Circus??

I know that I have been talking a little bit about things that bother me, so here is one more. We were offered an opportunity to go to the circus and by circus I mean three small rings where there were mostly people and hardly any animals. Not what I would have thought of as the circus but hey. First off, I have never been to the circus before and I figured that since the kids got in free what the heck lets go. Well first off it was freezing, and we had to stand in line to purchase my ticket, and of course Isabelle had to go to the bathroom. Fortunately a very nice lady understood my plight and let me go in and have my spot back in line. Once we were in I was afraid I would not find my group, there were quite a few people there. But we lucked out in the end, snacks called part of our group away from their seats. Now why didn’t I think to bring my own snacks, Bear will sometimes sit to eat food!!

The show got started late and Barrett did not want to sit down to watch the show and only really settled down once the animals were out. And since they “tried” to break the show up with animals and humans, this was hard for the 18 month old. He was fascinated by the horses and kept singing horse, horse, horse, which was pretty cool. But the people who have amazing strength and could hang by their teeth while holding onto another person, did not hold is interest for long if at all. Even the trick poodles had a hard time keeping this kid interested. I should have left him at home with Dad.


Then to top it all off they did a 20 (twenty) minute intermission, at which point it was 6pm in the evening and I said ok we are going home. We did not get to see the elephants, and that is what Isabelle really wanted to do. Which I guess was ok, because I have an issue with the way people treat animals in the circus, zoo, etc. Maybe the big circus would be better but who knows, it’s just hard all around to keep Bear still when he just really wants to go. Overall our circus excursion was not that good. Plus I did not get any good pictures because I forgot my long lens and we were sitting at the very top of the stands. What an afternoon.