Under the Big Top!

Welcome to the "Greatest Show on Earth!" No, not my house. Mark and I were able to take the kids to the circus last week. I have to say that even if the kids didn't enjoy it, I sure did. The coolest thing was that before the show started they had a pre-show and we were able to go down to the ring and watch and participate with the performers. Very cool! We were also able to splurge and let them each pick out a souvenir. I was impressed with their choices...no big surprise, Liam wanted a sword. Ace actually picked out a clown nose and a program. Zoe got cotton candy that came with a clown hat and we picked up a dvd for Josiah (since they'll all enjoy that and he didn't really care). I do think the kids had a great time. And I actually got some decent pictures event hough the batteries were running down on the camera.

The dog trainer lady at the pre-show.

Silly Ace! He kept the nose on almost the entire time. It blinks too!

Liam's sword and Dadyd with the boys. Don't ya love his hat??

The motorcycle guys allowed the kids to sit on their bikes. They do that globe of death thingy that's in the background, which is pretty amazing to watch!

Despite the look of horror on his face, he wanted to get on the bike (as a disclaimer: we don't force our kids in to awkward picture taking, hence the reason you don't see Santa and the kids on our site)

Dressing up as circus performers...some days it feels like we live in a circus!

For my sis...see daschunds can be trained (but apparently it's very hard). They were so cute and she had a few very tiny ones.

And any guesses what Ceili Rain did during the entire performance (with a little break to eat)?

That's our Sleeping Beauty.