With the arrival of fall and festivals, it is so hard not to over commit yourself with all the fun events.  We’ve been there.  We’ve done it.  And we’ve got your list of Top 5 things you must do this fall.

Fall Must Do List

5. Wear knee-length boots when it is too hot – You know you will.  You’ve had those boots sitting in the back of your closet for months now.  Maybe you haven’t even worn them because you get them at an end of season sale.  It is too hard to wait.  It might be 80 degrees outside, but wear those boots.  The sweating you will endure is well worth the price of beauty.

4. Drink too much apple cider – You are tricked as you walk in to every store that pipes in the cinnamon smell.  Every festival that seems covered with apples.  Apple cider smells like fall and really puts you in the mood.  Drink your fill, drink until you can’t stand the thought of it anymore.  It is ok, you probably are crapping constantly anyway from all the apple cider.  Maybe you’ll even lose some weight!

3. Acquire too many pumpkins – I’m not even going to pin this on you buying them.  Pumpkins are the hottest give away in the fall.  You can barely step in to a festival without the promise of one for you, your children and any unborn children you may be considering having.  The unfortunate thing is most of the pumpkins you’ll receive, you can’t even eat!  They soon litter your house, front step, back step, walkway, yard, street with more and more pumpkins!  And, if you leave them out to rot in the front yard, they’ll grow next spring!  Then you’ll have a front yard full of miniature pumpkins that you never wanted in the first place!  Bonus!

2. Make or eat a pumpkin version of everything – It is clear you love pumpkin, everyone loves pumpkin flavoring in the fall, right?  It couldn’t be cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice.  No, you clearly love the taste of pumpkin.  Make your favorite pumpkin bread – do me one quick favor.  As you make it, take a big spoonful of pumpkin and put it in your mouth.  Delicious, right?  Ok, now admit you like cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice better and really that’s what the flavors of fall are, not pumpkins.

1. Rake up those leaves – I’m sure you will get them all bagged before your children (or husband) jump in to them, thereby spreading them all over again.  My favorite is when I go to a fall festival and they’ve raked the leaves and left them in gigantic piles.  That makes sense.  Invite 200 people to your location, rake the leaves and don’t expect children and grown-up children to jump in them.  That wasn’t me that did it college!?!  Ok, it was.  And I’ll likely do it again.

What’s on your fall must do list?  Comment below or continue the conversation on the Bleeping Motherhood facebook page!