Entertaining Your Kids - Summer Series - The Greatest Show On Earth Part II

When asked if my family would like to go to the Circus, we adjusted our clown noses and "stepped right up". As I shared before (read more) I haven't been to a Ringling Brothers Circus since I was nine, now that Nick is nine the timimng couldn't be more perfect. Our day started early as we watched the elephants eat breakfast and have a bath a "Pachyderm Scrub Down", if you will. We met and chated with Libby Morris, senior animal specialist. Libby, mother of 2, spends so much time with her "other kids, the elephants" they have become a part of her family. Thanks Libby for spending time with us!!! And thanks Jennifer for giving my son memories he can share with his children. This was a very special day!

That is Nick feeding the elephants!!!

They were so gentle and playful.

After feeding the elephants, they were best friends with Nick!

The show was fantastic....

Yes, even HappyHourMom had to get into the act

with this cutiepie~wink. (no comments please... hubby took the picture)

So.... any other circus people out there?

Share your memories of the circus with us. I want to hear about it, and if you've never been....what are you waiting for???

Entertaining Your Kids - Summer Series - The Greatest Show On Earth

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, oh my!!!

Or should I say Clowns, Elephants and a Human Cannon Ball, wowzers!!!

I have such fond memories of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. My grandparents took me in July 1982, for my ninth birthday. I was mesmerized from the minute we got there until I fell asleep in the car on the way home. I remember looking through the program for weeks after and I had my first ever "flashlight spinning wand thingy" to remind me of that magical night called the Circus!

I can't explain my excitement when I heard:

"The Circus Is Coming To Town"

The timing is perfect, my son is nine. My husband and I can hardly wait to share the magic of the circus, it's a family event that happens at least once in everyone's lifetime!!! The Circus promises an "experience that will surprise and delight Children of All Ages, rendering us speechless and reminding us that the magic of The Greatest Show On Earth® lives forever in our hearts and imaginations."

This sounds like the kind of memories I want to make with my family this summer.

Now more than ever, the Circus will be part of my families'

"Staycation Summer 2009"

Share the magic with your family this year...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls...Southland Performance Schedule
Los Angeles – Staples Center, July 8-12
Wednesday, July 8th 7:30pm
Thursday, July 9th 7:30pm
Friday, July 10th 12:00pm & 7:30pm
Saturday, July 11th 11:30am, 3:30pm, 7:30pm
Sunday, July 12th 11:30am, 3:30pm, 7:30pm

Orange County – Honda Center, July 15 – July 26
Wednesday, July 15th 7:30pm
Thursday, July 16th 1:00pm & 7:30pm
Friday, July 17th 10:30am & 7:30pm
Saturday, July 18th 11:30am, 3:30pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, July 19th 1:30pm, 5:30pm
Tuesday, July 21st 7:30pm
Wednesday, July 22nd 1:00pm & 7:30pm
Thursday, July 23rd 10:30am & 7:30pm
Friday, July 24th 1:00pm & 7:30pm
Saturday, July 25th 11:30am, 3:30pm, 7:30pm
Sunday, July 26th 1:30pm & 5:30pm

Ontario – Citizens Business Bank Arena, July 29th-August 2nd
Wednesday, July 29th 7:30pm
Thursday, July 30th 7:30pm
Friday, July 31st 7:30pm
Saturday, August 1st 11:30am, 3:30pm & 7:30pmSunday, August 2nd 11:30am, 3:30pm & 7:30pm

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