Who doesn’t love fall? The leaves and the scent they give off. The traffic jams and those majestic palettes of colors. The season of squash and soups. It’s no secret—Quebecers love fall!
One day, you’ll become a parent, and there are four things you need to know about fall:
- It’s in the fall that you’ll check with your mom, your sister, blogs, and Facebook to see if it’s time to break out the winter coat yet. You definitely don’t want to look like the neglectful mom who’s still putting her little one in a spring/fall coat when Charlie, Antoine, and Agathe are already dressed in their winter gear.
- Fall is when you’ll realize you’re not ready—not AT ALL—for fall, let alone winter! You won’t have a single pair of matching mittens because you forgot back in the spring that at daycare: you lose everything! Time flies by: yesterday it was Indian summer, and today there’s frost on the ground. You’ll start freaking out because your kid doesn’t have boots yet. But take a deep breath, Mom—everyone’s in the same boat!
- Fall is the time to rake leaves on the lawn. Back in the day, you used to do that with your boyfriend; it went by fast, and afterward, there was that nice little beer as a reward. You used to tell yourselves that when you had kids, it would be part of a fun family activity and that everyone would pitch in. Well, no! Not only will it take you three times as long—because the kids are thirsty, hungry, cranky, have runny noses… In short, they have normal kids’ needs—but you won’t get any help! Kids jump around in the leaves, and for everything else, they whine. Teens of 2020—how do I even put this? The only words that come to mind are: good luck!
- Fall and a walk in the woods are a time of happiness, peace, and rejuvenation. With your wonderful kids, it’ll be different. Your youngest will talk nonstop and bombard you with a barrage of “whys.” Why are the leaves red? Why do trees exist? Why does it make a noise when we walk?
And your teenager will lag 300 meters behind, complaining that walking is too hard and that it hurts.
You’ll still love fall, but just in a different way. You’ll find that your favorite part of the day will be snuggling up with your loved ones at the end of the day to watch a Halloween movie while eating popcorn.