Fall has always been my favorite season.  Since moving here to St. Louis it has become even better because not only do I get all the usual fall fun, but I usually get great (read fairly warm) weather too.  Some of my favorite things about fall include; watching the leaves change color, apple picking (and then making yummy apple crisp with the apples we’ve picked), picking out the perfect pumpkin and then carving it, and decorating the house for Halloween and then Thanksgiving.  There are so many fun things to do in the fall.  I even love raking the leaves, especially when you get to jump in the big pile of leaves afterwards!

This past week we have done a bunch of fun fall activities with Maya.  She has loved it.

We went apple and pumpkin picking this past weekend which was so much fun.

We went to the St. Louis Zoo for Boo at the Zoo and for their Spooktacular Trick-or-Treating event.  Maya loved getting all dressed up in her kitty costume!

We carved our pumpkin.  At first Maya didn’t want to help, but ended up having a blast playing with the gross insides of the pumpkin.  She was very pleased with the end product.

The only thing we haven’t done yet is rake leaves and let Maya jump in them.  We don’t have quite enough fallen leaves in our yard yet.  Maybe later this week or next we’ll have enough (and they’ll be dry) and we’ll be able to check another fun fall activity off our list.