Happy Halloween!

We had a full week of Halloween celebrations around here.

It started with the girls getting their birthday presents from me and Moin early - their Dora costumes! It actually took them a while to understand what they were, but once they realized they were super-excited!

Don't they look good?

Quinn had a halloween piano recital, as well. The recital itself was for the teachers only, but I did snap a couple pictures of him before it started. In case you couldn't tell, he's a banana :)

The director of the studio had the recital in her home, and just the other kids and teachers watched. And afterwards they ate lots of sweets. It was a really sweet, no-pressure event, and Quinn had a great time.

You can see a video of him practicing for the recital here

Speaking of sweets, this week included a LOT of them.

Here is Quinn with a "bloody sundae" that we made from his Halloween cookbook.

And the girls after eating some halloween cookies with black frosting. It was not chocolate flavored - just sugar flavored!

We also finally decorated our house this year! See the scary faces in the window?

I didn't get any pictures of the kids trick-or-treating. The girls had an ok time - everyone gave them chocolate, which they were depressed about. Quinn had a blast, and spent quite a bit of time handing out candy to the early crowd.

Quinn loves sorting his halloween candy, and has carried his bag around with him for days. He also sleeps with it at night. This kid LOVES sweets!

Finally, here's Quinn participating in the annual donut-on-a-string-eating contest at the neighborhood halloween party. He didn't win, but it looks fun, right?