Lellow and the Circus

I can't remember if I posted about this before, but I love how C still says "lellow" for yellow. She doesn't say pupcakes for cupcakes as often as she did around Christmas, and she no longer says Buzz Ligh-lear. But I love that she still says lellow...and toot for tube (as in, "Put Snow White in her toot so we can play swim lessons" meaning for me to put the Snow White doll in the inflatable apple-shaped inner tube). I wish these days would last longer...she'll be 3 in 2 weeks.


As a lead in to the circus discussion, here's a conversation I had with Miss C about the circus.
C: "Where are we going again, Mommy?"
Me: I had no idea what she was talking about, but I thought she was asking if we were going to my friend's house who she had just spoken with on the phone. "Aunt Erinn's? We're not going to Aunt Erinn's today."
C: "No, not there. Ummm..."
Me: "Are you talking about Louisiana (from which we had just returned from visiting my dear friend and her family along with Aunt Erinn and Alyssa)? We're not going to Louisiana again for a while."
C: "No, I'm not talking about Weeziana. I'm talking about that place."
Me: "Tell Mommy what it looks like."
C: "I don't know. I haven't been there. It's kind of...umm...like the zoo."
Me: "Oh, the CIRCUS! We're going to the circus tomorrow after church." (I have no idea how she knows about the zoo... b/c we've never been.


L and C enjoyed "The Greatest Sh*w on Earth" yesterday. It was lots of fun for everyone. Although, the price gouging was absolutely ridiculous! $25 for a snow cone in a plastic cup! Are you kidding me? We spent $9 on popcorn and a diet coke for Z and the kiddos to split. And the babies were allowed to pick out a box of nerds at the gas station. We came home after church, ate, and threw the babes down for a quick nap. We woke them up around 2:15, got them dressed and put them in the car. L slept all the way there while C was thrilled to be on the way to "that place". We had parking passes for that came with the suite-seats we had, so Z dropped the kiddos and me off at the door. Off we went to find our seats. The show was just starting, so it was very dark. L was stressing a little b/c he couldn't see with everyone standing in the aisles trying to get seated. C was thrilled to see the flags and the elephants. We made it to our seats, Z joined and we enjoyed the show. I was kind of skeptical of how L would handle the smells, but he did pretty good. He held his nose through the elephants. Can't say that I blame him! We were about 4 rows back from the actual performances. He has such a sensitive nose.


C's favorite was the elephants and the dog show b/c it had poodles...her favorite "doggies." In fact, she calls her poodle web*kin Fifi La Poiux--have no idea how to spell that b/c I didn't take French--"Fifi La Few." Just after the 1st act ended, C told Z, "OK, Daddy. Let's get in the car and see the different circus now." Fortunately, her favorite parts came out in the second act and she remained entertained. Junk food always helps! :)

L's favorite was the canon and all the pretty ladies that were dancing and the tigers and the trapeze. Now he wants to have a circus football birthday party in our backyard..."you know, with REAL tigers and popcorn, Mommy! Won't that be a great plan?" Sounds great, buddy!