Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. I love the weather, the color of the trees, the food and the festivities that go along with fall. Here in Old Bridge, New Jersey my favorite thing to do with my grandson is take an old fashioned hayride at Cottrell Farms.
I just can never get enough of apple picking and apple pie. Finding that perfect pumpkin that will make the neatest jack o lantern is high on my list of things to do, BUT never as high as drinking PUMPKIN LATTES. You know it's Fall when Pumpkin Lattes are advertised in all our favorite coffee joints.
Next weekend we are looking forward to our Church's Harvest Celebration! This is an event we will be holding at our home. The festivities start early in the day and are filled with traditional and NON traditional games for children of all ages.
We will have potato sack races, three legged races, wheelbarrow races, mummy wrap and don't forget the pie eating contests. The traditional bobbing for apples is replaced with bobbing for donuts. This is something I developed because I did not want the children getting wet in the chilly weather. It is alot of fun. Here is all you need to do:
Get a large piece of ribbon (enough to fit a donut for the number of children playing). Now take pipe cleaners and attach to the ribbon and at the bottom of pipe cleaner, thread on your mini donunt. Two adults hold the ribbon with all the hanging donuts and the children put their hands behind their back and begin eating.
The menu is a typical HARVEST menu...Hot Dogs, Macaroni and Cheese, Salad and Apple Cider! Yum, who can resist? Then comes the fun part...we all head out to the Hayride and Corn Maize at Cottrell Farms. We booked a wagon just for our group and each child will go into their OWN pumpkin patch to pick their pumpkin.
But what would be the best ending you can think of?? Yep, you are right...A Barn Fire to roast marshmallows, make smore's and a time to worship our Lord and Saviour, Jesus. Thanking HIM for blessing our crops, our families and OUR LAND!
If you have never attended a Harvest Celebration, then I would recommend that you start your own tradition of Celebrating the Harvest. We all have SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. Enjoy what GOD has given you and take the time to spend with your family and friends. Life is precious, take the time to sit, relax and smell the PUMPKIN LATTE, AHHH! Now doesn't that feel good?
Have a blessed weekend and REMEMBER TO GET OUT AND VOTE!
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