The Greatest Show on Earth!
Feb. 23rd, 2009 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heathrowgaInstead of buying the girls yet more stuff,on Saturday, we all went to the Ringling Brother and Barnum & Bailey Circus for their birthday. We had 11:00 AM tickets so we were out of the house by 9:15 in order to get on MARTA for the train ride down to Phipps Arena. We take public transit whenever possible, because the girls love it, and Tom and I hate to pay the ridiculous parking fees. Amelia made friends on the train with an adorable boy named Caleb, and they played "Space Adventurers" on the way down.
She was saddened when we did not have seats right next to his in this arena. Alas, life is cruel. We cheered her up with a giant $7 box of popcorn and her own bottle of water. Seriously, this thing came up to Katie's shoulder. That didn't stop Katie from eating almost all of hers. :)
The kids loved the circus. It was really "over the top" (this year's theme), and you can tell that they are competing with Cirque de Soleil. They had some Cirque-influenced parts that were quite lovely. Oddly enough, they had a "Pump It Up" part where they played rave music and had acrobats wearing latex costumes that would have fit in at the Chamber 10 years ago. I was laughing and boogeying in my seat. :)
They had all of the classic circus parts that Tom and I remembered and loved from our childhoods, such as dogs catching frisbees, tiger taming, horses, silly rude clowns, and so own. It was wonderful to show the children the circus for the first time and see them be blown away, as well as to re-experience it as an adult.
Getting the kids out of the arena and back home on the train was tiring. I saw some unpleasantness which I detailed on Facebook. I contacted security when we got back to North Springs and they took care of it quickly. Luckily, neither kid saw it, and that's what matters.
She was saddened when we did not have seats right next to his in this arena. Alas, life is cruel. We cheered her up with a giant $7 box of popcorn and her own bottle of water. Seriously, this thing came up to Katie's shoulder. That didn't stop Katie from eating almost all of hers. :)
The kids loved the circus. It was really "over the top" (this year's theme), and you can tell that they are competing with Cirque de Soleil. They had some Cirque-influenced parts that were quite lovely. Oddly enough, they had a "Pump It Up" part where they played rave music and had acrobats wearing latex costumes that would have fit in at the Chamber 10 years ago. I was laughing and boogeying in my seat. :)
They had all of the classic circus parts that Tom and I remembered and loved from our childhoods, such as dogs catching frisbees, tiger taming, horses, silly rude clowns, and so own. It was wonderful to show the children the circus for the first time and see them be blown away, as well as to re-experience it as an adult.
Getting the kids out of the arena and back home on the train was tiring. I saw some unpleasantness which I detailed on Facebook. I contacted security when we got back to North Springs and they took care of it quickly. Luckily, neither kid saw it, and that's what matters.
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Date: 2009-02-24 04:57 pm (UTC)Sorry to hear about whatever it was you saw that wasn't good.