Circus!

I realized with all of our craziness I forgot to post our pictures from the circus!  I have a wonderful childhood memory of going to the circus with my Grandpa Melvin and Grandma Betty.  Last year Evan and I took Denver (along with our good friends) and I said to Evan that it would be fun to bring along my Grandpa to give the kids some of the same childhood memories.  This year Evan didn't care to go to the cirecus and there was no way I was braving it by myself with the 2 kids, but my mom and grandpa said they'd go with us and thanks to my cousin Tom we got free tickets too!  The kids had a blast. 

Makenna was exhausted by intermission time and so I took her out in the lobby and some how worked my magic (that has basically disappeared) and got her to go to sleep for about 30 minutes.  Denver made it the whole way through.  His favorite part was the tigers!  We went pretty early to ensure good seats and plenty of time to get situated and the whole time Denver kept asking where the tigers were.  After the tigers were done he continued to ask where they went and wanted to see them some more.  He did get quite intrigued with the elephants and some other acts as well. 

It was fun to watch Denver's face in awe of things and trying to understand how they just did what they did (during the "magic tricks").  There were also times we saw these faces on Makenna.  I'm so glad we went and hope that Grandma Verni and Great Grandpa Melvin will be up for the circus again next year!

Makenna kept insisting upon having some of my mom's pop so she finally gave in and let her try it....it came right back out!  She didn't care for it!  About the only thing she doesn't like! :)