There was a new circus in town, and it is Buhac Huntington, Rupe & Tinsley Circus - and boy were the other patrons at Acapulco probably sad they picked that night to dine out. No really, we weren't that bad - we had 7 clowns (the kids) 8 jugglers (the parents), an acrobat (Lily climbed out of her high chair), a sword swallower(poor Hannah took a fork in the face)....yes we should've saved our money and just enjoyed the three ring circus that was dinner.
However, the second half of the night proved to be just as entertaining. We started out on the floor watching Asia the Elephant do a painting before the show. Tim would not have been pleased with this. He didn't attend because "the circus kills" and he wanted no part of that. How would he feel about his 17 mo. old daughters being a trunk's length away from a 2 1/2 ton Asian Elephant. The show was about to start so we headed to our seats way up in the nosebleed section, and it was just as well, there was no danger of a disgruntled tiger lunging toward us - the circus was not going to kill us!
With babies....and children over 2 posing as babies for the free admission, nestled in our laps, we were a cozy group, armed with juice boxes, goldfish, teddy grahams and bottles - and that was just the Rupe family. Madeleine was jumping out of her seat the entire time, Lily too. Lily's favorite part were the soft, cuddly "kitties" - tell that to Siefried and Roy, cuddly kitties, yeah right! My favorite part were the swaying poles, though I couldn't even watch. They had to be 100 feet in the air and people were standing on top of them....with no net! My hands were sweating and my legs were shaking. I was afraid to look because, well, you know, "the circus kills." It was impressive though - what little I saw of it. Maddy really liked the puppies and the elephants. I couldn't tell you one thing the elephants did. Why? They walked out, assumed their positions and the one decided to "drop a couple of kids off at the pool," if you know what I mean, which Jason felt the need to point out. I was focused on elephant crap the whole rest of the time. I watched the guy shovel it, I was worried he was missing big piles of it and that another elephant, or worse a dancer, would step in it. I couldn't keep my eyes off the whole process of cleaning up Dumbo's massive dump.
When all was said and done, it was a fun night. No potty accidents, no fits, no tantrums, no crying....and all the kids were well behaved too. The circus as a show was even better than last year. There were more acrobatics, a lot of the classic circus stuff like tightropes, more trapeze, better animals - although we did have a Zebra go down in the very beginning, he ran into his ring and hit the floor but don't worry, he was okay. It was quite the "Bello"bration and well worth the risk you take when you go to a place that "kills".
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