Circus

 Papa took all of us to the circus a few weeks ago! He has always been a circus lover and we have a great picture of me when I was around the girls' age at a circus. The expression on my face in the picture is a combination of fear, excitement, and nervousness as I was watching the tightrope walkers. We were all laughing because the girls had the same expression on their faces. I tried to capture it but this is easier said than done when you're eight months pregnant and trying to lean over a bowling ball belly!

 Larkin loved the "trapeze girls". She's been saying for about a year now that she wants to be an acrobat someday, so they were right up her alley!

 Willa loved the cotton candy, popcorn, and the "mermaid girl" that was part of the show. She got all excited anytime she spotted the mermaid!

 Joel's favorite part was when they drove motorcycles into this metal sphere. First they start off with two motorcycles and you think, "Ok, that is crazy! Someone is going to crash!" and then next thing you know they start adding more and more motorcyclists--I think there were about 10 total all whizzing around there at once!

If someone else had been holding the camera, they could have gotten a picture of me with the same expression on my face from when I was three. We were sitting there and suddenly heard a motorcycle revving, and then directly over our heads (and I do mean directly!!) was a man and a woman riding a motorcycle over the crowd--their bike was balanced on a tightrope. The motorcycle was attached to the tightrope, but it was a bit scary because I swear if one of them fell off, it would have been right in our laps!

Thanks Papa for a memorable day!!