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5 Simple Ways to Get Ready for Fall

Thanks to Enbrighten for sponsoring this content. All opinions are my own.

 
I know, I know, I can’t believe it either, it is FALL. Fall is my all-time favorite time of the year just like everyone else I’m sure. We have a few fun little traditions (some new some old) that we like to do every year to get ready for fall and welcome it with open arms, so we thought we would share with you too! These are simple little things you can do to make your home & life feel a little bit more like fall.

1 – Hang Enbrighten Outdoor Lights

This is my kid’s all-time favorite thing. We hang Enbrighten lights across our patio every fall so we can stay out a little later eating dinner on the patio or just hanging out. My littles get so excited to hang the “magic color lights” as they call them. We have used the Enbrighten Cafe Lights for a few years now and they have lasted amazing. This year we added Enbrighten Wi-Fi Indoor & Outdoor Smart Plugs that we snagged at Lowe’s so our patio lights turn on all by themselves once dusk hits! It is the best thing ever. My kids love when they turn on and think it is pure magic. 

2 – Snuggle!

I think this is my all-time favorite, my kids know that once the weather cools down, snuggling is my favorite thing to do with them. We snuggle every night before bed, when we all wake up in the morning, and even sometimes during the day when we all just need a little break from life for a second. It helps to reset my priorities and gives me uninterrupted time with my littles. 

 

3 – Set Your Lights on a Schedule

Another new thing we added this year that has been a game-changer, is to set our lights on a schedule. Every night at 7:30pm the lamps in my bedroom turn on and my kids know that it’s time to read stories and then go to bed. It is the perfect way to have our home settle down and settle in since it’s getting dark so much earlier. We use our Enbrighten Wi-Fi Indoor Smart Plug from Lowe’s for this. They have made it SUPER EASY to use because you can set them up through the Enbrighten app on your phone and BONUS you can even turn them on and off from your phone. There’s nothing better than being able to turn our lamps off without having to move from my nice warm blanket when I’m ready to go to sleep. 

4 – Pick Pumpkins

My kids look forward to this ALL YEAR LONG. We used to go to a pumpkin patch and pick pumpkins, but the last couple years my mom has grown pumpkins in her garden. My kids love watching them grow through the summer and then my mom invites them over for a “harvest” day where they help pick the pumpkins and load them into a wagon. They get to pick which pumpkins they bring home and which ones they deliver to neighbors. It is such a fun tradition that they love and I love the extra time they get with my mom as well!

5 – DECORATE!

I think this one is kind of a given but we take the pumpkins that they harvested and our lights with their Enbrighten Wi-Fi Smart Plugs and have so much fun dancing and decorating! My kids pull out all of our “spookies” that we have (which are just a few Halloween blow-ups & lights) and get to excited to plug them in. We use the Enbrighten Wi-Fi Outdoor Smart Plugs for this and my kids love telling Alexa to turn on the blow-ups or the lights. They giggle and giggle like they are magicians watching things turn on and off and I love to sit back and watch them be little.

You can shop Enbrighten online here or at your local Lowe’s! 

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