circus circus!

i swear we didn't plan this, but a couple weeks after penny's circus party we indeed went to the actual circus last saturday. it was so fun! paul gets free tickets through his work to local events now and then and we always try to go to them. i loved it! and i think penny did, too.


the elephants were definitely her favorite part. she had this little grin on her face whenever they came out.
afterwards i asked her "did you like the circus?"
penny: "yeah!"
me: "what did you like about it?"
penny (pausing for a minute to think): "the el-weh-phants! they're biiig."


the human torch! that is one brave guy.

tigers! this guy was by himself in a cage with a dozen tigers and it was kinda scary to watch. but you could tell he was the boss. a tiger swatted at him once and he just cracked his whip and yelled "LIE DOWN!" and the tiger just meekly lay down. crazy!

but what scared me even more were these guys below. they called this act the turbines of terror and i seriously had an anxiety attack just watching them.

the turbines would go around and around and these guys performed tricks inside and on top of the circles, like jump roping. somtimes they couldn't keep a hand or foot on the turbine because they were keeping up with the turning motion, and they would end up free falling for a couple seconds. scary! they were so amazing to watch, by far my favorite part of the show.

finale!


i love going to stuff like this with my lil' family, and it didn't cost us a dime! awesome!