brendaNdoug and fam: Circus Vargggggggaaaaaasssssss!

OK, it really wasn't Circus Vargas, but every time I see one of these fly-by-night circuses, that's what it reminds me of (Circus Vargas was a circus we took the kids to when we lived in Washington state, many moons ago). But, we thought it would be fun to take our grand daughters to the circus. You know, to see the wild animals up close, ride an elephant, eat some real expensive candy, and especially, see the scary CLOWNS! Luckily for those who are squeamish around them, I didn't post any pix of them.... you're welcome.

There was a period before the show started that people could ride the elephants, camels, and ponies. We got them on the elephant as you can see below. The show finally started at about 7:30, a half hour later than it should have (the carnies were raking in too much money to stop that action early). There were some cute and fun things, but the girls were getting restless, fussing, couldn't hold still, hungry, crying, etc. So, at half time, about 8:30, we bugged out. The carnies were bringing out all the rides and stuff again, so I imagine after that and 2nd half, we wouldn't have gotten out of there until 10:00! The girls wouldn't have lasted that long for sure.

As we carried Isla out, tears streaming, Emery was saying, "But Grandma, we haven't ridden the camel yet! We haven't gotten a toy yet." etc, etc. Any Isla was trying to grab at all the stuff on the way out- toys, cotton candy... it was fun though.

We said good bye to Taylor (he came with us... must have missed Circus Vargas), Emery, and her little friend Brogan. We still had some time to kill with Isla as her parents wouldn't get out of the temple for a while. So, we took her to McDonald's- why wouldn't we? So, one Happy Meal later- all was right with the world again.