Fall is the beginning of football season. For many wives, this is a "pause" on time spent with their hubby. For Andrew and I, it's one more common interest we share. I love the anticipations of waiting for the game on Saturday almost as much as the game itself. Please note, I did say almost. I also love the anticipation of waiting for the rankings to be posted. Unless we (MSU) lost on Saturday. Then, I dread the rankings. Fortunately, this week we won and moved up one spot.
Fall is the beginning of things that smell and taste wonderful:
Apples. Apple pie. Apple picking. Apple cake. Apple dumplings. I'm going home to Greenville this weekend, and if my mom makes apple dumplings, I will die of happiness.
Pumpkin spice lattes and everything else "pumpkin-y". I currently have pumpkin spice soap in my kitchen and apple pie soap in my downstairs bathroom. When you come to my house, find a reason to wash your hands. The festive smell is wonderful.
Leaves and the smell of burning them. It's refreshing. I don't know why, but it is. It also makes me nostalgic, because I spent many fall days in Michigan raking leaves with my brothers who now live states away from me.
Fall is the beginning of a new routine. I've always been a sucker for routines. Because school starts back, everyone and everything settle into new routines. I like the predictability of that.
This one is the best one, so brace yourself. Fall is the beginning of the holiday season. I include Halloween in this because Andrew really likes spooky things. During the month of October, I can count on him to sing "The Ghost of John" and try to spook me in every silly way he can think of. I sincerely hate being scared, but being spooked is a bit different. It's silly, and I secretly like that. Don't tell him. That would take some of the fun out of October.
October also contains Andrew's birthday. I love birthdays, so that's almost a holiday as well.
Thanksgiving and Christmas. I should just leave it at that, because they really need no explanation. However, my favorite thing about Thanksgiving is that it anticipates Christmas. I love that for the entire month of December, I am reminded of how Christ came to earth into humble circumstances to live a perfect life and die the death that would give me life. I love that.
Fall is also the beginning of super fun festive decorations. Mine this year cost me $20 in the target dollar aisle. Here they are:
The mantle with fun fall additions
The front door wreath I made
The steps - with my white pumpkin that I adore
My totally unimpressed boy. He really likes the pumpkins, actually. Don't let the snarl fool you.
The kitchen table - I love when I have a centerpiece.
That - all those rambling reasons - is why I love fall the best.
I love your love of fall! I think that it's my favorite season too and I share almost all your reasons. Now I just need to go to Target and then buy some apple soap :) Great post!
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