Adventure #2

Because our outing to the bowling alley went so well, we decided to try another adventure. We saw a Groupon come through for a smaller circus in Ogden and thought, "Why not?!". We figured Noah wasn't quite ready for the circus so he sat this one out. But we also figured Caleb would have more fun if another kid came along so we invited Bella, his 9 yr old cousin. We didn't quite know what to expect with this circus. It was in a small venue and we'd never heard of it like Barnum and Bailey so we went in with low expectations . . . We walked in and you could see kids everywhere - riding on elephants, camels and ponies, getting their faces painted, etc . . .we were not prepared for that. So began the "I wanna do that" and the "I wanna buy that" and that set the tone for the rest of our time there.

At least Bella was willing to get her picture taken. Caleb was mad since I wouldn't wait in line to pay $10 for a 2 minute ride on an elephant. . .

This was the best picture of Caleb I could get . . . I think he was yelling at me to buy him a corn dog, or was it cotton candy, or popcorn, or a snow cone . . .

Bella and her cotton candy . . . we did break down and get Caleb a blue snow cone - which, as soon as he got, he wanted popcorn instead . . .

As you can probably tell, our time at the circus was not the greatest. We only lasted to intermission. Of the acts we saw (jugglers, show dogs, trapeze artists), Caleb actually watched the clowns - other than that, he was mostly just getting in and out of his seat and going back and forth between me and Darren. So, since we left early, we let Bella and Caleb decide where to go get a treat so off we headed for frozen yogurt. We figured frozen yogurt would be easy . . . just sitting at a table and eating . . . well, we were wrong. After eating most of his yogurt, Caleb all of a sudden started throwing up. I'm talking projectile vomit right in the middle of Farr's Frozen Yogurt. The kind of noisy vomit that attracts everybody's attention . . . it didn't help that it was bright blue courtesy of his blue snow cone at the circus. At that point, what are you supposed to do? So I cupped my hands and had him vomit into my homemade bowl . . . and then rush him into the bathroom leaving Darren to recruit the high school kids working there to mop up the blue nastiness. I'll stop providing the details now. Darren told me we can check off first public vomiting on our parenting bucket list. So, adventure #2 . . . not so much of a success. There's always next time.