Let’s Go To The Circus!

Our neighbors gave us tickets to the Shrine Circus in Lewiston.  To be honest, when we got there it looked a little ghetto and we were leery to go in.  We decided since we drove down here, why not.  Best decision, it was an awesome circus! 

That morning Andrew wanted some popcorn.  I told him we were going to the circus and we would get popcorn there.  He asked what a circus was and I told him it will have animals like tigers, elephants, bears and lions as well as people juggling and doing tricks.  He said, “no circus, lions have sharp teeth, they will hurt Andrew.”  (Yes we are still in the phase where he refers to himself in the third person.) I told him we would sit far away from the lions and we wont let them hurt him.  He was ok with that, as long as he could have popcorn.

The set up when we got there.   It was at the Lewiston High School football field.  They had 3 rings with a tent behind it.  They had pony and elephant rides, picture with a bear and a snake.  The bear booth was funny: they had the bear sit on a chair with a piece of plexiglas between him and the chair the person sat in and they were feeding the bear a bag of BBQ potato chips to get him to sit there.

The story of my life, “Andrew look at this” and of course he is always looking the other way.

Waiting for the circus to start. Andrew reminded us many times he wanted popcorn.  Don’t worry, we got him some.

Some of the acts: tigers, juggler, motorcycle globe, trick BMX bike rider, bears, elephants and a guy balancing on tower of chairs.  They also had girls on ropes and other balancing acts. The circus lasted 2 hours with only one intermission and it was defiantly entertaining.  Andrew tried his first licorice rope.  Aaron bought one for himself and asked Andrew if he wanted to try it and Aaron never got it back, so he had to buy another one for himself. 

Andrew liked the motorcycle globe the best.  It started out with one motorcycle and then ended up with three motorcycles going at once.  After they were done, it was intermission and immediately Andrew ran over to the globe to see how they did it.  He was fascinated.