Mason had his first circus experience this weekend! You might be thinking, "why the heck would you spend the money and time taking a 20 month old to the circus when he's not going to be able to sit still nor will he remember the experience?". Yeah, we think that way too. But when a neighbor offers us free tickets, we'll jump at the opportunity to go! Our thinking was that even if he only lasts 15 minutes, at least it was free. Or that maybe he'd surprise us and be really into it and sit for the whole show. What he ended up doing fell somewhere in the middle of those two and we ended up having a great time.
Our original plan was to try leaving around intermission, but wouldn't you know those clever circus people put the tiger, elephant, and fire acts at the end. They want you there long enough to convince yourself that it's totally okay to spend $27 on a small stuffed elephant (which we didn't do). We walked around until right before the show started, then handed Mason a snack to keep him still for at least 15 minutes. This worked and he was mesmerized by all the action, lights, music, people and noise. The older children around us really seemed to enjoy the ringmaster and the clowns, but I think the content and humor was lost on Mason. He still seemed to enjoy watching though. About 30 minutes in we got up with him to walk around, then found a couple rows of empty seats he could play on. After intermission we made it back to our seats (which were really close!), and he surprisingly made it to almost the end of the show and we were able to see all the big acts. All in it was a great experience and we'll definitely be going back starting in about two years.
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| This was the best we could snap of our busy little bee |
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| Circus Madness |
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| Checking everything out |
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| I love how it looks like Sean has a headdress on! |
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| Man on fire! |
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| Glad we stayed for the elephants |
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| Bye for now, circus! |
We're going on Sunday...I have a feeling we'll be exhausted afterwards!
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