One Secret to Success as a Working Mom: Remember Kids Will Be Kids

At Atria's I have SO many incomplete blog posts that it's laughable. They're incomplete because I'll start writing them and then life happens. They're incomplete because in between my inspiration for the post and editing it, I realized that I had a sponsored post to complete. They're incomplete because some national event took precedence. They're incomplete because I realized that we needed milk, eggs, or some other essential and I just forgot about it. There are so many explanations about why they're incomplete that I could devote an entire series of posts to that. Instead, I'd like to share a post from several years ago about how my kids messed up my grandmother's birthday dinner...

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Creating Fall Traditions

Places to Pick Apples, Get Pumpkins and Have Family Fun


One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to pick out pumpkins with my daughter.  It's not a tradition we had growing up. However, Andre got us in the habit of doing it and now I'm hooked!

Toddler and a friend

Below is a list of places in the area where you can go with your family and start your own traditions. 
Be sure to share your photos with me on my Facebook page at Chaton's World Facebook Page!

Simmons Farm--Located south of the city in McMurray, PA. 
Triple B Farms—Located in Monongahela, PA.
Norman's Orchard--Located in Normantown, PA.
Half Crown Hill Orchard--Located in McDonald, PA.
Soergel's—Located in Wexford, PA.  
Traz Farms—Located in Finleyville, PA.  

For more information about this to do in Pittsburgh this fall, visit, Top 10 family adventures this September in Pittsburgh


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