The circus was in town this past weekend. It was at the family arena, which is less than two miles from our home, so we had to go. Kids got in free which made it even better. The available show times weren't the best, but we decided to attend the Friday evening show and let the boys stay up late. They rarely fall asleep before 9:00 anyway.
Baby sister was making Mommy feel very uncomfortable, so she stayed home to rest. Daddy and the boys arrived a little early to see what activities were available. Amazingly there were pony rides, elephant rides, face painting, bouncy houses, etc. The boys got to ride the ponies and enjoyed that a lot.
The general seating was filling up fast, but we still got good seats. The show started off slow with all the Shriners being introduced and some driving there funny cars around. Shriners are those old guys that wear a fez. When they host the circus, that's what you have to sit through to get to the fun stuff.
The first act was the Tiger Tamer, which the boys really enjoyed. Following that were various trapeze, clowns, tumbling, horses, and the like. At intermission it was getting late and Kevin and Colin were asked if they wanted to leave or stay. They both responded, "We haven't seen the elephants or motorcycles yet." They knew there was something to do with motorcycles because they had asked about the giant steel motorcycle ball cage. So we got some popcorn and a pretzel and sat back down.
More acts came out and the two of them started to get bored. We had been there for a few hours at this point. Luckily the elephants were next. Following that it went straight into the motorcycle act. Now the boys were ready to go. After going down the stairs and almost walking out the human cannon ball was introduced. So back in to watch from one of the entrances. This was perfect, because that was the end of the show. Its always better to be the first ones to the parking lot to avoid the traffic getting out.
When they got home the boys were very excited to tell Mommy everything she missed.
Colin: "First there were two motorcycles going around and then there were three."
Kevin: "There were three elephants and a baby. And the baby sat on the Mommy."
Colin: "We got to ride a pony. And a tiger jumped through fire!"
Kevin: "The clowns were held up with a balloon and then one of them popped it and they all fell."
The both fell asleep very quickly.
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