Happy Monday! We had a fun weekend that included a trip to the circus on Saturday! I hadn’t been to the circus in about 25 years and really wasn’t expecting much but, let me tell you, it was really cool! I was honestly AMAZED at what some of those people could do – the acrobats and the tight rope walkers. Unbelievable. It was quite the sensory overload – strobe lights, blaring music, action everywhere.
We only stayed until intermission (an hour and 15 minutes into the show) and we had had more than enough by that point. I think Maxwell had fun and got to see lots of elephants, tigers and even a human cannonball! Obviously, the things that interested me the most – like the trapeze artist, the tightrope walkers and the unicycling basketball players – didn’t hold his attention as well. He was having more fun playing with the light up toy we bought him! 🙂 $22 well spent!
There was a little excitement at the very beginning of the show. The had a group of about 8 horses come out to dance around the ring and do various tricks. Well, the lead horse went wild when it came out and actually bucked off it’s rider – a lady in a very bedazzled suit. She was knocked onto the ground into a ball and luckily didn’t get trampled. The horse darted out of the ring and, had we been on the front row, I would have been terrified. A bunch of handlers ran out from the back within half a second and got control of that horse and got backstage but, man, it was scary for a minute! Just thankful it wasn’t an elephant that went wild!
It was a fun morning and we’ll definitely go back next year!
