The Circus!

Last week when I was flipping through the ginormous stack of artwork that the boys had brought home from Traci's house, I noticed that she had slipped in two free kids tickets to the Carson & Barnes Circus. I'd never heard of Carson & Barnes before, but I thought that it might be fun to check out, especially because it was free for the kids. The boys have no previous circus experience, and it has been years since Mitch and I have gone, so I figured that a circus adventure would be something different to do on a Sunday afternoon. There was also a buy-one-get-one-free coupon on adult admissions, so it only cost $18 to take the whole family. Sure, why not?



The show started at 4:30, but doors opened at 3:30, and it was non-assigned seating, so we got there early and grabbed some good seats - 4th row up in the bleachers, just off to the side of the ring.



The boys got to check out an elephant up close before we headed into the big tent.



They both waited paitently for the show to get started.

They got a souvenier to pass the time during all that paitent waiting. These light sabers were awesomely fun, but they turned out to be a pretty bad idea once all the seats around us started getting really packed and cramped.

Alex the clown kept everyone entertained with some juggling and the usual clown antics. Sawyer thought he was hysterical.

The first act was a dog act, and the boys both liked watching the dog ride a skateboard down the ramp.

There was a motorcycle high wire act. I thought Sawyer would love this one since he likes motorcycles so much, but he just whispered nervously in my ear, "Oh Mom, that's SO dangerous!"

Some daring young men on the flying trapeeze

The elephants were definitely the stars of the show for the boys!

Everyone had a really great time, and the boys were completely exhausted since they didn't nap today. After the busy weekend we've had, I'm looking forward to spending a quiet day at home tomorrow catching up on laundry and some paperwork for work. Hope you all had a great weekend too!