Fall Fun

So, yes, I have been a bit of a list-lady lately.  Guilty as charged.  Although I haven’t always been successful at checking things off of my lists, lately, it has really been working for me; including my list of fun things to do during Fall.  It might be a bit premature to say this, but I think that I am going to check everything off of my list!

• Burn my absolute favorite candle, Leaves – I am already on my second large candle, this is my absolute favorite Fall scent.
• Carve Pumpkins – We bought our pumpkins and have a pumpkin carving night planned out with some friends the week before Halloween.
• Roast pumpkin seeds – I will do this the same night as our pumpkin carving.
• Go apple and pear picking in Julian (here are my recommendations) –
  We went right at the start of the fruit season here, which seems to be creeping earlier and earlier.  (We went at the end of August.)

• Dress up for Halloween – The hubs and I already picked out our costumes, now we are just brewing up a fun plan to celebrate Halloween.
• Celebrate Oktoberfest – The building we live in hosted a great Oktoberfest party; German music, bratwurst and all!

• Make caramel apples (here is my inspo for this year)
• Eat my favorite store-bought caramel apple, the Happy Apple – The hubs surprised me with a pack of these babies.
• Go to Boston and enjoy the Fall foliage – I’m in Boston right now, enjoying all the Fall I can get.  Make sure to follow along here!

• Make homemade applesauce (here is my recipe) – I whipped up a big batch from all of the apples and pears that we picked.
  

• Go to Disneyland for Mickey’s Halloween Party – Big bummer.  By the time we got home from Thailand and picked out a date to go, tickets were already sold out.
• Make our favorite pumpkin doughnuts (this recipe is killer) – I’ve actually changed my mind on this.  I am now planning on trying a recipe that I found for Apple Cider Doughnuts.
  
• Make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (here is our tried and true recipe) –
  These are my absolute all-time favorite Fall, and really all-year cookies.  The milk chocolate chips make them so special.  But let me warn you, they are addictive.

• Make a Fall soup – I still have yet to decide what to make.  Any ideas?
• Make pumpkin pancakes
• Roast chestnuts (thanks to my Father-in-law, who kindly ships us large bags of chestnuts from his trees every year)
• Try a new pumpkin recipe (this was last year’s home-run new recipe)

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What fun things have you done to celebrate Fall?  I always love to hear other people’s ideas and activities…it gives me inspiration for next year’s list ;)