See this guy? He won a speed eating contest last month at the grand opening of our friend's new BBQ restaurant, Dickey's, and guess what his prize was? Four tickets to the circus! Conundrum: we have three kids. Thought process we briefly tossed around: one of them is afraid of elephants and loud noises. Do we even buy that fifth ticket if the child will be traumatized continuously? Decision: we could not leave her out. Exhibit A below. Final conclusion: Fabulous decision. She was jumping up and down, laughing, thrilled throughout the entire show.
All three were mesmerized. It was one of those sentinel parent moments that yes, we were successfully taking three kids to the circus, and they all loved it.
Jake even sprang for the $8 cotton candy. No worries, I smuggled in a spread fit for a king in case they felt like they needed to eat continuously. It's why moms have big purses.
The puffy air-spun quintessential artificially flavored sugar was a huge hit. I tried one bite, and it was nowhere near as magical as I remember it being as a child. I didn't have any more so my association would not be permanently damaged.
That bright light is a guy on fire flying through the air across the arena.
What would the circus be without the elephant conga line?
The wrap-up: Abby Jane's favorite was the clowns, Blythe and Joy's favorites were the elephants and horses, and Jake and I liked this thing I won't try to describe, but I'm not clear on how these two guys didn't fall off this balancing thing from 40 feet up in the air. Now we hear regularly from the girls that they would like to go back to the circus sometime. Like it's the playground or zoo. Jake better get on that speed-eating contest winning again.
Bonus round: One of Jake's and my first dates when we were long-distance dating was to the circus in Birmingham. Afterwards, he broke a papazan in his apartment trying to re-enact a trick we saw that night. Before we went with the girls, I asked him to please not try anything at home that he saw that day. But we did have a little sentimental moment when we saw them do that same trick 10 years later!
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