The Pink Pig

A fun winter tradition here in Atlanta is for families to go ride The Pink Pig. This little ride has been around since the 1950's. It used to be located on top of the Rich's building in downtown; once that store closed, it moved, retired and came back. It is now located in a huge tent in the Lenox Square parking lot. There are lots of pictures of the original Pink Pig; I can only imagine how cold it must have been to ride that on top of a tall building in December!

Ryan and I took the girls on Tuesday morning; this was our very first time to go. Lily was so excited, especially when I told her how Papa used to ride the Pink Pig when he was a little boy. They even had one of the old Pig cars there, and I told her Papa used to ride in that exact one. This is a very slow-moving little train obviously shaped like a pink pig, and it's named Priscilla. It goes around its track two times, and it tells the story of Priscilla's family who moved to Atlanta a long time ago, and her grandmother was the first Pink Pig, then her mommy was the Pink Pig and Priscilla has always known she wanted to be the Pink Pig. It's a cute little story for kids to hear. Both girls loved it, and I'm so glad we did this! They of course have a little gift shop too, so we bought a Christmas ornament to commemorate our first visit. It will definitely become a tradition for us now! Enjoy our pictures...

The welcome sign.

Lily was so excited as she took in all the scenery while we waited in line.

The ride is getting ready to start. Look how excited she is!
Ryan and Mia were riding in front of us. Mia was too little to turn around and stay seated, so this is only the back of her head. She was a little antsy waiting for the ride to start, but once we started moving, she loved it!

Wonder and amazement. One of the little forests you drive through showed pictures of the original Pink Pig. The one in service now looks much more like a pig train while the original ones look more like a pig car.