Festive New Traditions...

Meagan and Aunt Shelly at the Nutcracker...

We had a very festive weekend filled with Holiday activities. Friday night we went to our town Christmas tree lighting here in Clarksburg, Md. Not a big tree, but a new tradition for Clarksburg. The Clarksburg Historical Society planted a tree to grow with the growing community. Really quit charming with the Clarksburg High School Band playing Christmas music, hot chocolate and cookies. But the best part of the evening was Santa arriving on the Fire Truck. Santa was walking towards the tent for his big arrival and Meagan (my daughter) just politely ;) walked right up to Santa and started talking. Santa told my daughter he had to go into the tent to greet all the children. Meagan told Santa she would walk him in. Santa reached down and took her hand and Meagan escorted Santa right into the tent. It was the biggest Kodak moment EVER! and wouldn't you know (and I should have been prepared) my battery was dead, dead I tell ya! Oh well, next year.

Saturday I spent the day at our first annual "Clarksburg Boutique and Wine Tasting" event. Overall the day went very well. I met so many wonderful new people from the community and look forward to the event next year.

Sunday, My Mother, Mother In-Law, Aunt Shelly and Meagan and I went to see the Nutcracker at the Weinberg Center of Arts in Frederick. Hopefully next year, my sister can come up from NC with her two daughters and my other Sister In-Law Katie can join us. Despite their absence, it was a lovely afternoon. It was a fantastic performance by The Maryland Regional Ballet. The Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy were spectacular. We had excellent seats, 14th row from center stage. Meagan was intrigued and applauded as loud as she could after each performance. It was so cute to watch her intensity this time around. When she was 4 (now 6) we went with my Husband and son. She shouted out loud "Mommy, I see their bum bums" :) and of course my son wanted to go after Act I. So, we left the boys at home and decided to make it an annual "girls" outing this year instead. And of course you can't take pictures at all, but I managed to sneak one picture in before the performance of Meagan with her Aunt Shelly.

Now it is beginning to feel like Christmas..

Cheers, Theresa