The Circus

Make a Wish gave us tickets to the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey circus.  We all had a fabulous time!  Before the show we went down to the floor and watched the performers up close:

 The girls got tattoos:

They loved being so close to the action:

 Meeting the clowns:

 The hula hoop girl:

 The trained dogs:

An elephant dunking a basketball:

 The elephant painting:

 His final product was quite abstract:

 The girls enjoyed the dance party with the clowns:

I am so glad that the circus has changed its format and now just has one big ring in the center.  I always hated trying to watch several different acts simultaneously.

Pyramids of people on horseback:

 A motorcycle on a tightrope, with acrobats hanging below:

The big cats:

 The cats growled and lunged at the trainer the whole time, barely cooperating:

These women hung from their hair.  This is one of the many things we had to tell the girls "you cannot do this at home!"

More acrobats:

Martial arts performers:

 A trained cat, crawling across a tightrope:

The cat riding a ball across two bars:

 This cat actually jumped into that pillow!

The teeter totter flippers are one of my favorite acts. 

 Some of them wimped out and wore safety wires:

 Some landed on chairs instead of their partner's shoulders:

 The elephants in a row:

We had a great time at the circus!