Lets see, I am no longer a Bad Parent or Neglector of Her Children; yes, we finally took Pumpkin to the circus. It was a blast and all the kids totally loved it. We went to a little one so we got to sit very close to the stage. (And the very nice buff Russian trapeze men with tight pants .. . . very nice.) Its funny, but most of the time I don't think having 3 kids is really all that more expensive than having 1 --- except when you do something like go to the circus. Everybody has to ride the elephant, everybody wants their face painted, everybody has to ride the pony, everybody wants a balloon, cotton candy. . .so like 100 dollars later, we came home from the circus. And Hubby is just as bad as the kids (But I need cotton candy!) Precious was cute beyond belief with her face painted - they did really neat things with the makeup and even added glitter. Lord is she adorable.

The circus was quite enjoyable. It wasn't one of those big ones where you sit 8 miles from the animals, it was a fundraiser for one of the high schools in our area. They set up the tents in the student parking lot - so it was more like a family affair. The kids just loved it, and actually John and I both really enjoyed it too. (See part about young buff Russian boys.) The kids really liked the lions and tigers and the elephants, and the girl being shot out of a cannon. I absolutely loved this one act with trained cats. Cats! Oh it was just awesome how they ran through their paces!

Hubby and I also took a neighbor's daughter, AG, who sometimes I feel very sorry for. AG is the same age as Psychotic Man's daughter . . .oops, total TANGENT: My dad's wife, the imfamous Muff has sent me to a link to a person that truly has a crazy neighbor. so go read about the true redneck called JD8. Phycho Man has NOTHING on JD8.

Anyway, back to the story, AG and Daughter seem to be having some ongoing fight. And Psychoman and Psycho-wife always bring daughter's one and only friend over to their house every day after school. And Daughter and Friend cut AG dead. Like, actually run in the house like AG has cooties or something if ~ God Forbid ~ AG comes out to join them riding bikes or something. Now, people have assured me that little pre-teen girls are total witches, but one would think a parent would at least try to explain that pre-pre-mentral hormones are not reason to be downright cruel. It looks more and more like I'll just have to kill Precious when she's about 13, 'eh? And the averge age in this little coven is only 11! Argh.

So, AG's parents seem either unphased that AG left out - and I would think she's lonely too. So, AG often comes down to our house, probably from total and sheer bordom. Thus, to save her from another Saturday watching TV in her house so that Daughter and Friend don't run away from her. The kids were Delighted that AG came, and she was quite determined to spend every single last penny that her parents gave her, which was funny.

Overall, A fine time was had by all.

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