The Greatest Show on Earth

On April 29, we surprised the girls with a trip to the circus.  We only told them we were going on an "adventure" and it was killing Brooke.  She was full of ideas ... "Are going to Home Depot, cutting down trees, or are we going to Cape Cod????"  She was so non-stop with the guesses we encouraged her to take a nap in the car to rest - no such luck. 

We broke the news in the parking garage and the reaction was great.

We made the short walk from the garage to the arena and found our seats --- they gave us the perfect vantage point.  The show started at 3:00 and ended about 5:30 with a brief intermission.  It was such a fun afternoon and the girls are still talking about it.  Brooke said the circus was fantastic and we should go again. 
Daddy loved the tigers, Mommy's favorite part was the elephants, Kristen loved the horses, and Brooke had trouble deciding what she loved the most - she thinks the acrobats.  She told Paul he should be an acrobat -- I think he should stick to delivering packages from the Big Brown Truck -- I don't think the spandex outfits are really his style.

The captive audience