Clowning Around {Making August Count}

Last Saturday we took Eva to the circus for the first time. I don't know why but a few years ago I got it into my head that we would take her to the circus the August before she turned 3. I think maybe it was because I was figuring we would have another baby soon after and it seemed like a fun "big girl" thing to do and that being almost 3 was the perfect age to see a circus. So this year when I started seeing circus advertisements I knew we would be going! We were able to get 2 free tickets for me and Ryan and a discount ticket for Eva so it worked out nicely. 

Our tickets were for the show at the Fort Worth Convention Center and it was fine, just different than the American Airlines Center.  On the plus side it is a smaller venue, so really any seat there is a good seat. We got there about an hour early so we were able to walk around and see some of the animals before the show started. Eva kept asking, "Is this the big show?" every time we saw something different. We assured her that she would know when the show actually started.

During the early part of the show Eva kept asking if it was almost over every 5 minutes...not because she was ready to go but because she didn't know what to expect. The show itself was over 2 hours which I figured was a good length for a circus.

 The circus was mostly as I remembered. I think Ryan and I went about 5-6 years ago and I would say every 5 years is a good amount of time between circus experiences. It is fun to see, and even more fun to see through the eyes of your child, but the show doesn't really change too much. Pictured above is an act where a group of people are riding bicycles across a tight rope. I kept thinking, "Did they wake up one day and decide this was what they wanted to do for their life? Did they do dangerous things as a child? Did their mother worry about them walking across rooftops?"

I love these crazy clowns. They had a big bucket of free noses so of course we had to try some on. We did not take any pictures with actual clowns, as Eva was too concerned to stand next to one. Fine by me.

Saturday evening we drove to Rockwall to celebrate Ryan's grandmother's birthday. With cake, ice cream and plenty of little kids, it was a whole different kind of circus :)