As you know, we love the circus at our house and (as if I don’t say it every year) our Nana & Cookie are so sweet to buy us primo tickets for Christmas every year. Just when I think the girls will opt out one year, they see the commercial on television and go nuts! We were hoping to take Sophie to the elephant parade this year, but logistically we just couldn’t work it out. We are definitely doing it with both girls next year, even if it means they have to go to work with me. We were smart enough to go early for the pre-show his year and got a great spot to watch the elephants paint.
It will be easy to tell from these pictures that the elephants are everyone’s favorite! I didn’t get nearly as many photos this year because somebody (ahem, Sophie) wouldn’t sit still and then there was this really large snowcone that I bought “for her” that she didn’t want, so I stowed the camera in favor of cold grape goodness.
We did discover after intermission (thank you, Uncle Bull, for sharing) that popcorn was the way to go. I will most definitely buy the biggest bucket around next year if it means she will sit still during even a portion of the show.
This is what she looked like for much of the first half. Sleepy and sullen.
See you next year, Barnum & Bailey!
Here are past circus posts if you want to compare, just don’t compare the size of the grown-ups!
2012’s Dragons
2011’s Fully Charged
2010’s Funundrum
2009’s Zing, Zang, Zoom
And see how tiny Ella was in 2008 for our first EVER circus trip!
