Circus! But not Circus!

Circus--because these are pictures from the night we took the kids to the circus.

But not circus, because there aren't any pictures of the actual circus.

But who cares?? I've got pictures of elephants! :)

We went to see the Ringling Brothers "Zing Zang Zoom" show, and beforehand they would let you go see the animals, and it was totally worth the walk to the animal enclosure and the heat and the sweating, cause circus elephants are way more fun then zoo elephants.

we even saw them get a good hose-down.

at this point we were a little jealous of the elephants, cause it was super hot outside.

you see that gorgeous creature?? oooh, they're so cute!

that's why I'm so happy here!!!

and this picture just came out cute. beckett wasn't terribly interested in the circus (Caleb loved it, though), but he was happy to eat some raisins.

The circus was very different from how I remember it as a kid. They've really tried to modernize it, which was awesome in some ways (like the clowns looking more like silly teenagers than creepy psychos) and annoying in others (like having a character in the show singing a pop-song about not trying this at home). It was a lot of fun, though, and I would love to take the kids again. I think they'd enjoy it even more as they get older.

And I just want to go see the elephants again. Kenn said my face lit up like a little kid on Christmas when the elephants were performing, and I believe it. They were awesome. :D