circus

Well, it wasn't exactly The Greatest Show on Earth, but Sunday afternoon Mike and I took the boys to a traveling circus. The performers were all really talented (especially the elephants!) and the boys were enthralled watching all of the action. At intermission, we went out to the midway, where pony rides, camel rides, elephant rides, and a bouncy castle were on offer. Guess which one the boys chose? After intermission, we went back inside, and the boys got sno-cones. For most of the second half, they couldn't decide where to direct their attention -- to the ring or the tasty ice-and-syrup treats. Mostly, the sno-cones won out.



Afterward, on the way back to the car, we asked the boys what part of the circus they liked the best. Max, who clearly watches too much TV, waited a minute and then said, "Oh yes, I liked that part too!" (At the end of each episode of Dora, she asks what part of the adventure the viewer liked the best, waits for an answer, and then says, "Oh yes, I liked that part too!") Liam, on the other hand, thought about it for a minute, and then replied, "I liked the bouncy castle best." So much for spending our hard-earned cash on the circus. We could have just paid the $2 for the bouncy thing and been done with it. Peanuts!