shooting stars.
• Sip a pumpkin spice latte.
• Make S’mores.
• Ride bikes around the neighborhood.
• Have a weenie roast.
• Go on a hayride.
• Visit a corn maze.
• Bake a pie.
• Decorate a pumpkin.
• Drink apple cider.
• Have a bonfire.
• Go for a hike.
• Start an “I’m thankful” jar for Thanksgiving.
• Snuggle under a blanket with a loved one.
• Have a pumpkin unit study.
• Read a good book.
• Bake cinnamon rolls.
• Go pick-up pecans.
• Make a craft with pinecones.

What am I missing? What is on your Fall Bucket List?