Fall Activities Every Family Should Do This Season. The fall season brings about so many Favorite and Fun Fall activities for all families to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful colors of autumn.
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There are so many different ways to enjoy pumpkin during the fall months. I have gathered together 25 of the BEST Dessert Recipes To Enjoy Pumpkin This Fall. There is nothing like enjoying the flavor of fall with pumpkin desserts.
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Every autumn one of our favorite activities as a family is to go to an apple orchard and pick apples from the trees. Freshly picked apples are are like our right of passage into autumn each year. We are fortunate to live near Lake Michigan, which lends to a fruit-friendly microclimate.
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Photographing my children can sometimes be a challenging task, since my children typically do not like posing for the camera (especially when they are too busy doing something they like).
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This past weekend my family and I took a driving trip to Iowa to visit my little brother and his family for their Homecoming celebration in their home town. My kiddos had only been to one high school football game a couple of years ago and didn't really have a clue what to expect. My brother was so excited we were in town to celebrate Homecoming with him. My baby brother actually told me he was so happy I came back because we had not watched football together in over 20 years!
The kiddos were so excited to have their faces painted and my son even let his cousin's pals spray paint his hair. His cousin's friends were very impressed with the fact that my son is homeschooled. I even over heard "I give you mad props dude". So that made me happy my son didn't have to be embarrassed or explain what homeschooling was all about!
The evening game was great and cold. Very, very cold. We literally froze our bums off!
This week has been all about catching up . . . my brother and his family were here for a long weekend and these past few day shave been my attempt at getting back on a normal routine with the children. They still think it is mini vacation time . . . a bit of an issue when home and school are in the same location.
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