Thanksgiving 2010

Celebrating Aneela baaji's 50th birthday, Keyaan again being the youngest is not shy to be in the spotlight.


Daddy's girl.

Fly me to the moon, dad!

Chillin' with Daadi.


Sharmeen and I

The couple who made this possible, thanks!

Sal and Sharmeen

Daniyaal being a goofball.

Choozi ready to poke the bird.

Striking a pose for uncle Sal.

Cutting Samer's cake.

Kissing the cupcake. My mom let me do it.

Enjoying the cupcake with mom watching in the back.

Posing for Sal.

Singing her the Birdie day song!

Chocolate dipped strawberries in winter? Found them at Target! Dipped them at home.

The pregnant couple, Farhan and Farheen.

We miss you, Rex!

Choozi looking pink today!

Shahab bhai cooked the bird but Ajoo mahmoo marinated the bird this year with the Fresno Bee's newspaper recipe. Delicious.

A fave by Shahab bhai, grilled asparagus with fresh lemons.

Hi Birdie, you are gorgeous!

Waiting patiently for Thanksgiving dinner, sitting at the head of the table.

Digging into his dinner.

He made the paper crown by himself at daycare. Feels very majestic.

This is Sarah, a doctor and dear friend of Mona bhabi. We like her, this is her 2nd Thanksgiving with us.

This is would be Choozi's first Thanksgiving with dad's side of the family. We had a 3 days feast starting on day of Thanksgiving till Saturday. This year as usual there was no Black Friday shopping for us, too lazy to go shop. We celebrated Samer's 18th birthday on Thursday, a surprise 50th birthday for Aneela baaji (Friday) and a traditional "haleem" @ Saturday served where a traditional dish is cooked slowly overnight to enjoy the next day. Tons of different types of grains cooked slowly till soft, mixed with ground meat and tons of spices, then topped with fresh mint, green chillies, ginger, cut onions and garam masala powder as garnish. Choozi's dad loves it. Not my favorite. They performed a blessing ceremony for mama to be, Farheen, whom we adore.

On the day of Aneela baaji's birthday, we had chicken tikka and that was simply delicous, Choozo loved it. The turkey was da bomb this year, sharing with family and a dear friend, Sarah.