Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Santa Flies In

Being in a small town we sometimes miss out on all the bells and whistles that come with the city life. No freeways, shopping options are limited, not a lot of good restaurants, and definitely no malls with Santa Claus where our kiddos can sit on his lap. But we have something better than any old mall Santa. Every year Santa Claus flies in on a helicopter and lands at our elementary school. There aren't many (if any) towns that have a Santa as cool and hip as ours.
Brody was so thrilled about seeing Santa stick his head out the "copper" and wave. His excitement was only matched by the few hundred little kids standing on the school lawn chanting, "Santa, Santa."
Things only got better when Brody's Uncle Kade got out after the helicopter landed to help out Santa. We weren't sure that the school was open to the public, so Brody missed out on sitting on Santa's lap, but seeing him from outside the fence was pretty cool by itself.

4 comments:

Marcie Ashton said...

According to Lauren, that was the one disappointment about moving up to the middle school-no Santa fly in. What a cool/crazy tradition!

Jaime said...

I'm so bummed he flew in early. I had one upset Kindergardener who missed it! p.s. I have a new blog site www.isitreallyrelevant.blogspot.com you'll need to update your bookmark!

K. Bitton said...

That is so awesome! It looks like you had some fun with the holidays. I love the pictures of Brody and Ryder wearing the same outfit for thanksgiving. It's fun to see how different each baby is.

Clint and Tiffany said...

I SO don't remember that! When did they start that tradition? How cool, that's definitely a step-up from anywhere else. :O)