Circus

I took the girls to the circus today. They mostly had a good time. The show was a little long for them.

For Imogen, it was all about the tigers. Unfortunately, the tigers came first so the rest was a bit of let down. Imogen has an affinity for large cats. She's convinced that she does a spot-on lion impression and when she had to pick an animal for a project at school, she chose the lion.

The only frustrating thing was all the pauses in the show where they begged us to buy stuff. They literally had a guy in center ring holding up ridiculously priced toys while the guy on the PA system jabbered on about them. At the end of a long intermission, they spent a good ten minutes getting people to buy a coloring book full of ads (yes, I want to pay to be advertised to). Of course, my kids thought it was a great idea to buy all this stuff, which the circus people know and which is why they were doing this in the first place. Unfortunately for my kids, they have parents who are too willing to say no. Fortunately for the circus people, most other children don't seem to have this burden.

Otherwise, it was a fun show. We had elephants standing on their front legs, trapeze artists flying around, a bunch of fluffy dogs jumping over things, and a monkey driving a cart. All that you expect from a circus, plus hula girls dancing to Elvis. I'm glad we went.

Wait a minute...

Two days ago, I wore flip flops. People were barbecuing. Today, both Missouri State and my kids' school is canceled for snow.

The weather here is psychotic. Really.