On Monday Becky, John, and I decided to carve pumpkins to get into the holiday spirit. We had a good time. I used to carve a pumpkin with the kids every year when I was teaching, of course it was always the typical triangle eyes etc. So this year I decided to go with something different.

Christy's pumpkin

John's pumpkin
Becky's pumpkin

Then of course we had to light them and admire our work. John's looked funny lit up, all you could see was the one eye and the mouth.

Last night John and I went to see the opening night of Phantom of the Opera. I love seeing plays, well good ones at least. I have seen quite a few of the major musicals and I was surprised that I had managed to miss Phantom prior to now. I have known the music since 6th grade and was pretty excited because I knew I would enjoy it.

I have to say I wasn't disappointed, it was great. The music was good, the singing was phenomenal! The special effects were pretty cool. **Spoiler alert!!*** Although I was disappointed that when the chandelier fell it didn't look more realistic, I guess that's hard to do with people underneath it in the way. Overall I was very pleased with the show and I highly recommend it to you. It ranks in my top 5 musicals of all time. Hmmm... there's an idea.

Top 5 musicals I have seen:

1. Les Miserables

2. Phantom of the Opera

3. Sunset Blvd.

4. Miss Saigon

5. **Tie:

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat & 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee