The circus came to town on the 15th and I convinced my mom to go with us. I wasn't about to take 3 kids all by myself since Matt would be working that day. The kids were so excited to go and to see the elephants. They were each allowed to pick one ride before the show started. Parker picked riding on a camel and Paige picked riding on an elephant. The camel was 2 tickets and the elephant was 3 tickets. Each of the tickets was 2 dollars, so between the two rides it was $10, and each ride only lasted maybe 1 minute. What a rip off!! Paige was scared to death riding on that big elephant, I wasn't about to pay another $6 to ride with her, so she was up there with a bunch of strangers and looked like she didn't enjoy the ride on bit. But I guess it is a memory for her and me as well. After the rides we went into the tent to try and get a good seat before the show started. As soon as we walked through the doors they were trying to sell us light up toys and junk like that, $15 for a light up sword, I don't think so. I had to play the mean mom by telling the kids "no" to several of their requests. They each got to pick one treat to eat, Parker picker $4 cotton candy and Paige picked a $3 snow cone. I was going to go broke, luckily since my mom came she ended up paying for a lot of the stuff. The show was alright, it didn't flow very smoothly, it seemed like there was a lot of waiting for the next act and a lot of trying to sell more things from coloring books to peanuts, popcorn, soda, and candy apples. The kids were ready to leave before the intermission. We managed to convince them to stay and we saw the elephants perform and the trapeze people. It was fun to take the kids and for a night out. But it was sure expensive. My mom and I joked that the object of the circus was to get our money!!
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