Under the Big Top

Today was the day "Children of All Ages" converged on the the Civic Center to see the RBBB Circus. We have been talking to Connor all week about the elephants and tigers and clowns that he would see today. He loved it! {Ok, his eyes got even bigger than usual when we entered the Civic Center - all the flashing lights and people - he was enamoured. We purchased a light-up toy since we knew the lights were going to be out and we didn't have to buy him a ticket - so we could splurge on some fun (a/k/a something to occupy Connor if he hates the circus). He was doing great even when the lights went down - until the crowd started chanting and yelling. Screaming bloody murder - it was sort of funny - like the Santa and Curious George situations - except I was determined we were going to stay for more than 5 minutes of the circus. We parked and walked more than 5 minutes to get into the circus - we were going to stay. Colin walked him around out in the concourse for the National Anthem but Connor wasn't convinced. Luckily we were in the last row end seats of our section and could leave easily. I traded off with Colin after about 5 minutes. Then the clowns came out - I somehow managed to get Connor to believe that the clowns were waving at HIM (and only him) so he waved back and never looked back. From then on - he loved the circus - a little more every 10 minutes or so - so after an hour and a half he was clapping and jumping and cheering for the acts}. So in summary - he loved it - whew! My pictures from the event are pretty terrible - I took my point and shoot camera - I was holding Connor in my lap 1/2 the time and it was really dark inside - but . . . here are some of the best (i know, pretty bad) shots from today.

Connor and his new toy

Motorbikes - 7 of them! Colin thought this was VERY cool (i.e. he was still talking about it after we left)

Focused . . .