Yesterday afternoon we got to go to the Circus!!! Oh, My goodness, I was a kid again!! What fun we all had!
We drove up to Grand Rapids to the Van Andel Arena to see The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.....The Greatest Show On Earth! It was that too it was SO much fun!
My mom bought tickets for Her and my dad, The four of us (Bryan, I and the girls), my brother Matt, Felicity (his girlfriend), my brother Jake, his wife Gracie and my Grandma and Grandpa. Jake and Gracie had things come up and weren't able to make it. Which was a big bummer.... But we all had a wonderful time.
We had fantastic seats...4th row almost center, but more toward the left side of the ring. I hadn't been to the Van Andel before, but it was a cool place to see a show.
The Van Andel Arena where the show was held.
On our drive into the city, we saw the circus train.
The Greatest Show on Earth!
Me clowning around....before the show started.
We were able to go down into the arena to get up close before the show, here was one of the Elephants, she came out to do a few tricks for us all.
Bello, the head clown, I suppose I would call him. He was a riot...He was in love with one of the pretty ladies, that was the premise of the show.
My grandparents came too.
Norah was amazed with it all.... this was the look on her face for pretty much the first hour we were there....it was so neat to watch her.
Amelia was in Aw too...she was the best to watch, she was dancing and smiling and just glued to the show!
Tricky dogs....
Five High.
Beautiful Arabian horses!
The Tigers...how cool they were!
Swinging though the sky! Awesome!
Now the Elephants! I loved them! They are so massive, yet so gentle! Such an awesome thing to see!
This one is kind of a Family Joke, If anyone has ever read the Dr. Suess book the Sneetches, some of the Sneetches have a star on their bellies, and some don't. A few of the Elephants had stars, and It made me think of the book. My Grandpa reads the book to us every Christmas eve....All of us grandchildren could probably recite the book to you. We love to hear the story each year. So this photo is for my Grandpa.
The acrobats....they were super cool!
Here we are after the show....the girls had a blast and so did we!
With the exception of my mom and dad....we went to dinner with my grandparents after the show.
Here is my grandma reading the program book from the circus to Amelia. (let me tell you we have read it Many, Many, Many times today too).
A cute picture of my grandparents leaving the resturant after dinner.......
Amelia loves the nose now.....she didn't want anything to do with it yesterday. Check her out...Silly girl!
Thanks for looking, we really did have a blast!
1 comment:
What a blast! The kids seem like the perfect ages to see their first circus! And the book was good, too :)
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