Lions, and Tigers, and Bears. . . Oh My!

Okay, so maybe just lions and a couple of elephants!  On Friday, September 10th, we went to the Barnum and Bailey Illuscination Circus show at the Gwinnett Arena.  Mom, Dad, Amanda, Jeremy, and Alex (Jeremy's little brother) went to.  We got there an hour early, so we could go down on the floor and meet some of the performers and see some of the animals.  I was hoping that Taylor would see them before the show and get used to everything before the show started.

What we found out, was that in addition to baseball mitts and the Chick-fil-a cow, Taylor is freaked out by clowns or anyone that looks somewhat creepy in a costume.  It was actually pretty funny.  Every picture we tried to take before the show either shows him staring at the performer with total disgust or just plain fear.

Once the show started, he really liked it. . . but not as much as he liked the pretty, brunette woman sitting in the row behind us.  He would turn around and "talk" to her, while laughing and giving her his best smiles.  What a little flirt!  He paid more attention to us when we bought cotton candy!

Here were Taylor's three favorite parts of the show:

1.  The elephants (as long as he was watching them from far away)

2.  Mama's cotton candy and Alex's snow cone

  3.  Intermission (because he could run and run and run around outside with his Daddy)



Overall, it was a great way to celebrate the end of the work week.  I can see why it's called "The Greatest Show on Earth!"