welcome fall

We have been counting down the days till the first day of fall. I get very excited about the change of seasons and I seem to have passed that excitement down to my girls. My husband thinks I am foolish, but I deprive them of certain enjoyable things until certain seasons...for example: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!