We Went to the Animal Fair

but no birds or bees were there! There happened to be a small Circus in town on Monday and so we took the kids to have a little fun. I can't ever remember going to the Circus as a kid so perhaps I wanted to go more than the kids. I always kind of had this thought all circuses were huge like Barnum and Bailey, but this was definitely small scale, one ring. Zoey and Ian got to ride some ponies. This was Ian's favorite activity.

Zoey also got her face painted. Which she freaked out quite a bit at because the lady was painting so close to her eyes. The other guy that was also doing face painting was a way better artist, but Zoey only wore it for a few hours anyway so I guess it didn't matter. She wasn't so sure if she liked getting her face painted until on our way home she could see herself in the rear view mirror.

After much convincing, Brandon rode the Elephant with Zoey. Ian seemed like he wanted to go but when I tried to put him down, he freaked out, but he liked watching the elephant a lot.

We weren't allowed to take pictures of the actual show but we saw funny clowns, balancing acts, gymnastics, musical performances, trained animals including ponies (my favorite), dogs, and elephants, and appearances of some transformers and a lemur.

Overall if you didn't expect too much it was pretty great. I think I expected too much because I just kept thinking about how much the internet has ruined shows like the circus. I kept expecting them to light something on fire or juggle with chainsaws or sword swallow or do some other amazing and mind boggling feat, but while I know the skill involved was pretty amazing, it seemed a little boring. The only acts that kept Ian's limited attention were the animal acts, the rest of the time he just wanted to kick off his shoes and run around in the stands and bother people. Zoey liked the roller skate routine and the animals.

I'd do it again, except I probably wouldn't pay $5 for some cotton candy and $10 for face painting again. Zoey still talks every day about going to the circus again so she liked it and that makes me happy.