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The Fun of Fall

by Ronnie Rom

Ways to celebrate autumn with FamilyFun

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My eight-year-old, Rebecca, is no casual leaf jumper. Every fall, she works on her techniques like a surfer in search of the perfect wave. She leaps, she cartwheels, she even drags out our mini trampoline to maximize her running long jump. Our toddler, Arcadia, is never far behind. At the age of three, she already recognizes leaf jumping as one of the things we always do to welcome fall. It is a tradition, like apple picking, that my girls anticipate as the weather turns crisp.

For us and for many of our friends, such fall rituals are like checkpoints that help us mark, even slow down, the passing of time just a little. One family sets off with hiking sticks and baby backpacks to witness the changing landscape up close. Another friend keeps an album, to which each family member adds a leaf every year. At our house, the season never passes without a jostling hayride through a nearby orchard, a day spent making a scarecrow, or any of our other favorite activities you'll find on these pages. Granted, it's hard not to be fond of fall when you live in New England, as we do. But no matter where you live, we think you'll find that these pastimes offer a nice change of pace for a season of changes.

Ronnie Rom is a freelance writer who lives in western Massachusetts.

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IN THIS ARTICLE:

	Intro
	Make Caramel Apples
	Flip Over a Scarecrow
	Make an Autumn Leaf Place Mat
	Keep a Journal
	String a Necklace
	Celebrate the Full Moon

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