My List: What I Look Forward to in the Fall

In the car today one of my girls asked me what I was looking forward to about the fall and we started coming up with a lis of 10 things we like about fallt:

1.  Cooler temperatures
2.  College football
3.  Have a routine again when school starts
4.  Being able to play / be outside without wearing mosquito repellent
5. The leaves changing colors
6.  Feeling like life is settling down some
7.Pumpkin patches
8.  The crackle of leafs on the side walk
9.  The State Fair
10. Halloween

Fall has always been my favorite season.  I can't wait for it to come soon.

What is your favorite season?

Things This Mom Does Not Do

I came across this blog the other day from The Happiest Mom and on it the writer listed 5 things she does not do as a mom and 5 things she wishes she did do as a mom.  

I thought I would try my own list.

Things This Mom Does Not Do

Purposefully Lose at Games.  I am too competitive to lose at games when I play with my children.  If they win, it is an honest win, and if they lose well then they have to deal with it...

Watch Cartoons.  Many of the cartoons now a days really grate on my nerves.  It is rare I will sit down and watch a cartoon with my kids and not have something else to do (read a book, grade papers, etc.).  Now I do enjoy watching many of kid movies with them, but when it come to the 30 minutes shows on Disney, Nick Jr., or Sprout...I could do without.

Iron.  I think one of the best products out there is Downy Wrinkle Release spray.  It has saved me many mornings from having to iron clothes.  I will iron on rare occasions, but for the most part I just leave it to my husband to take care of.

Things this Mom Does Not Do  BUT Wants To

Do More Craft Activities.  I would love to do more craft activities with my kids.  I find that sometimes my patience and / or energy level is zapped by the time I get home or the weekend comes to do these type of activities.  I know my kids would love it and I hope I can make this a reality soon.

Finish / Start My Children's Scrapbooks.  I am so far behind and there are times I want to give up.  Katie's is 3/4 of the way done and Jake only has photos organized into a folder for when I do start his.    I hope to make his a bound book instead of a scrap book.

Take More Home Movies of the Kids.  We took a ton of footage when Maddie was little and then there has been a sharp decline of the video footage taken with each child.  I was reminded tonight when I took snippets of Jake's dancing of how much I may be missing...

What are your mom don'ts?