Greatest show on earth!

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!