Riding the Pink Pig

Today we took Sydney to Lennox Square Mall to ride Priscilla the Pink Pig. Priscilla is a child-sized train they set up on the top deck of the Macy's parking lot, under a big pink tent. The train ride takes you through a storybook tale of the famed pig (the front of the train has a pig's face and the last car has a curly tail).

The original Priscilla started in the late 1940s at Rich's Department store downtown. It was a monorail - not a train - then and it circled the toy department. It was later moved to the roof, and when the downtown Rich's closed, it was moved to the "Festival of Trees." Now, the original pink pig is in the Atlanta History Center, and the train runs at Lenox Square (it has been this way for some time now, but I don't know exactly how long).

Sydney absolutely loved the train! She thought it was great. Donnie rode it with her. It was really funny to watch a 6'4" man try to squeeze into a kiddie-sized train seat. She wanted to ride it over and over again, but we told her we would come back next year and ride again (tomorrow is the last day for riding). They went around the track twice annd then we went in search of Williams-Sonoma hot chocolate. They were all sold out, so we tried a few samples of peppermint bark (yummy!) and headed out of the mall.

We are trying to start new traditions for our family, and now we have added Priscilla. My only question is to Mom and Dad: Why is that I am closing in on 30 and I am just now hearing about this magical pig? :-)