Friday, March 26, 2010

Big Apple Circus

I have never been a fan of the circus as far as I can remember. My mom says we used to go when I was a kid, though I don't have any memories of it.  The idea of the circus just never appealed to me, so when John said to mark the calendar because we all were going, I hesitated, then tried to come up with excuses not to go. I came up empty. And then I thought about how Khai might really love it, and how I'd want to be there for his first time.  Calender marked.
The day of, I was actually excited. I'm not sure why exactly. I suppose because Khai was really excited.  I went and picked him up early from school, met up with John and Carter and we headed out for some dinner before hitting the big top.  We met up with Alex, Avery, Mose and Sassy there and entered 2 hours of family entertainment. From the moment I picked Khai up from school it was "are we there yet? where is the circus? where? now are we there yet??", but when they turned down the lights, he got scared and said "ok, its finished, lets go now".  The music started, Khai clasped his hands over his ears and kept them there a good 20 minutes before relaxing and enjoying himself, and by then he was really having a great time. I caught him shouting "wooo hoo!" several times, and clapping.  Cotton candy, clowns, trapeze artists, animals, silly light up glasses...it was an enjoyable evening for all of us. Definitely going again next year.
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1 comment:

Jen said...

Awww, I love the circus pics. It sounds like so much fun! I remember going to a circus once as a kid, but I barely remember what happened. I got to ride an elephant lol... that's about all I recall. I showed Nev the pics and was like "We are going to a circus dammit!" He was dead against it, especially after seen the clowns in your pics lol. I am going to try and find one nearby, I think Cooper would have so much fun!!