Monday, February 20, 2012

Catch Up: October 2011

As mentioned before, this and the next few posts will help you play catch-up with our comings and goings during the past few months!

In early October, we had our normal weekend meetups. But the most exciting event was when we went to Dog-O-Ween held at Magnolia Manor Park. I had never heard of this park before, let alone taken the dogs there. It was quite a nice area. They're working on developing the park and adding an off-leash area. It might be a new place for meetups!

Since it was October in Seattle, it rained the entire morning (surprise, surprise). I arrived a little early, so the boys and I waited in the car until we saw some friends. It gave me a chance to put the boys in their costumes and to observe some of the other dressed-up doggies. Some people got very creative, and some people had store-bought costumes like us. We finally braved the weather when our buddies, Janis, Lindsay, Jessica, and Deb showed up.

There were some booths set up, so we wandered around a bit. And then we turned around and went back the other way. And then we visited the booths again. It got a little boring. There was a little mix-up with the time of the costume contest, so we had to wait a few hours. It did give me time to take lots of pictures, though!

Little Red Riding Hood, the Hunter/Wood-Chopper, and the Wolf Dressed as Granny!
(Yes, the Wolf is a Dachshund!)

Hippie

Jolly Green Giant, a Can of Peas, and Two Peas in a Pod

Kool dressed up as a cute little pumpkin, and Swift showed off his bad side with a skull shirt and bad-to-the-bone skull collar.






Chester in a Halloween Jacket

Sienna Dressed as a Witch

Our friends, Tag and Amber, won Funniest Costume. They were dressed up as Hugh Hefner and a Playboy Bunny. Tag was Hugh in a smoking jacket and pipe, while Amber strutted her stuff in a bunny costume, complete with fake boobs! A shout-out to Lindsay for making the costumes by hand!

Lindsay with Amber and Janis with Tag aka Hugh

Amber Showing Off Her Playboy Bunny Boobies!

I felt really bad for the dogs to be out in the rain, but we made it up to them! (Can you find all 4 doxies in the stroller?!)

"No, Mom. We're not spoiled!"




17 comments:

  1. All those costumes are great! It looks like it was a fun time!

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  2. Love the playboy costume! Looks like such a fun time
    Dachshund Nola

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    1. The playboy bunny costume was definitely the winner! (We think the boobs "sold" it to the judges!)

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  3. Hi Y'all,

    What a neat Halloween parade! Everyone was so cute!

    Just stopped by to catch up on your happenings and say hello! Have a great week!

    Y'all come back now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

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    1. We doxie owners love Halloween so we can dress up our dogs. I don't know if you would like it, Hawk! Thanks for visiting!

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  4. What great costumes!! :)

    I could only see 3 Doxies at first until I looked again!! Tee Hee

    Your pal Snoopy :)

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    1. Yes, 4 doxies all squeezed in tight are hard to see! :)

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  5. Wow! I can never think up creative costumes. Looks like a lot of fun!

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    1. My costumes were completely store-bought! The creative ones were all thanks to Lindsay!

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    1. Nope. Doxies can't ever be spoiled. They deserve everything they get, right, Amber? :)

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  7. Look how adorable everyone looks in their costumes! Love it!!

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  8. Woof! Woof! How CUTE ... now you made mom think of Hal costumes. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

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  9. oh my gosh, these costumes are awesome. i really like the whole peas thing going on with the two dogs and the can. you're so lucky to have access to events like this!

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  10. What a fun event! Love the wolf and the hippie!

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