ThE BiG ToP

We have been doing a lot of fun things lately and then, because there are so many pictures involved in blogging said fun thing and so little time to blog, I set fun-thing-blogging aside opting instead to blog one or two pictures of something simple, like a flower. :-)

Wow, was that a run-on.

One such "fun thing" was going to the circus with some friends. I had never been to a circus before (so it stands to reason my children hadn't either) and it was a pretty great experience. The whole day was a double feature really, since us grown-ups had gone on a (first ever!) double date the night before including dinner and the theater. No great pictures from that night though, tsk tsk.

Back to the circus....


There were elephants, showgirls, and dancing poodles that tickled little girls' fancies.


There was magic and intrigue.


There were tightrope walking tigers, clowns and sky jumpers.

I

really

liked


them.


There was a snack filled intermission and light necklace/wand paraphernalia that was snuck in under the radar.

And then. AND THEN.

The most jaw-dropping, death-defying stunt of the night. A human cannonball.


Fear gripped us all.



The audience was struck dumb with amazement at the perilous feat.

The rest of the afternoon we had stars in our eyes..

and attempted...

feats all our own.