{"id":1648,"date":"2019-11-07T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderbackblog.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2020-03-12T18:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:27:52","slug":"cute-sweaters-pumpkins-fall-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joandalli.com\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Cute Sweaters & Pumpkins?! Fall is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been another year, and as the leaves change<\/a> and the temperatures drop, we start to slide into another fall season.<\/p>\n

At least, we\u2019re sliding into fall. The leaves here in the Phoenix<\/a> area don\u2019t really change a ton, and the weather\u2019s been all over the place.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s stick with the changing leaves and cool weather. Some of the trees here do change, and it\u2019s certainly cooler than the 115 degrees we were facing back in July and August!<\/p>\n

Really, though. Fall is probably our favorite season. When the leaves change here, and when we get to travel and see places with more of what you\u2019d think of as the fall aesthetic, it\u2019s gorgeous. The gradient of yellows and browns and that sliiiight bit of purply-pink is such a shift from the usual desert landscape that parts of Arizona truly feel transformed. You might see people in T-shirts and shorts during this time of year, with the temperature bouncing between 80-something and the mid 60\u2019s, but the ability to toss on a cute sweater or coat is great. (Why do they make cold-weather clothing so cute, anyway? It feels like we get to wear it for such a short time! Jo and I have matching leather jackets. Let us wear \u2018em just a bit longer, Arizona! Please!)<\/p>\n

Being able to work with the doors and windows open is fantastic. Arizona<\/a> is so hot for so long that being able to let the air flow through our homes naturally makes us feel like we\u2019re outside, and hearing people passing by and smelling the occasional cookout gives a sense of community that we sadly don\u2019t always get in the summertime.<\/p>\n

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It also gives us the chance to get outside! Neither Jo nor I are really into the pumpkin spice craze (though we\u2019re suckers for Starbucks\u2019s pumpkin bread. I swear this post isn\u2019t sponsored.), but visiting pumpkin patches and going on hay rides are great activities this time of year. Not just because we\u2019re moms, either–we liked them even as teenagers. Dressing up the kids in costumes for Halloween, though, is something that we love as moms. Part of it reminds us of playing with Barbies and action figures as kids, but now that our kids are old enough to have opinions, finding a costume that works for them isn\u2019t just cute or fun, but it\u2019s also rewarding seeing the grins on their faces when they look in the mirror. (Well, in Jo’s case, the excited little dance her son did. He was a ghost, so she couldn\u2019t exactly see the smile, but you get what I mean. She wish she was able to catch his first reaction of seeing his costume! Biggest. Smile. Ever!)<\/p>\n

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Halloween might be over, but as far as we\u2019re concerned, the spooky season starts in September and doesn\u2019t end until Thanksgiving. It\u2019s not always easy to decorate with small children around because they can be tiny tornadoes, but keeping up a bit of creepy-fun decor will never get old this time of year. Kids\u2019 movies around this time really get us more than actual horror, too, if we\u2019re honest. It\u2019s not even because we\u2019re moms; movies like Halloweentown, Twitches, and Hocus Pocus just seem to capture that mix of mystical and spooky and fun that makes the season such a joy for us. In my case, it\u2019s even better: I got married on Halloween!<\/p>\n

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(Alli’s Halloween Wedding Photo Credit: Davin Lavikka<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Fall is definitely engagement season, too, making us a lot busier than the rest of the year. The shifting colors and dropping temperatures bring something out in the couples we see, and we don\u2019t blame them: transitions like this are romantic. They\u2019re a reminder that though things change, there\u2019s always something to enjoy about the shift, and there are even more treats to come. I think it\u2019s that promise of adventure and potential prosperity that gets couples ready to declare they\u2019re ready to face life together. After all, there\u2019s nothing you can\u2019t do when you have love.<\/p>\n

Happy Fall(ish) from us to\u00a0 you!<\/p>\n

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