Zing, Zang, Zoom

Zing, Zang, Zoom...that's what Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus call their latest show. Last weekend we ventured to All State arena to take Austen to the circus. Now, I probably haven't been to the circus since I was just a little older than Austen so I was just as excited to go back and to see how he would react to the clowns, tigers and elephants.

The show was a little over two hours. Austen sat still the entire time mesmerized by the show. Even during the brief intermission, he didn't want to get up. He ate his share of popcorn and cotton candy and persuaded Tom and me to buy him a sword that lights up (what little boy doesn't need a sword?). He loved the elephants and when they would go back to their tents for a brief respite before their next gig, he would ask where the elephants went. He also loved the tigers!

We always know when something has made an impression on him because back at school on Monday, he tells everyone what he did that weekend. Sure enough, his teachers all knew he went to the circus and so did some of the other parents of kids in his class!