Well, we saw the Greatest Show on Earth yesterday afternoon complete with elephants, trapeze artists, tightrope walkers, stilt-walkers, contortionists, the world's strongest man, tigers, llamas & ponies, a dog and tons of really odd clowns. These weren't your run-of-the-mill everyday clowns. No, these ones were skinny and most were dressed like punk rockers or super heroes. If you haven't guessed by now I'm talking about the Ringling Bros. Barnum Bailey Circus. The girls absolutely loved it.
We had great seats. We sat with Haley and Carlie's family and the two big girls sat next to each other in the middle. When they weren't struck with awe, they were bouncing out of their seats. We were at eye level with the action so they could see everything that was going on in front and above them. Sophia's favorite act was the shaggy "doggies", but Will and I think they were shaggy Chinese dragons. I think Lilly liked cuddling with one of us for the entire show better than the actual show itself.
The girls shared a "large" cotton candy and Sophia picked out a white plastic horse souvenir to bring home. The horse looks like she's been plucked straight from a carousel ride. She's the spitting image of one. She even has a pink plume on her head. Lilly didn't get anything this time, but if she would have complained about it we probably would have bought her something too.
The show lasted for two and a half hours and even though we truly enjoyed ourselves I think we were all glad when the Greatest Show on Earth was over.
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