The night we ran away to the circus....

About a month ago, I took Sean to the Antioch Shrine Circus. I had a buy one get one free coupon and it was Family Night so my ticket was only $12! That was pretty awesome in itself! But I digress....I have taken Sean to the circus every year so far and he has always been enthralled. This time was no exception. Though, it was a much better circus than the last one by FAR! He was absolutely thrilled to see the acrobats and the motorcycle daredevil...then came the tigers. There were five tigers and he was mesmerized!!!

It was a lot of fun. At intermission, they had pony rides, pictures with a tiger, and elephant rides. Sean's big thing is, and always has been, elephants, so I expected him to be uber excited about the impending elephant show. He went for a pony ride first and was SUCH a big boy! To my knowledge he has never ridden a live animal and he was so excited and so brave! I stayed back to take photos like this one.....

He rode like a champ and I was such a proud Mummy! We had a walk around, got some autographs with some clowns....

...and since the line for the elephant ride was sooooooo long, we went outside to the carnival they had going on. The tickets were cheap but when they kept letting us on rides for free, they were even cheaper!!! We had a fun little ride on the merry-go-round...

...and the dragon spinning thinga-ma-jig.....

...and then my big brave boy asked to go on the ferris wheel!! I was a little dubious - those things are HIGH!!!! But we waited, and waited, and waited...and since we waited so long they let us on for free (another freebie! Woo Hoo!!). Sean absolutely blew me away! He was so excited and curious throughout the whole ride. There was an older boy behind us who was VERY upset and my big brave boy couldn't understand why! I think he may have had a wee moment of doubt as we reached the top and stopped to let more people on below, but then again, perhaps that was just me...

I am still amazed at how composed he was throughout the entire ride. So much so, that he wanted to go on the kiddie ferris wheel ALL BY HIMSELF!!! When did my baby get so big?


Of course, throughout all this, the second half of the circus was going on - which we missed every minute of! I asked Sean many times if he would rather go back inside to see the elephants - once again, always his thing - and he said every time that he wanted to stay on the rides! BUT, we managed to get inside just in time to join the (much smaller) line for the elephant ride - and it completed a perfect evening.

Thank you Antioch Shrine Circus for a fantastic evening! We will see you next year!