Riding the train to the Time Warner Cable Arena to see the Circus!
Waiting in the COLD until it's time to go in for the pre-show
Taking pictures with the cast of the circus during the pre-show
The girls took this picture just for Grandaddy. They rode this motorcycle around during the beginning of the circus
Elisabeth stuffing herself with cotton candy. She was a gooey sticky mess afterwards but she enjoyed every minute of it!
The elephant that walked around at the beginning of the show while everyone sang the National Anthem
The horses were beautiful. I especially like the black and white ones.
Flying thru the air with the greatest of ease....
Crazy clowns. They don't bother me but they creep John out.
Tightrope walking. He was not hooked in.
Elisabeth felt this was way too dangerous!
I think she was hooked in but he wasn't. How do they do that? And why?
These 2 women were shot out of these cannons at the same time. They flew across the performance area and landed so nice and neatly on the mats that were laid out for them. We missed the shot of them actually coming out of the cannons. It was really cool!
If you look closely you will see a guy coming out of the ring of fire. He jumped through it and did a flip. Craziness....
I just loved the elephants.
Wonder if her leg was all slimy after that?
These tigers took some really good swats at this guys face. I really wouldn't want to be in the ring with them.
These guys swung around and around in and on top of these human hamster wheels. They were amazing and made me very nervous. How do you learn to do this without killing yourself?
This guy did a flip and landed back on the wheel while it was up in the air and starting to spin. It made me so nervous I almost couldn't watch!
We were due to go to the circus on Saturday afternoon at 11 am which meant that to drive to the train station, ride the train and get there in plenty of time for the pre-show we would've had to leave at 8:30 am or so. Well......Mother Nature had other plans for us! Instead it snowed and continued to sleet all morning so we opted not to go to the circus on Saturday morning as planned. I think I was more disappointed than the kids. We read on the web that they would allow us to come and trade in our tickets for one of the Sunday performances given they had tickets still available (it was 1st come 1st serve). So we decided we would load up and try to make the 3 pm show. We left our house around 11:30 and arrived at the arena around 1 pm and were able to trade in our tickets. We wanted to be early to ensure we could get tickets and get the best seats we could. The only problem was the pre-show didn't start until 2 pm so we had to stand outside for an hour. It might not seem long but in 20 degree weather it was COLD! We were frozen by the time we got inside at 2 pm and my fingers were so cold I could hardly pull the tickets out of my pocket! The circus was great though and worth the wait. We had an awesome time! The girls stuffed their bodies full of cotton candy and popcorn and I think our seats turned out to be better than the original ones we had. God worked it all out despite my worry, disappointment and a tinge of anger. I'm so glad we were able to go and that everyone had a great time. :-)
