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Getting Ready for Fall and Fun Family Learning Activities

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Disclosure: This is part of a sponsored campaign with Nestlé NIDO®. However all opinions expressed are 100% my own. 

 

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Fall has finally officially arrived and the weather here in the South has begun to change. We haven’t had to use our air conditioner so far this whole week (YEAH!!!) One of the things I love the most about the fall is the change to get outdoors and have some family fun.  Not to mention take a little time to learn a few things. This weekend we are doing a little mountain climbing and hiking. Actually the kids are hiking with me and some friends and then me and a few other friends are doing the climbing while the kiddos all enjoy a little fun. The hiking is great because we include a lesson in there. They check out plants and/or birds, we take pictures or samples and they identify them later. Yes, they do know what poison ivy and oak look like so no worries there.

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For us it is about getting to spend the time together and just having fun doing it. There is also a festival that we will head to next weekend just to be out and about checking out all of the fall colors (our leaves are actually changing!) One of the things I love to do during the fall with the kids is visit an apple orchard because we need healthy snacks but mostly because of the smell of the apples. I know I am weird! I can’t help it, the smell of apples just scream fall to me. Speaking of healthy snacks one item will be in my bag this whole weekend, not to mention on all our other adventures this fall: Nestlé NIDO®.

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Having twins who still regularly drink milk means needing a way to get them that while on the go. Although they are not on formula they still need a lot of things the older kids don’t and while I give the older kids cows milk I don’t the twins. That is where Nestlé NIDO® 1+ comes in.  It is a powdered milk beverage  designed for ages 1-3 with 13 vitamins and minerals such as Folic Acid, Vitamins A,C, and D, Iron, and Calcium among others. I love that it is powdered because I can just put some in a container and then mix it up while we are out and about. Makes everything super convenient. Of course I also use it to make pudding for the twins because they love pudding (go figure!) My recipe for the pudding is listed below.

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  1. I’m getting ready for fall by browsing kids’ Halloween costumes on the Internet and looking for pumpkin farms in my area.

  2. I am actually ready for Fall 🙂 I have already cleaned out my closet and put away my summer clothing 🙁 but their is next summer heheh,

  3. I’m getting ready for Fall by hanging our fall wreath on our front door. I’m also changing out my wardrobe and putting away my summertime clothing.

  4. I’m getting ready for fall by getting out fall clothes and putting away summery things. I’m excited to be able to wear fuzzy sweaters and boots. Fall is my favorite! I’m also getting out my fav fall recipes and finding new ones, baking is what I want to do when it is like this!!! Oh wow!

  6. We are getting ready for fall by buying warmer clothing, cleaning up the yard and out the garage, and doing more fall activities.

  7. I’m getting ready for fall by changing my furnace filter, cleaning my vacuum filters, cleaning fan blades and putting them away until next year.

  9. Oh we are slowing taking down our mini container garden that we did this year….our pool gets closed on Wednesday…so having our last swims this weekend. Trying to get the outside of the house ready for winter and the snow by getting stuff put into the shed….still need to find some spider spray to put around windows!

  10. I get ready for fall by changing the home decors and my wardrobe. Pack summer items and get fall/winter pieces out.

  11. We have been going through all of our clothes, storing the shorts and tank tops. We also got out our fall decorations and made our home feel like fall! I love fall decorations.Next is breaking out the pumpkin roll recipe!

  14. I got all my boys sweaters, long sleeved shirts and rain gear down from the attic. All their rubber boots are lined up in our mudroom. 🙂

  15. I have already started going through drawers to locate sweat shirts and sweaters. We aren’t doing much in the way of decorating, because we are still in the middle of a kitchen re-do (it takes me forever to do a project that big.) I am very much looking forward to cooler weather.

  16. Already enjoying fall thru decorating the house and visiting the cider mill for cider, apples and donuts.

  17. I’m organizing my closet and cleaning up my house. I put away all of my summer clothes.