Brycen's First Halloween

Brycen celebrated his first Halloween as a duck.

And he sure looked cute!

The Halloween fun started at Grandma Miller's work for trick-or-treating (Meleleuca) on Friday, October 29th.

Cooper, Kate, and Easton came along too!

Brycen did a great job going through the different departments. It was really fun and well done. He destroyed one prop, right at the beginning. We were walking through the entrance to Willy Wonka's factory and there were a whole bunch of streamers in the doorway. Pretty soon the whole thing was on our heads and latched to Brycen's hands. It was a little embarassing, but everybody laughed. He got called a girl twice and a chicken a few more times during this experience.

And he ended up with all sorts of delicious treats.

On Friday night he went to his first Halloween party. It was at Aaron and Britney's. Those in attendance were Aaron and Britney, Tyson and I (with Brycen), my mom, Amber and Che', and Amy. Here's a look at the festivities:

We enjoyed my witch hat cookies...


my witch's brew spinach dip (I had to get creative with that one)...

some fingers (made by Britney)...

some eyeballs (also made by Britney)...

and all sorts of other scary treats that were oh so delicious!

Brycen & Aunt Britney

After we ate we played a Halloween movie trivia game made by our good friend Brian. He did an awesome job with the DVD! Thanks again, Brian, it was fun!

After the game we carved pumpkins. By this time Brycen went to my parents' house with my mom.

Digging out the insides is always a little gross.

Amy was going to a party the next night as Lady Ga-Ga. So she was sporting one piece of her costume the night of our party.

We had to switch off the carving part. Hurts the hands!

And guess who started sitting up on their own over the weekend!

He's growing up way too fast.

Saturday evening we got all packed up to go trick-or-treating at a few family members' houses.

First stop was Grandma Hill's house. Brycen held his own bag so well!

Then we stopped at Aunt Amber and Uncle Che's house.

By this time he was hungry, can you tell?

We took a family picture before the bottle.

He wasn't too happy with us.

So we stripped off the duck and gave him a break.

Next stop: Bill and Teresa's Halloween party. My mom was there along with a few of their friends. Dad had to work that night. I think everybody liked Brycen's costume!

Brycen & Grandma O'Connor

Our last stop was Tyson's parents' house. We had delicious corn chowder in bread bowls. Sooo good! It hit the spot. Tyson's dad tried to take pictures of Brycen in his costume, but he was so out of it! The pictures are funny. We took him out of the duck costume and he perked right back up. That's all he needed!

Brycen's treats from the evening.

Grandma Hill gave the popcorn ball. Yum!

On Halloween we went to church. I had to get a picture of my handsome boys all ready for the day!

After church we put Brycen in his costume for the third time and went to my parents' house for chili and corn bread-a family Halloween tradition. Dad hadn't seen Brycen in his costume yet. He liked it a lot!

Brycen & Grandpa O'Connor

He was pretty happy to get that duck costume off!

Had to get a picture of those thighs.

Hope you all had a safe and happy Halloween!