Santa flies in for a visit!

We had a very special start to the holiday season in the Eggelston family. Early this morning we headed out to the local farmer's market to see Santa -- who was arriving via helicopter!! He was just a minute or two early so we JUST missed seeing him land...which was a little disappointing but kids were still excited (well Sydney was at least!) so we hurried over to say hi to Santa.



Sydney wormed her way through the crowd to talk with Santa.


She apparently told Santa that "Daddy needs a new phone." and then proceeded talk and talk and talk. We think that if Daddy hadn't of pulled her away she would still be talking his ear off now! What a wonderful change from her being scared of Santa last year!

She was SOOOOO happy!



After Santa got in a horse-drawn wagon (Riker loved seeing the horse) he headed off to the market. We did the same and had a great time playing in the toy store area. Then Grandpa Egg (who gave us the heads up on Santa arriving) suggested we go check to see if we could watch the helicopter take off. Well, we did even better than that! Daddy, Sydney and Riker got to go for a helicopter ride (for only $20 total!)!! Wow! Not something you get to do everyday! The first helicopter ride for all three of them!




After all the excitement we headed back inside to warm-up and to show Daddy the market (he hadn't been there yet!). The kids were in such good spirits that they even held hands as we toured around the market.


They were sooooo cute -- they got lots of attention doing this too!

When we worked our way up to the floor Santa was on we decided to say hi and get some pictures with Santa. Sydney was excited again and this time asked for what she wanted for Christmas (a dollhouse and Tinkerbell) and tried to tell Santa about the blanket we have at home with his picture on it. She cracks us up. Riker was...less enthusiastic...


All in all it was an awesome morning! We can't wait for Christmas!