I am always smelling. My nose is very important to me. I smell the morning, any food item before eating, my laundry, my dishes, the woods, beach--yes, yes--basically everything I am near I try and breathe in a scent, so beware.
I have been opening the door in the morning and breathing in the air to see what season I am smelling. At times I smell school (what I remember school smelling like as a child), some mornings smell like spring to me, but lately I have been smelling fall turning into winter--there is certain smell that the end of fall brings and it smells so clean and exciting.
We are excited (all the girl noses around here) to see our surroundings transform, and to have our activities begin to change--more time in the woods (less bugs), fun involving leaves, hot drinks, many things apple, more baking and comfort foods, leg warmers, a lot of reading, and different sights, smells, fun.
I love New England.
I am always smelling. My nose is very important to me. I smell the morning, any food item before eating, my laundry, my dishes, the woods, beach--yes, yes--basically everything I am near I try and breathe in a scent, so beware.
SO...I grabbed a handful of towels, bathing suits, spoke to my friend about joining me, walked over to the girls and told them to get dressed--after many cheers we headed off to the beach for a wonderful day under blue skies with those big white puffy clouds
(do you know that I still-- instantly-- see animal shapes when I look at those puffy, white clouds? 
we don't drink hot chocolate in our house until the first day of fall (unless we are camping) and once winter has obviously come to an end so does the hot chocolate. I buy eggnog between Thanksgiving and Christmas ONLY, all things Christmas (movies, music, etc...) don't start until Dec 1st and it all stops New Years, only on rainy/snowy days are pj's allowed after breakfast, meals like meatloaf/mashed potatoes, baked chicken, or soup are only around during fall/winter/early spring (because in New England early spring can still feel like winter). There are many more--I could go on and on. 
Yes, I may be a bit disturbed, but you should hear the cheering that goes on over here when they look outside and see it is raining, or when they wake up on the first day of fall and know a large cup of hot chocolate is waiting for them downstairs--and then they see their special hot chocolate mug and talk about how much they missed it and the memories of when they first got it and there is joy, and I love joy over such simple little things. 
Happy first day of fall to you!
