Falling for Fall

You may have noticed from the change of background that I'm embracing the change of season as we transition from the summer's heat to the cool breezes of fall and it occurred to me that there are so many fall traditions that we celebrate as children yet forget about as adults.

Think about it bloggers, remember when you were a kid and you used to rake up all the leaves then jump in the pile! You're in the air for less then a second and yet for that moment in time you're flying! You're a super hero or an airplane and nothing can touch you! When you land you're surrounded by these russet colors that seem to light up the world and make everything around you more alive.
Then when you go inside there's a bowl of hot soup and maybe a cup of cocoa on the counter. You can curl up next to the fire as you plot with your siblings what great Halloween costume you'll come up with this year. Or maybe you listen to your mom and dad planning out Thanksgiving dinner and wonder whose getting kicked out of their bedroom for Grandma and Grandpa this year.
A few days later there's a thunderstorm and maybe you're like my sister and sitting up to watch it through your window or maybe you're more like I used to be as a kid and looking for the closest place to hide until you discover the magic of watching the lightening draw designs across the night sky.
On your way out to school the next day you discover that the rain has filled up all the pot holes and what could be more fun then splashing in puddles as that muddy water sprays up around you and the cold liquid seeps into your jeans but you don't even realize because you're having too much fun!

It's fall again bloggers! Instead of hiding away inside your houses and complaining about the rain and cold, go out, celebrate, embrace your childhood, dance in the rain, splash in a puddle, take in the changing colors or then tell me your own way of falling for fall!