A Perfect Fall Day.

One of my favorite things to do is to plan out exactly what I would do if I had a free day, with no obligations, no homework, and no worries. Here is what my 'perfect fall day' would look like:



9a Holy Yoga (I got the DVDs in the mail this weekend & I'm in love).
10a Breakfast & coffee with Jordan in the village.
11p Horse-back ride along the river.
1p Picnic lunch with (& prepared by) Jordan.
2p Apple Hill with a few favorite people.
6p Dinner at my parent's house.
8p Board games back at home.
10p  Fall asleep while reading a good book.

And, of course, the weather would be about 70 degrees with just a few fluffy clouds in sight, I would be able to sneak in a nap, all of my favorite people would be in town, and my hair would cooperate so any pictures taken would come out good. That's all I would need to have a perfect fall day, sounds reasonable enough to me. But enough day dreaming for one day, back to reality.

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I ♥ Fall.

The other day, on the first day of Fall, I read my kindergarteners a story about Fall to start off the day. But before beginning the book, I asked them if they knew what 'Fall' was. Almost all of my students raised their hands, and came up with following answers:

• It means... ummm... the sky is blue?


• Fall is when we wear our jackets because it's cold.


• It's when the leaves change colors.


• Halloween!


• It's when I go to the pumpkin patch.


• Apple Hill is in the Fall.


• {And then of course, my genius child had to shout out} NO MRS. GRAY, Fall is Autumn, it's the season that comes after Summer!

Besides Mr. SmartyPants, I loved their answers. It's so refreshing to see the world from a child's perspective, and I was reminded how badly I want to go to Apple Hill. Maybe I can talk Jordan into going this weekend!

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P.S. This is my 100th post! Thought that was pretty exciting.