Weekend with Mom

Frank's mom came to visit this weekend so we tried to spread the DC Christmas cheer to her. Friday night we went to Pentagon City for dinner and "Miracle on 23rd Street" which didn't turn out to be the grand tree lighting ceremony we had in mind. After driving around to look at Christmas lights and discovering that most of our fellow Arlingtonians are Scrooges, we headed home for an early night. On Saturday we took Mom into DC to check out the National Christmas Tree and White House. No matter how many times I see the tree lit up, I can't get over the beauty. We also did a quick drive-by the Capital Christmas tree which wasn't nearly as impressive. After a stop at home for some dinner (I broke out the crock pot and did a pork tenderloin which didn't turn out too bad), we headed out to Centerville for the Bull Run Festival of Lights. It definitely took us longer to drive out there than it did to navigate through the park and admire the cheesy lights. They had nursery rhyme displays - Please tell me how Jack & The Beanstalk relates to Christmas!? Oh well, I think his mom enjoyed it. To top off the festive weekend, we caught a matinee showing of Four Christmases on Sunday - A pretty good movie, Although next year if we lie and tell Frank's mom that we're volunteering to help save the dying elephants in South Africa at Christmas time, I think she'll be on to us. ;)