The Zoo Goes To The Circus

As a birthday present to GaGa, MooMoo got tickets for the whole group of us yahoo's to go to see the Ringling Bros/Barnum and Bailey Circus! Unfortuntely, Robert, Jaime, and Audrey couldn't be there.... but, that meant that we had an extra ticket for SueSue to go also. Bonus!


David was also able to come, and he was so sweet to the kids. Bought them cotton candy, hats, and cool snowcones - one in an elephant and one in a white tiger. (the animals featured during the show).

We arrived about an hour early, and were able to participate in pre-show activities with the performers. Tooter swung on the trapeeze, and even though I didn't get a shot of the grin on his face while he was swinging.....

This shows just how pleased he was with the whole experience. ;-)

Poodle hung out around the center ring and watched all sorts of performers - I think her favorite was watching the "ballet dancer" who climbed up the single rope and did Cirque du Soleil-type manuevers. Poodle's mouth dropped to her knees as the lady pulled herself up the rope, and she continued to stay amazed until the acrobat finished. However, Poodle got to actually participate with the acrobats who did the jump-rope tricks. She loved it!
And she got out there just in time - right after she finished, they sent everyone to their seats so they could get the show started. (I think SueSue encouraged her to get out there - thank you for that!)

We had a GREAT time. It had been years and years since either Jmk or I had been to the circus, and honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect. I had visions of 14 clowns riding in cars and that kind of thing (and let's face it, clowns can be creepy sometimes). But it wasn't that at all. It was so great! The kids loved it and they spent the whole time bouncing from one grandparent to another (with a little time spent on Mom and Dad's laps as well).

But, you know, even as exciting as the circus is, if you're 2 1/2 and you're used to taking naps, and you don't GET a nap that day, and it's dark and there's music playing.......... well, poor Tooter got a little sleepy just before the intermission. He asked for his passie which was our first sign that he couldn't fight the heavy eyes any more. And I just didn't want to fight the power, as it were. BUT, then they trotted out three huge elephants, and they saved the Tooter!!! Oooohhhh - the elephants. Once he saw the elephants, he was all over staying awake at that point. He crawled out of my lap, into SueSue's, checked to make sure MooMoo and GaGa saw that there were ::gasp:: ELEPHANTS out there, and he was wide awake! lol...... it was so cute.


Oh, it was a good time. MooMoo - thank you so much for arranging all that for us. Seriously, that was really wonderful and a really special time. I'm so glad that we got to go!!!


We got about 10 minutes from the Coliseum and this is what the kids looked like. :-) It had been a long, exciting day.

From the Zoo to MooMoo and GaGa - here's a happy dance to say thank you!!!