Father's Day.....

This year Jetta took Shannon to the circus for Father's Day. A company, that I believe is called Circus Flora. They come to St. Louis each year. They have a one ring circus and were going to be here on Father's Day and I thought it might be a neat outting for the family.

It was Jetta's first circus and wasn't sure how she would react. When we got there we could see the big top and it was pretty neat, brought back alot of childhood memories (and smells). As a child, I got to go see the Shriner's circus many times. It was always a good time. The day was particularly hot, as this was just the beginning of what was going to be the beginning of months of hot weather. However, we were told that the tent had air piped into it, so we figured we didn't have anything to worry about.

As we made our way up to the big top, there was a pony ride, so we let Jetta atake spin. She seemed to enjoy herself. She wasn't quite sure what to think. She always wants to ride the "horsey" at Walmart, so we thought, well, here you go, here's the real deal. I guess, based on her expresssion, we'll stick the the Walmart "horsey" for now. Which, honestly, I'm okay with, that "horsey" is much cheaper and by far less stinky! I'll attach and picture, so you can see for yourself.

We finally made our way inside. The ring was small and we were right down next to the actual ring. She seemed excited. Once the show started, she was excited, but as things got going and the show got started and the horses started coming in and they were whipping the ground, she wanted nothing to do with that and she was climbing up me and clinging to me for dear life. Needless to say, with the heat outside and regardless of the "piped" in air, it was hot. We stuck around for the first act, which was about an hour.

This act included puppies, which she loved, horses and some chickens. We had hoped for an elephant, but there wasn't one. Since there wasn't gonna be one and with it being so hot, we opted to go. All in all, I think it was a success, but think we will wait till she's a little older and for indoor circus to go again.

I'll attach a couple of other pics, hope you enjoy them.