da da danta danta da da Circus!

All week long Kristin has been singing theme song from Madagascar 3, 'da da danta danta da da - circus!', so suffice it to say the girls were very excited to go to the circus today. Abby actually got a little confused and thought we were going yesterday and was more than a little disappointed to find out otherwise. Dad on the other hand kept telling Mom, 'Stop singing that circus song right before bed and then expecting everyone to go right to sleep.' Again, by the time Saturday rolled around we were all ready to go.

As any occasion involving Dad is wont to do, we started the day off with a fancy breakfast. We had popcorn and a new dad creation called a 'circus pancake', which Abby informed me was a actually a doughnut. You'd think that fact that I made it would be enough to establish what it was but you'd be wrong. After breakfast I overheard the two of them re-enacting breakfast only this time Abby was informing the Barbies that they were actually having a giant doughnut not a pancake.

Hamming it up here ...

Anyway, after some morning playing it was finally time to make the trip.

A little too excited for our own good here.


At least one of us is having a great time.

Next up were the acts, there were quite a few over the two hours we were there. While none of them photographed super well we have a few highlights.

We started off with horses and camels.


The ring dancers were Mom's favorite.


Nora was thoroughly un-impressed by the acrobatics.




Not sure what to call this one but it was my favorite.




Everyone was having a great time by intermission.






The elephants were Nora's favorite. On the way home Abby said she might grow up to be a clown in the circus someday (Aunt Jenn will be thrilled). Nora said she would definitely grow up to be an elephant.


And finally, the motorcycle ball of doom.

All in all we had a great time. We couldn't have asked for more from the girls and I think we made quite the memory.