CIRCUS!!

We went to the Circus last night at the Mckay Events Center with some friends and Derek's brother Dylan. It was fun! Emma loved seeing the elephants, tigers, lions, dogs, and the acrobatic people. This is a picture of her just before the show began. She just loved looking over at the elephants. :)

You could pay to ride on the elephants. We chose to just stand and look at the elephants, Emma was thrilled. You could just see those gadgets turning in her cute head.
She wasn't as much happy when the show was starting with all the screaming from the audience, the announcer being loud, and blasting music. She's not too used to that kind of loudness.

She was fine after a couple minutes.
They had acrobatic people. This chick was a real live gumby. She was MAYBE 16 years old.
This part got me a little nervous. They placed the lion and tiger cage right in front of us. I was incredibly and obnoxiously nervous. It's not like the zoo where there is a HUGE and thick piece of plexy glass between the tiger and yourself. This was just a little cage. I kept having images in my head of "what if's." "What if the tiger or lion, got out of there, I probably would hover over my family, put Emma under the chair..." I know...ridiculous. I don't know why I was so nervous. The lady standing by the cage had made the lions riled up, hearing there growling didn't help my nervousness. Emma loved growling at them the whole time. The white tiger was so beautiful. They all were.
It was cool to see them in action, but it was just hard seeing these wild animals be dominated. I'll talk more about that in a minute.
Emma growling and being very attentive toward the wild cats.
This was cute, there were pink and blue poodles putting on a cute show, from walking on a rolling beam, to riding on a razor.
They had two beautiful elephants that were incredible. The chick could of covered herself more. hahaha. Yeah, the girls were barely wearing anything, not much more than an eye patch. I guess they had to "put on a show"
Here's Derek, Emma, and Emma's Uncle Dylan having a great night. Emma loves her Uncle Dylan.
Overall, it was a great night. It was fun seeing Emma and all of her reactions to the entertainment. That makes it fun!
But Derek and I felt sad for the animals. It was sad to see such power and magnificent animals being dominated by one soft, squishy human. I don't know if I want to know how they train and discipline the animals.