Tushi Takes Flight: Halloween 2011

Halloween 2011. Are you sure its ok for me to take this?

ok good. Because I really want it :-)

This year we had a few parties to celebrate Halloween. Siena went as a puppy dog and absolutely loved her costume. I was afraid she would not wear the hood but once she realized that she was a "woof woof" she was sold!

We kicked off Halloween weekend with our annual pumpkin carving at Mehdi and Rachael's. Feriel took home the "best" pumpkin award but Siena and Baba sure did give it their all.

Our next stop for Halloween parties was trick or treating on California Ave. in Palo Alto. Cousin Isabelle joined us for this one and the K9 Unit was out in full force. We had the sheriff and her trusty canine watch dog.

This trick or treating was during the day and the temperature almost reached 80degrees! Our puppy dog started losing her costume just a few trick or treat stops in. The heat aside, the girls had a great time. Siena had M&M's for the very first time and she could not be torn away from them. Isabelle played games and showed off her athletic ability on the Bean Bag toss.

Our final party for Halloween was "Trunk or Treating" with the Marku cousins. "Trunk or Treating" is a new twist on the traditional trek around the neighborhood to get candy. Instead the kids all trek around the school parking lot and participating families have the cars backed in, decorated and stocked with candy. Siena was a little skeptical at first but Zia Antonella helped her forge this unfamiliar territory. In no time, she had the drill down and was in search of more M&M's!