I ride
We went to the circus on Friday night. I wasn't sure whether Ally would like it, or be bored. It turns out that she was pretty tired when we went, and a little cranky. It started out just fine. Ally couldn't really see the tigers, since they were in the ring farthest away from us, but she tired to watch them. She watched the trapeeze (sp?) people "swing" a little. Most of te time she was crawling back and forth over my lap to get to Rob and vice-versa.

Then came out a clown horse. The cowboy clown would try to ride him, and slid off. He tried to get back up, and the horse pulled the saddle off, He tried to climb on a chair, and the horse threw the chair - That kind of stuff. Ally watched it for a short while, then slithered down off my lap, turned around and patted her chest, nodded at us and said "I ride" then she tried to take off running.

I took her out in the hallway for a while and let her run. I bribed her with a cookie and got her back to our seats for a while. Then it was intermission.

They set up a ring for pony rides, and had elephant rides. Ally was kinda scared on the pony, but didn't want off or anything. She just leaned on me and I mostly held her up. Then we went on the elephant. She was so excited to see them. Rob stood up close watching with her while I stood in line. I had to ride with her. I hadn't planned for that. My pants are getting too tight as it is, I could barely stretch my legs that far to sit on his back. Ally had a great time! the whole time (30 seconds or so) she said "I ride elephant, Mommy ride, Ally ride, Ally ride elephant..."

After intermission, we didn't get to stay very long. It was past Ally's bedtime, and she started to throw a fit.

All in all, the circus was pretty much a flop, but intermission was very much enjoyed.

p.s. I didn't even bring my camera! I wish we had a picture of Ally on the elephant though.