Hella Shrine Circus

My mom told us about the circus coming to Frisco this week, so we took the kids. I have never been to the circus, so I was excited too! Plus there was a BOGO deal for free child tickets. The kids have a little bit of a cold, so they tired out fairly quickly. They would get excited about the really cool parts, but any dull moment and they'd ask, "can we go home now?"

   I was disappointed in the beginning because we got there early since the website said "get here early to ride an elephant and take pictures with the stars"...I assumed it was free. $15 each to ride an elephant. So we just took pictures.
    From time to time I wondered how well the animals were treated; elephants, camels, and tigers are not like dogs, that cam wag their tail and obviously enjoy performing...hopefully they train them with treats and not torture..but I wonder how much space they can possibly get in a traveling circus..There weren't any wide open spaces nearby...I tried to ignore that and watched with relief as the bleach-blonde Guy Fieri looking guy fed the elephants carrots for their tricks. :)
Lucas was scared of all the clowns. Olivia was a smidgen more brave then he was:

 

video later ...too much work! Circus was fun though :)