Happy Halloween!

While my actual Halloween will not consist of much excitement this year, I was still able to celebrate in a few different ways over the past couple of weeks!

1) The studio where I take aerial classes had a Halloween masquerade party! I got to dress up (one of my favorites) and perform (another of my favorites), as well as enjoying a great night with some wonderful people! I was a spider (which went with my performance) and my wonderful husband enjoyed wearing a mustache (a little too much). Here are couple of photos from the evening:

2) I got to have Halloween themed music classes! Part of my job is teaching early childhood music classes at daycare centers, and I love when I get to break out the Halloween songs! If you are looking for some Halloween songs for groups of any age, here are some of my favorites:

Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
The Monster Mash – Bobby "Boris" Picket
I Put a Spell on You (Jazz Song)
Love Potion No. 9 – The Searchers
Ghostbusters Theme
Grim Grinning Ghosts – From Disney’s Haunted Mansion 
The Addam’s Family Theme
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Thriller - Michael Jackson

3) Pumpkin carving!! This is definitely one of my favorite parts of Halloween! My husband and I have so much fun deciding what our pumpkin will be, and creating our masterpieces. We usually make a yummy fall meal (soup or something in the slow cooker), then roast pumpkin seeds while we're carving, too! This year, Brian created an Angry Birds pumpkin:

 And I created an aerial masterpiece:

Lastly, Brian created a fun pumpkin for our front steps:

Happy Halloween!!!

Christmas Tree Splits - Before

I found that it was difficult to create a blog that focused on one aspect of my life, so this new blog is perfect! I can share my fun craft ideas, but also share everyday happenings and more. This portion of my blog is dedicated to my aerial life. I have been taking aerial classes (think Cirque du Soleil) for over a year now, and have loved every minute of it! This week in class, we all decided to take part in a challenge called the "Christmas Tree Splits Challenge." The idea is that you take a picture of your splits "before," then practice every day and take a picture of your progress in front of your Christmas Tree on Christmas morning! We decided our before pictures needed to look sad, as they always do on the infomercials... I feel the need to explain the "lovely" faces I'm making! Without further ado, my before pictures: