Been too busy in actual reality participating in new and old traditions to post in virtualland...
We went to the local Christmas light festival for the fourth year running, and for the first time braved the "winter wonderland" carnival too. Won't be doing that again. Brrr. Who needs a Ferris Wheel when it is 18 degrees out? Noooo.
The Young Prince experienced his first Nutcracker ballet. His favorite part was the battle, natch. He did a pretty good job of being still through the whole thing, though that intermission couldn't come soon enough.
Ditched the kid with Favorite Neighbor Girl Babysitter yesterday and celebrated Not Your Average Blogger's birthday early by going to see West Side Story. Meh.
Tomorrow we go see the White House tree and possibly a spin through Georgetown to see the decorations, followed up by the apparently-now-a-tradition Christmas Eve pizza/baked ziti at our favorite Italian place in Falls Church.
And the next day is the big day. The YP is pretty wound up already. I'm not sure he will sleep at all that night. Fortunately, no gifts this year require hours of construction effort, so it's not like he'll hear us jamming our thumbs and smashing our fingers and swearing all night even if he is awake.
More in the afterglow. Best wishes, y'all!
One of my favorite things, a tradition started by Dustin some years ago, is piling into the car in the evening, before bed, in our pajamas with our blankets, snuggled up all warm. And we drive around the neighborhoods, looking for Santa and his reindeer in the sky. But mostly to look at the houses with Christmas lights all lit up.
Posted by: modernfairie | December 24, 2008 at 03:14 AM