I Love Fall

It's my favorite season. Gone with the hotter-than-hell summer, in with brisk mornings and perfect afternoons complimented by clear blue skies.

I can finally bring out my tall boots, tweed skirts and cozy sweaters.

There's football. Even PS's middle school games are enjoyable on a cool fall night, with the lights shining bright, eating nachos and Frito pie.

And the fall holidays are the best. Halloween is all about fun--crazy costumes, lots of candy, tacky decorations, carving pumpkins. This year we have volunteered to work at our town's pumpkin patch, which benefits our local library. The kids are so excited, and I'm glad to see them psyched about volunteer work.

And then Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving. It's just about being thankful for what you have. And food. I love Thanksgiving food. I love cooking Thanksgiving food. I love not having the pressure of buying the perfect gift. And you don't even have to go to church.

And then there's the fair--the kickoff of fall. Every year my kids get a random day off from school for "fair day." Today was that day. We haven't actually gone the the fair in several years, but this year DH and I played hooky from work and took the girls to the fair.

We just walked around and ate. And ate. And ate. We tried chicken fried bacon (looks and sounds disgusting, but was actually quite delicious. But thank goodness we were splitting it 5 ways, because I'm sure that any single person consuming an entire serving would suffer an instant heart attack.) We tried Fried Frito Pie (ok, not sure it was worth the very long line). And corn dogs (the best corn dogs in the world are at the fair), funnel cakes, tornado taters, cotton candy.

Overall, a very good day (well, except for the part where TT got pooped on by a bird. She was a little traumatized, but I'm sure she'll be laughing about it by tomorrow) and a nice midweek break.

I'm so happy it's fall.