Yesterday was my fall home tour and today is my fall bucket list… oh what a festive week it has been on
the blog!! Here are some things that we
have on our list for this fall!
O N E – Decorate the House for Fall
A given! This will always and forever be my number
one! I always decorate September 1 so
this is already a big check on the list.
You can see the tour here. And
psssst, this year’s décor is my favorite!
T W O – Drink Plenty of PSLs
They’re only available for a
few months of the year so I always take full advantage. I rarely drink coffee the rest of the year,
so during September, October, November, and December I get my fix to hold me
over through the rest of the year!
T H R E E – Attend the Gala at My Alma Mater
My alma mater, which is also
our kids’ current school, is hosting a gala for the school’s 60th anniversary. The gala is actually tonight and there will
be a guest speaker as well as a delicious dinner by one of the best chefs in
our entire city. Everyone is encouraged
to wear red (one of the school’s colors) and I just so happenned to have the
perfect dress in my closet for the event.
To say I’m looking forward to it is an understatement… date night on a
Thursday night? Well, sign me up!
F O U R – Attend Homecoming Festivities at My Alma
Mater
This week also happens to be
Homecoming week, so lots of other fun events are on tap… the kids have had
themed dress-up days all week, there’s a bonfire, a pep rally, an alumni
social, and then, of course, the football game.
Olivia gets to cheer this week and she’s OVER THE MOON.
F I V E – Fall Weekend Getaway in the Mountains
YAAAASSSS. This is probably my FAVORITE thing that we do
all fall. My aunt and uncle have a house
in the mountains in North Carolina
and we’ll be heading up there in just a couple of weeks. The first couple of years we went the weather
was gloriously chilly, and one year it was downright cold. However, they moved fall break up by a couple
of weeks last year so it was blazing hot when we went. Sigh. I’m
hoping that the weather will somehow throw us a bone and cooperate because we
could use some relief from the heat.
Lord, whatever you’re baking
outside, it’s done. (ß I saw that meme on Facebook the other night and I
have not been able to stop laughing about it since then. Lol.)
S I X – Go Apple Picking
This is part of our mountain
trip, but I like to count it as a stand-alone item on the bucket list since it’s
just SO MUCH FUN!
S E V E N – Go Wine-Tasting at Our Favorite Vineyard
Another mountain trip
activity… we go every year (kids included) and we always have so much fun!
E I G H T – Visit the Top of Brasstown Bald
This will also be part of
our mountain trip, but it’s something we’ve never done. It’s the highest point in the state of Georgia. We’ve never been but I’m sure it’ll be neat!
N I N E – Spend the Day in Helen, GA
Another mountain trip
favorite, this is on our list again!
T E N – Visit Rock Ranch with Friends
Rock Ranch is a place in The
Rock, GA that has all sorts of fun things to do. They have multiple playgrounds, a zip line, a
pumpkin patch, a train, a jumping pillow, a corn bin, and so many other fun
fall-ish activities. We went for the
first time last year and we loved it so much that the kids have been begging to
go back since.
E L E V E N – Watch Football on the Back Porch
Last year we bought a
projector and a HUGE screen to watch movies and football on the back porch, but
it ended up being a pain to hook up each time, plus we couldn’t see very well
during the day when it was sunny. So, we
ended up selling those things and we bought a big ol’ TV instead. Now we can watch football out there during
the day and actually see the screen! And
since it’s easier to set up, I’m hoping that we’ll spend way more time out
there doing that… if the weather ever decides to cooperate, of course.
T W E L V E – Watch a Movie Under the Stars
And we definitely want to
have another movie night out there under the stars and the twinkle lights!
T H I R T E E N – Introduce the Movie Hocus Pocus to
the Kids
I am a child of the 90s so I
was raised on the movie Hocus Pocus. We
watched it all the time it’s one of my favorites ever. Brian, on the other hand, has never seen
it?!?! And we have yet to show it to the
kids. We most definitely need to remedy
that this year. Although I have a
feeling it’s going to scare the crap out of Olivia. She may not be afraid to pick up a beetle and
lick it (true story), but she is sure terrified of everything in movies.
F O U R T E E N – Visit a Pumpkin Patch
Ever since our favorite
pumpkin patch closed a couple of years ago we have yet to find one that we
truly love. I’m hoping to find one this
year.
F I F T E E N – Carve Pumpkins
We have only done this with
the kids one time ever. Isn’t that
crazy? Time to get to carving!
S I X T E E N – Trick-or-Treat
Neither of the kids knows
what they want to be for Halloween yet.
Normally they both know by July what they want to be! Haha. We’ll
be doing some shopping in the coming weeks and then putting those costumes to
good use the last day of October. :o)
S E V E N T E E N – Go to the Georgia/Auburn Game
& Then Ed Sheeran??
This is a HUGE rivalry game
that’s always near the end of our season.
It’s the one game that we ALWAYS go to when it’s in Athens.
As a matter of fact, B and I have never missed a Georgia/Auburn game in Athens since we started
dating in 2003. And the Georgia/Auburn
game of 2007 will forever be my favorite football game EVER!!!! Anyway, due to soccer and other activities we
are struggling to make it to many Georgia
games these days, but we always make room for Georgia
vs. Auburn. This year’s game also happens to fall on the
same day that we have tickets to see Ed Sheeran in Atlanta, so we are praying for a 3:30 game so
we can go to the game and then hightail it to ATL for the concert. It’ll be #crazytown but it’ll be worth it.
E I G H T E E N – Fall Family Photos
Gotta be prepared to send
those Christmas cards!
N I N E T E E N – Friendsgiving
I’m putting this one on here
with every intention of making it work, but I can also say that if there’s
anything we don’t accomplish from this list, it’ll be this one. It is nearly impossible to gather all of my
friends at the same time these days because we all have multiple kids in
different activities and everyone is just so busy. However, one of my
very best friends is moving away forever this fall and I just want to spend
every single possible second with her until she’s gone, so fingers crossed we
can make this work.
T W E N T Y – Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade
I always end every fall
bucket list post with this one and I always will because it is officially the
doorway from fall to… Christmastime!!!!
Now let’s get to crossing
stuff off of this list!
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