A Day at the Circus

Last week Rachel called me from Kimberly's house where she was babysitting Tanner. She had just seen a commercial about an upcoming circus in Idaho Falls. She was so excited. She said she had never seen a circus (I had taken all my kids when she was three but she didn't remember). She really wanted to go. She feels like she is the caboose of the family and has missed or doesn't remember all the fun stuff the older kids have done. So being the kind of mother I am, (guilt ridden) I told her we would go.

So Tuesday I took Rachel and her two friends, Katie and Courtney to the Circus. In my defense, Katie and Courtney had never seen a circus either. It was a lousy day weather wise. The circus was outside at the Sandy Downs Rodeo Arena and the wind was blowing about 40 miles an hour. You could see dust in the air. Plus it was cold. There were still quite a few people there with lots of little kids wearing their winter coats. The girls were excited about all the acts. Some of the high wire acts could not perform because of the high winds. The tight wire walker got blown off his wire doing a back flip but he was only 8 feet off the ground, thank Heavens.

Balancing bear.

Trapeze artists. The man is holding them both up by his neck and teeth while spinning.

The girls squealed with excitement when they saw the elephants.

To make the experience complete we even bought very expensive cotton candy. I wanted to take a picture of the girls with a clown that was in the grandstands, but it turns out Courtney is afraid of clowns and wouldn't go near him. Even though we had to huddle together for warmth it was a fun afternoon.