By any other name....

It does not matter what you call this time of year I love it. Wether it's Autumn or Fall it is without a doubt my favorite time of year. I love everything about it! I love soup, I love the cooler weather. I love sitting around a fire and talking about everything that has happened through the year, and what our plans for the next will be. Since having children it also serves for the only time that I get to really cuddle anymore. I also love all of the warm colors. The reds with the oranges and the browns. The smells are amazing. In my car I have pumpkin, and in my house it's spiced apple. I really can not think of one bad thing about this part of the year! I enjoy it so much that for dinner a few days ago I actually made Thanksgiving dinner. Dumplings, sweet potato's, the whole deal. To make this part of the year even better BOTH of my children were born this time of year! I spend so much time making sure that they have a great birthday. This will of course be Ian's first. Every year for Abi's birthday I try to have an outside party for her weather permitting. We make sure to buy lots of outside toys to really get out and enjoy this perfect weather! This time of year takes entirely too much time to get here, and is gone entirely too fast! It is about time to start breaking out the Halloween stuff, and then I will have to fight myself to not put up the Christmas stuff. I wish it could be this time of year all year long!