ghouls, ghosts, and ugly dolls...

It is officially Halloween and one of my favorite holidays. This may be due to having a birthday in October and my love for anything with sugar in it but I've always been fond of Halloween.
As anyone who knows me personally or has followed my blog in the past, we tend to theme our Halloween costume's around what Ethan picks out as a family. Our first year we were the characters from Twilight, the second year we were super hero's. Last year we dressed as let's all go to the lobby, and this year Ethan wanted to be his favorite ugly doll Ox.
Unfortunately for me, this one you could not pick up at the store so I had to use my sewing magic to make Ethan's costume from scratch, and for Jeff and I, I sewed our hats and some of the props that went along with it.
I guess it made me a little more confident with the sewing machine and I can string a bobbin pretty dang good if I do say so myself.
Trick-or-treating was good to Ethan this year though. He made a haul, at least enough to get him through another year.

a jaunt to victoria...

We are back from a fun (and really wet) weekend in Victoria. We took the clipper up from Seattle, having to get up at the crack of dawn to catch the boat but thankfully it was a smooth ride over. Once we landed in Victoria, we were off to our home away from home for the night - The Fairmont Empress.

school fun...

Who doesn't love dressing up for Halloween at school. Especially when you get to dress up before Halloween.

My son attends a great school where they get to have quite a bit of celebrations and Halloween is one of them. They had their annual pumpkin carving and trunk-or-treat event and volunteered again this year to decorate our trunk.

Since this is Ethan's second year at his school he was a lot more comfortable at the party this time around and we didn't even see him for most of it since he was having such a good time with friends.

halloween happenings...

Halloween festivities are in full effect at our house. We joined done friends out at a pumpkin patch in Snohomish where Ethan was able to meet some new friends and play some games. We ventured through a very muddy corn Maze, did a pumpkin slingshot,  and hunted for our own pumpkins.
Then Ethan and Jeff carved theirs this evening. And I got the job of roasting the pumpkin seeds.

fall favorites...

We are loving fall and especially the nice weather we continue to have. We were able to go and hang out with our good friends at remlinger farm and take advantage of the harvest festival. It's full of rides, bouncy houses,  and yummy fall treats. Yum!
No wonder this is my favorite season.