we spent the better part of thursday at the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus and, i have to say, it was every bit as fun and magical as i remembered and wanted it to be. there were elephants, tigers, horses, acrobats, human cannons, pyrotechnics, crazy stunts, dancers and more. there was bello the clown who was the headliner of the show named "bellobration!". if you saw the remake of "charlie and the chocolate factory", you could begin to understand the feel of this show: very loud, smiley, trippy, weird, funky and even at one point there were a whole bunch of bellos - all dressed like him with his funky hair - dancing around the three rings like oompa loompas. just plain kooky and fabulous.
so the tickets we had were awesome. we were front and center, ringside, in what they call "circus celebrity" seats. what that means is, during the last few minutes of the first act, a bunch of clowns come get us and bring us into the ring and onto these little mini-train-thingies where we spend the next 5 minutes parading around all 3 rings while the ENTIRE cast is marching, singing, dancing, serenading us - complete with the horses, elephants and everything. complete insanity. and so cool. annie was very tentative until she saw the horses right behind our train and then she got all giddy...jasper was like "will someone please wake me when this nightmare is over?" and just went to what we referred to as "his happy place".
i'm not totally sure the kids had more fun than the adults, but i think a good time was had by all. even jasper. gotta love the circus.
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