Reflections of Fall Traditions

Winter is coming here in Ontario and that means the cold, wet and snowy weather will soon be upon us. I enjoy the fall season because it is the time of year when the air has a slight hint of cool, time for a sweater but, not quite time to get out that dreaded, bulky winter jacket. The leaves change color, beautiful colors, red, orange and yellow. And seeing the beautiful colors is always a breathtaking site to behold, nature is amazing.

The Stephens family has so many awesome fall traditions, it is hard to put my finger on a favorite. Here are some of the things that we do in the fall.

Taking a drive to see the colorful leaves.

A trip to the local national park to see the migration of the monarch butterflies and to walk the pathways.

Visiting the pumpkin patch (picking a special pumpkin to carve into for Halloween)

Apple picking, hay rides, hot apple cider.

Baking apple pies, making caramel apples.

Corn Maze. We have a blast doing the corn maze every year. This year we did it with friends and it was even better. We all had a blast trying to find our way out. Of course, the bigger boys flew through the maze in record time and had to wait for over 20 minutes for the rest of us to get out. LOL

Raking leaves and jumping in them.

Celebrating Thanksgiving - Canadian Thanksgiving was Oct 12th. We had turkey, pie and fun times with family and friends.

These are all the activities and things that make the fall season enjoyable for me. It is all about the traditions, I look forward to them every year and we accomplished all of them this year! Now to start working on all of those Digital Scrapbooking layouts! LOL the pictures are piling up!

Traditions mean that I get to spend time with my family, it is fun and I love every moment. But, we don't have many winter traditions like we do for the fall, aside from the typical snowman making and Christmas holiday stuff.