Circus, Circus!

Yesterday, my mom and dad took their five grandkids (and me) to the Shriners Circus in Des Moines. This was Sam's first circus and I was so curious to see how he'd react. As soon as the lights dimmed, he started saying "bye" and didn't want to stick around to see what would happen next. As a two-year-old, he was probably a bit young to sit still for the 2+ hours, but he did a pretty good job. Plus, he loved playing with his cousins.

His favorite parts of the circus were: the pigs that slid down the slide; the balloons that the clowns had; and the motorcycle on the high-wire. After each of those acts, he yelled out for "More! More! More!"

Afterwards, we got to go to McDonald's and play at the PlayLand. He thought that was tons of fun. Since he had some older cousins with him, he was able to finally go to the top and slide down. He thought that was pretty cool.

Then we got to stop and see Grandma and Grandpa Yori on the way home. We hadn't seen them since before our Colorado trip. It was fun to play basketball with them and show off his somersaults.

All in all, it was a great day. He was completely exhausted when we got home, and nothing felt better than lying in Daddy's arms.

P.S. I'm still trying to figure out the settings on our new camera (see Colorado trip where we broke our old camera) so these pics are a bit blurry. Unfortunately they are the best ones of the whole day.