Halloween '10

Bryson had a FUN filled Halloween (even though he felt old enough he didn't need a nap in order to stay up late and have to deal with 80 degree temps here in south Texas). We went to a neighborhood pre-trick-or-treat party first so that all the kids could run around and play games before everyone set off to get their candy!

Bryson helping daddy push the wagon with the goodies down to the party.

Playing hopscotch with the lane dividers.

Loved having his own chair to sit in.

First house!! Well, last year he did pretty good by himself but he wanted Mom and Dad to carry him and do all the talking (i.e. "trick or treat"). I would consider this to be his FIRST official house where with a few little prompts he did the rest!

Just a collection of filling the bucket shots!

He even took time to check out other peoples pumpkins and lanterns!

After about a dozen houses it was time to rest and re-hydrate! Yes, Dad took advantage of the wagon this year. He figured if he was dragging it around all night he should get use of half of it to keep himself hydrated.

Here is one tired, tired, little mouse! He lasted just long enough to get washed up and he and Mickey Mouse headed up to bed to go to little mousey land to rest.

Pumpkin Carving

Well we had a glitch in our camera and lost all of our pumpkin patch photos. He had a great time and picked out our main pumpkin. And even though Dad already knew the answer, when B was asked what he wanted this year's pumpkin to be, without hesitation it was "mee-ee-mouf" (Mickey Mouse).
It's funny, last year he had to stand up to hold onto the spoons but this year he was tall enough to actually sit and help gut the pumpkin.

Checking out all the cool looking stuff inside!

Helping Dad scoop out all the slimy stuff!

This was only the second scoop of so and you can already see orange on his face. He definitely got a bath right afterward!

So after we got it all cleaned out and off, Dad went to work for a little while getting things laid out and carved up! It was a good thing he had all his architecture tools left over from college to help speed things up.

He was one happy camper and he loved to go out and look at it all lit up!