After the circus they were too busy doing elaborate acrobatic moves to stand still for a photo. The verdict on the show was that the bendy girls weren’t real (which is comforting for if they were real they were super scary). They both agreed that they too would like to try climbing a ‘curtain’ and dead-falling at lightening speed until they were about 5cm off the ground. ‘But, when we’re grown ups”, reassured Cappers.
Maxi-Taxi, who at 6 is just ‘so over’ forced joviality and was ‘so booooooored’ the whole way through, admitted that he ‘nearly lost it*’ when 4 motorbike riders came on and rode 80km an hour inside ‘the cage of death’ which was about the size of our bathroom.
Along went I expecting to be horrified by the awful carnyness of it all. But it was a very professional, outstanding show with amazing lighting and a ripper soundtrack. Even the clown was tolerable, helped along by the fact that he was mute, had a black nose and his outfit was all neutral shades of brown. Sort of a clown homage to Nirvana.** The only low point (and it was admittedly pretty low) was that the amazing magician guy who made a girl turn into a dove seemingly before my very eyes, sold us a lemonade at half time. I didn’t quite know where to look. I mean, did we take the opportunity to congratulate him on his outstanding performance in the ring while he counted out our change? Bit carny that.
* I don’t exactly know when the child started speaking like a 16 year old American teenager, but I suspect Ben 10 has a lot to answer for.
** But he still wasn’t funny.
Kelly says
Great pictures, your children look and sound like they are full of personality!
life in a pink fibro says
No fans of circus in this house. Not even me.
JustJen says
We saw the same show when it was in our town. I too was ready to be unimpressed by the whole thing but found myself having a surprisingly good time. Low point for me, those poor little horses!
Ali {Mummahh} says
They are so Cute! and Great pics..
That Circus looks great! (what i can see)
DangGina says
Hey, I’d love to tell you about going through the temple; give me your email address and I’ll fill you in!
gina [dot] orgill [at] gmail [dot] com
DangGina says
PS Laughing at the **Nirvana comment and side note. Bwa ha!
Too bad the magician plays double-duty. How very disappointing…
Dawn says
Ha! I laughed at your fun descriptions of your kid’s reactions, and your own, to the circus. I just realized that my kids have never been to a circus! That’s a life experience every kid needs. 😉
Inspired Shares says
Such cuties! And it looks like so much fun…thanks for the sweet comment on my blog too!
Julie xo
Jodie at Mummy Mayhem says
I love the colourful, fun-filled pics!
MomAgain@40 says
I love circus nowadays. No more animals to feel sorry for! And the acts are just soooo amazing! Glad they enjoyed it!
{eleise} says
Cuties!