the circus

On our way home from the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, I asked our cotton-candy-coated son to tell me about his favorite part of the show.

"Was it the elephants?" I asked.

"Ummm, NO, mama!" responded my tot.

"OK then. Was it the clowns?"

"Umm...NO, mama!" Drew said with a grin.

"I know!" I said. "It was your cool clown hat...right?"

"No, mama, no."

At which point Charles breaks in with, "Was it the cute spandex-clad girls doing contortions and splits?"

"YES, Dada...YES!"

This was the actual conversation, pretty much word-for-word, and I think it explains quite a lot about, well, men in general.

Drew behaved quite magnificently during the two-hour-plus show.

He managed to scarf down a whole bag of cotton candy pretty much all by himself, with only minimal help from his dad and me.

He got amped up on approximately 5 pounds of spun sugar, which led to the inevitable crash...

He fell asleep while confetti was shooting out into the audience and clowns were singing and cavorting about and the music was blaring...I think perhaps he experienced some type of sensory overload and all his circuits shut down for a reboot.

What was really cute was when he woke up about 15 minutes into the second act, and looked about in confusion as if to say, "Holy crap, I really am at the circus! It wasn't just a dream!"

Drew gives the acrobats a big sticky thumbs-up.

Drew and Charles on the floor during the pre-show.

Drew and Alex after the show. I was kind of hoping he'd take a real nap when we got home, but no such luck. He lay down in his crib willingly enough, but spent the next hour babbling to himself about clowns and "el-pants" and "Go, Diego, Go". No, Diego wasn't at the circus - my son just has a short attention span.

Comments

[Mom]

How cute!!!! I want copies of the pictures, please! wonder what he thought Charles was referring to about the spandex? You might want to monitor their trips to the store!!!!
If this thing makes me type back some list of characters before sending I may scream!!!!