Sleigh Ride With Santa & Preschool Party

Arabella's preschool class did something very special on their last day before Christmas break. When I heard about it, I was so excited for her since Christmas is such a magical time of year - I knew she was going to be in awe. Not only did they have a party at school but before the party, we all met at Cap St. Jacques - a beautiful nature park in our area. It was a cold, clear and sunny morning so we bundled up in our cold weather wear and snow boots (even though there was not a drop of snow on the ground) and headed out to go for a "sleigh" ride. (It was really a tractor ride and snow would have made it that much more magical but it was still a ton of fun!) While we waited for the "sleigh" to pick us up, the kids enjoyed the animals in the barn...



Before long our sleigh arrived and the kids couldn't be more excited! Just look at this smile -

We took off on our ride and started to sing Christmas Carols and while singing Jingle Bells, look who we came across...

It was Santa!! Arabella and the rest of the kids were so amazed! He even got up on our sleigh and went for a ride with us. It was the cutest thing to see how they just lit up when they saw him.


We had a lot of fun singing songs and Santa made sure to talk to each child. It was a special morning and I am so happy and blessed to have been able to take part in it with Arabella.

At the end of the ride, the children persuaded Santa to come back to their school and join them at the party. It was so adorable and they were so excited when he said Yes! Before long, Santa arrived in the classroom!

The classroom was decorated with all of the Christmas artwork that the children did over the past month and they had decorated the Christmas tree with special ornaments that they made as well. It was so sweet to watch each child as they got to talk with Santa. He had a special gift and reindeer food for them to put out on Christmas eve.



It was a magical day and we loved every second of it!