Gah! Holidays Again!

This has been such a super busy, crazy, kinda bad year for me and a lot of my loved ones. I feel sorta fortunate for living on the street in Waltham with the craziest Christmas display. There is a caravan of minivans that go up my street from sunset til 10. And, all I have to do is step out on my porch and see the beauty!

My 11 year old's son's best friend's dad calls it "beastly." It is a tad garish, but so's my tree.

I do not approve of pure white lights and matching decorations for the sake of making your house look like a magazine. Ok, I do. It's fine and beautiful, but my house is bursting at the seams with two boys who prefer colors over neutrality :)

I am quite looking forward to the holidays this year. I'm co-director of a UU pageant at my church which is so wonderfully chaotic......I can't wait to see how it turns out. I can't wait to see my folks in WV the day after Christmas. I can't wait for 2010.

Waltham Christmas Tree Lighting

Last Friday was Waltham's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Stuff like this makes me feel like Waltham is a really small town (although it's actually 60,000 plus students from Brandeis & Bentley)

The cub scouts led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. Then the Waltham High show choir led Christmas caroling. This was pretty much the only part my 2 year old enjoyed. He's at the point now where he kind of sings along with songs. Jingle Bells goes like this: hum hum hum hum snow, hm hm hm hm sleigh, hm hm hm hm go, etc.

Mayor McCarthy was, of course, the master of ceremonies. That woman is everywhere. One lucky Waltham-ite then got to flip the switch that lit up all the trees on the common. Then the mayor told everyone to look toward Moody Street where Santa was coming toward the common on a fire truck. Craziness!