using Trish Jones’ date stamps and Anne Langpap’s Citrus Freeze kit.

Just returned from a trip down to the Spectrum in Phili to see Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey’s circus! It was a lot of fun–the kids loved it. Funny how they have “updated” the circus since I remember going as a kid. All the music was very trendy and “hiphoppish.” Costumes were really modern. And, prices have definitely been modernized–a thing of popcorn was $7 and the program (which we had to buy for Evan, of course) was $15. As we were leaving, he asked if they sold songs he could put on his MP3 player. Though they did not, unfortunately, the circus has definitely changed for the 21st century. Evan liked the lead clown the best. I loved the elephants–they were too cute holding onto each others tails as they walked around. Ashlyn liked a clown who blew bubbles the best–sorta funny since it was, in my opinion, a little bit boring and a filler as they set up the next act. But, she also liked the horses with feathers and all the ladies with any costumes that sparkled. Drew seemed to like the dogs who did tricks the best. And, Mark, I think he liked the crazy flexible guys who did all sorts of tricks as well as the motorcycles in the cage. Very cool stuff. Thanks to Nanma, Granddaddy, and Gran for giving the tickets to us for Evan’s and Drew’s birthdays!