8 Halloween/Fall Traditions that I Have With My Kids

Tradition, it reminds me one of my favorite movies of all time "Fiddler On The Roof". Tradition is so important, its the Thing we reminisce on when we are older and the thing that our kids will remember and talk about as adults too. For me its very important to bring some of the traditions I grew up with into my family as well as create some new traditions of our own. I will be sharing with you some of the traditions we have created and continued to share with our kids for this Fall/Halloween season and come Dec. I will write a post of our Winter/Christmas Traditions.


        OUR TRADITIONS:

  1) Go to a Pumpkin patch/hay ride. I remember as a young child going to the pumpkin patch with my mom and dad. My mom would always say "Only pick a pumpkin you can hold." Looking back now what I remember most is how much effort I put into getting the BIGGEST pumpkin I could but one that was still light enough to still hold. It makes me smile thinking about those times and the ones I have created with my, now 2 year old and 3 year old kiddos.

  2) Make Homemade caramel Apples (Recipes to follow in another post)

  3) Carve Pumpkins. Man did we make a mess doing this as a child oh but what fun...This year since my kids are still little we decided to decorate our pumpkins using Halloween stickers and colored makers. It was still a ton of fun. I love watching how creative my kids can be.

  4) Make my Great Grandmothers Pumpkin cookie recipe ( Recipe to follow)

  5)  Drink Apple Cider

  6) Attend Eat n Treat at church and dress up for Halloween. When I was younger we went door to door for our Halloween Fun and Candy, but as mom with my own Family, my husband and I have decided to Attend our churches Eat n' Treat. Its a ton of fun and everyone participates. People bring soup and chili and others  volunteer to decorate rooms and give out candy. We brought Cheddar Broccoli soup this year

  7) Have a campfire with some S'mores and have some homemade cocoa to warm up with (I have an amazing cocoa recipe, I will share with you also in another post.)

  8)  Collect Leaves on a nature walk, to make fall pictures with. I loved doing this with my kiddos this this fall season. They learned about different colors and shapes of leaves and then made their daddy some leaf pictures.
    


 Well thats all Ya'll --Happy Fall