LOOK! Dancing Elephants!

 

So I ‘won’ some tickets to the circus.  I love the circus. Such an escape and good times. Not any circus, the REAL circus..Not one of those mall circus either. The Ringling Bros Circus. We hadn’t been in  a few years, and it always comes around this time of year.

We told the kids we were going to a movie to surprise them. Then when we pulled into the arena parking lot, Jacob figured it out because he had heard commercials on the radio and he knew it was at Arco Arena.

We had some good seats and it did not disappoint! (The pics I took did disappoint a little though. Seems as my phone camera doesn’t do well in dim lights…and then it amplifies the bright lights and makes it too bright as you will see in some of the videos. I need to hack my phone camera and fix that)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Wire Shenagins

Anyone up for a bike ride?

The Wheel of Death was pretty cool…..but the lights played havoc on the camera..so the video is not that good, but I think you can get the idea of what was going on:

Let’s go walking on a fast spinning wheel!

Didn’t get enough? Here’s more!

Here is a shot of Jacob & Hannah intently watching in amazement on the edge of their seats!

 

 

 

 

And FINALLY!  What you came here to read about and see!

DANCING ELEPHANTS!

DANCING ELEPHANTS!

As soon as these guys came out, I knew Jacob was going to like it. He turned to me and said, “Dad, I want one of those thingies for Christmas!”

How do I get me some of them new-fangled shoes?

 

 

 

It’s all fun and games!

 

And what circus wouldn’t be complete without someone flying through the air? Here is the Human Fuse or Human Torch or something like that:

Human Fuse!

Somehow, on the way home, we ended up at Leatherby’s where we got our traditional treat, the ‘Gwilliam Mess’ which is a Daddy Dave’s with 2/3 vanilla and 1/3 Swiss Milk Chocolate, all caramel topping, nuts on the side, no banana, all chocolate whipped cream, and a side of hot fudge. YUM!!!!