Run Off To The Circus

Sunday we went to Circus Flora, St. Louis's own one-ring circus starring Nino the clown. Alex went last year and only made it thru the first half because of teething and the heat. We thought it might be a repeat this year since during the day she was a might grumpy from her teeth, but by showtime she was doing pretty good and it was a wonderfully cool night (for St Louis) so heat wasnt an issue. As the lights dimmed and the music started, Alex had her eyes locked on the ring. Trapeze artists flew thru the air while all around were jugglers and dancers. The famous Flying Wallendas formed a 7 person pyramid on the high wire without a net. The horses entered the ring, there were bareback riders doing flips and an aerialist flying from his horse on red scarves. And to Alexs delight-doggies, dressed as horses doing twirls. And thru it all was Nino, involved in everything in his own funny way. Alex did very good, its a long show, almost 3 hours with just one 15 minute intermission so we had to add a few of our own intermissions but she did make it through the whole show and even stayed to get a hug and an autograph from Nino who called her Pretty Blue Eyes.