Circus Fun

Last week we were able to attend the circus! It was the first time my girls had ever gone to a circus so we were thrilled we could take them. Since my birthday is in Feb. my family used to go to the circus every year to celebrate my birthday and my sisters' too. So, I went almost every year and had a blast! So, I couldn't wait until we could take the girls to experience the same joy I used to have when it came to town!

Another cool reason we took the girls to the circus, was because we are reading a wonderful series of books about magical carousel horses that jump off the carousel with different riders each book and take them on an adventure. The first horse was a circus horse! So, right about the time we finished that book...it was the day of the circus. It worked out great and the girls had an amazing time!

If you arrive at the circus an hour ahead of time, you are able to enter the pre-show. We were about the first 10 people there and we were able to go down to the 3 rings and hang out with clowns, dress up in their clown costumes, hula hoop with the acrobats, talk to the performers, get up close experiences with the elephant, horses, dogs, and the acrobats. It was amazing!! That was almost the best part because the girls got to get involved up close and personal with the circus!But, then the show began! It was more amazing than I remember. We were only 6 rows from the front and that was awesome! The girls loved Bello who is the clown is kind of in charge of the circus fun. If you look closely in the pictures you can see that everyone has on Bello hair...the straight up blond thing going on...even the animals! It had lots of activity and not a dull moment. But, it wasn't too much either. We could not have asked for a better circus experience!
We couldn't pass up cotton candy...so we got a free clown hat with it for free. Mind you the cotton candy was priced out the roof so, the hat wasn't really free! But, the girls had such a wonderful time that they never even ASKED for a souvenir, candy, snacks, or anything. That was the most special part for Jay and I. They were so thankful to just BE there that they didn't ask for one thing the whole night...so we were happy to get some cotton candy for all of us to share!

Daddy and Virginia enjoyed the show. As you can see we had ear plugs for Virginia who doesn't like loud noises. We got this tip from a lady I met at the Woodstock Library puppet show that same morning...what a blessing. It was just enough for her to still hear everything perfectly...but to not be distracted by how loud it was.

During the pre-show, we got to watch Asia the elephant paint a picture with her trunk. It was super cool! We had a front row view! It was great to be able to enjoy the show up close and personal!

This was her painting...pretty good I must say. They drew names to get the picture and sadly we did not win. Maybe next year!

It was time to go...but the girls were still in clown mentality with noses and everything. They were a joy to take and we are so thankful that God allows us these precious girls for a little while! They are a gift!

OK, Dad loved it too!