A spooktacular weekend!

Happy Halloween from the Ferstle family!!

Another Halloween season in the books.  I had a moment after the kids were in bed on Halloween night where I felt like going through all the boys' costume pictures over the years and came up with these cute collages!

There's a small part of me that was bummed that I didn't get to do coordinating costumes this year with the boys, but it was exciting to see them pick out what/who they wanted to dress up as.  And they rocked their costumes all October long!

We carved pumpkins Monday night before the weekend of Halloween.   Scott printed off some designs at work and brought them home.  I really wanted a Mickey Mouse pumpkin, but the boys had other visions.  Jack Skellington and a ghost were requested!  Pumpkins were carved, seeds were baked with some seasoning salt, and the boys took their annual picture in their jammies with the finished products!

The boys had their Halloween parties on Friday in their classrooms.  Evan doesn't usually attend on Fridays, so my mom brought him up for the party and special lunch.  Sean had a half day and a parade.  My poor mom ran around like a crazy woman going back and forth to their two parties to be there for both of them.  Thank goodness she could help!

Having my own celebrations going on at the high school, it was exciting to get the texts from my mom with picture updates on both of their parties!  Phew!

Halloween morning started off with my last trip the farmer's market for the season.  I brought the boys home some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins to enjoy as they lounged around in their pajamas watching The Nightmare Before Christmas.  Sean had his last soccer game at 11:00am and a pizza party with his team afterwards at his coach's house.  Big day!

Sean had his own cheering section since Nana, Pops, and Dixie came to the game!  But, man, it was freezing!!!  Winter jackets, hats, and gloves were a must while we were sitting still on the sidelines.  No goals from Sean this time, but he had the ball a few times and made some good plays!

The highlight, and Sean will attest to that, was getting his medal for the season!

The pizza party was directly afterwards at his coach's house!  All the families contributed by bringing a dish or drinks.  It was so nice and the boys enjoyed getting to play with toys and bond over something other than the soccer field.

We came home and bribed the boys to take a nap.  We knew it would be a late night trick-or-treating and hanging out with their cousins, so it was easy to convince them to nap.  I prepped the food I volunteered to bring and rested a bit on the couch.  It started to rain and we were all worried about the weather.  But, somehow, we managed to get a window from 6-7:30pm without rain!  So, it was warm and dry and we couldn't complain!  We had our annual chili, cornbread, and mummy hot dogs for dinner at my sister-in-law's new house and the kids were off to get their candy!

The kids had a blast!  Evan was absolutely adorable.  He tried so hard to keep up with his brother and cousins.  He kept saying, "My legs are so tired!", but he kept going!  The kids made it through a few blocks, surprisingly.  They were ready to head back and count their loot.  They changed into their pajamas and watched Inside Out while munching on candy.  It was a memorable night!

Happy Halloween, all!  We've packed away our Halloween decor and we're moving on to Thanksgiving!  Hard to believe the time is going by so quickly.  Before you know it, Christmas will be here!  Let the festivities begin!  It's my favorite time of year!!