Y'all, my girl LOVED it. Now, this was not a circus rich in animals. There were some lions and elephants. Oh, there was a little dog. There were ponies for a pony ride thing during intermission. It was just a nice, small circus.
She kept telling me how glad she was that she won the ticket and about how she was having such a good time. It truly made my heart happy. We've been trying to pull as much good from this 5th grade year as possible.
No lie, today was a busy beginning of the day. She was set to acolyte. We were having a 100th celebration of our church and we were having a dinner afterwards. Guess who was signed up to be greeters and totally forgot? :hand held high: Oops! The one lady who was sitting behind us in church said, "Hey! You guys were the greeters for today." :insert shocked face: "Crap! I forgot about that!" I stuck out my hand to shake hers, "Welcome to - - - United Methodist Church! We're so glad to have you with us today!" I apologized to the secretary and I asked her to e-mail me a reminder next time. She laughed. My in-law's came to join us. They wanted to see K acolyte and frankly, they were good with Palm Sunday service. (My MIL was thrilled to get green palms!) We had a combined service that she truly enjoyed. They had new members presented to the church.
This is where I feel bad.
My MIL leaned over and said, "Did you do that?" "Yes. We didn't invite anyone. We had no idea what to expect. We just did it on our own." We didn't. We transferred our membership from our old church. We went to about 6 weeks of classes. We attended regularly and were involved in a Sunday School class, so what they wanted us to do we were already doing it. Frankly, when we transferred our membership the last time, it wasn't a big deal. We signed a paper. They sent a letter to our previous church. With the Methodist Church, you have a bit more of a ceremony. Oops.
I mentioned that after church we had a potluck. I invited my in-law's to stay on. My MIL insisted on bringing something, but I told her that she didn't need to worry that there would definitely be plenty. Oh, there was plenty. We had to pull the "we have tickets to the circus in an hour" card to get through the line sooner. People understood.
So, back to the circus.
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| Presenting the flag at the start of the circus. |
The lions.
What's a circus without a ring master?
I can't even do one hula hoop let alone an entire slinky worth!
It was a fairly small venue, so every seat was a good seat!
I'm not this talented . . .
. . . at all.
The elephants. PETA was outside of the venue and made sure to give K a coloring book on her way in. Actually, it is a well done coloring book. Props to them for handling my circus guilt in a coloring book so well.
Taking a seat.
My girl loving the light-up glow stick she bought. Bless her soul. She wanted a light-up stick more than she could see straight. I did promise her that she could buy something from one of the vendors walking around. Turns out that she bought the "clearance" light stick. (She's my girl.) It was only $5. :)
And don't forget to purchase your balloon on the way out, folks! We skipped those doors.
It is a fundraiser for the Shriner's and they do wonderful things for kids. It was a fun day and not an overwhelming time. We left there happy and not feeling like a wet rag. That says a lot for two ladies in the house who get crowd anxiety in a horrible way.
Thank you, Shriner's. My daughter loved the time she had at your circus and was delighted that she got a free ticket!
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