Santa and The Pink Pig

Thursday, December 1, started our Christmas Countdown of Fun.  When Lily woke up that morning, she made a beeline to the stocking and pulled out the #1 tag.  I was still lying in bed, but I heard a squeal and then she came running in and said "Mommy, I read it!  It's says 'Ride the Pink Pig!' We're gonna' ride the Pink Pig today!"  Needless to say, she was uber-excited.  To make it even better, she was Servant of the Day in her class on Thursday; their share topic right now is "my favorite ornament," and on Wednesday night, Lily had picked the Pink Pig ornament because she loves it so much.  Mia was almost as excited as Lily too.  So, after school and Mia's gymnastics class, Ryan and I took the girls to Lenox.  I changed the girls into cute outfits while Ryan went in to buy tickets.  When we met back up a few minutes later, there was literally no one in line.  We walked right up to the front, and about one minute later, the ride in front of us ended.  Loved the timing!

This bright sign at the ride's entrance is ridiculously bright pink.  Of course, that means our girls love it.

 So excited during our brief wait to board the ride.

 The girls were ready to ride!

 Watching and loving it.  They held hands the whole time which is what I loved.

 As luck would have it, as we walked off the ride, Priscilla the Pink Pig walked in.  We couldn't resist the photo op.

 After the ride we headed inside to meet Santa.  He was on a short break, but the girls were patient to wait on his return.  We were the second people in line, so they watched the girls in front of us talk to him.  When it was their turn, they walked right up and happily sat on his lap.  Yea!  After taking a couple of pictures, Santa asked each girl what they wanted.  Mia told him she liked the zip line (from my cousin's house that she rode at Thanksgiving) and wants that; Lily told him she wants the princess castle with rooms for Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty (Disney Princess Ultimate Dream Castle if you're wondering).  I hope Santa didn't promise them these gifts...

 The next day, the girls had another Santa surprise.  They were thrilled to receive a card in the mail from him (Mommy may have had a little something to do with this).  They keep asking us to read it over and over to them!

 This is the front of the card which lists the girls' names, ages and activities they enjoy.

 The inside of the card declares they made Santa's "Nice List" for a variety of reasons.  They were quite excited about that!

What a great way to kick off our Countdown!