T.G.I.F.

The circus was a blast! It was a much deserved evening with the entire family together:) We met a man that travels with the circus..he was a very nicely dressed man in a suit..I would of never guessed he was with the circus..anyhoo..he struck up a conversation with Rich & I, he asked how old Mattie was..he was talking about his little girl..she is 22 months..he showed us a picture of her on his cell phone..what a cutie she was..he was telling us how she travels with him and his wife..they live on a train..that is how the circus travels..he is in management & his wife runs a daycare of 20-30 children while the performers practice their routine..each Barnum & Bailey train is 1 mile in length! He told us that there are actually 3 Barnum & Bailey groups and the three teams rotate. One team is blue..one is yellow..one is red (I think)..anyhoo..they travel 11 months out of the year..they do 90 shows and there are 350 performers per team, per train.
Wow!! I had no idea..how big of a deal the circus was...

I forgot my super duper zoom lens..so this was the only photo I could get..the elephants are my favorite..except for when they had an accident in the floor..my goodness..be thankful that we can just flush ours..and not have to have 4 people to clean it up with ginormous shovels..yuck!

Awww..protective brother..covering Mattie's eyes during the bright harsh lights shining into the crowd..

We were really packed in there like sardines..

Izabelle's treat for the night..a $9.00 snow cone..with a collectible cup..the cup is worth $9.00..right? *smirk*

This hat with a bag of cotton candy was $12.00..but we "had" to have cotton candy..right?

This morning we enjoyed some cinnamon rolls..and Mattie "really" enjoyed them!

So back to Friday...Rich is off today...yessssssssssssssssssssss! He hasn't had a day off during the week in months. So he is enjoying a much needed haircut right now..and he will enjoy a movie shortly with his movie tickets he got for Christmas..he is watching Rambo. He is into anything with Sylvester Stallone in it.

Later I get to go to a crop with my sweet MIL...yessssssssssssss! We haven't been to one since the last Scrap It! crop last summer. So that is where we will be from 5p-10p..I need a break from the kiddos..really need a break..oh..I already said that:) Yesterday was a doosey, except for the end of the day..the circus.

Izabelle was late coming home from her dad's..I had to get blood work done..I hate it..after 20 something years of getting it done every 6 months you would think I would be used to it..nope..not me! Izabelle didn't want a haircut yesterday..so she {did not} cooperate at the salon..she kept putting her hands in her hair during the cut..very embarrassing..we are trying to straighten her hair up from a bad experience from Great Clips..Rrrr. Then when I was paying the bill I sat Mattie in a salon chair so I could sign my visa receipt..and asked Izabelle to watch her..well Izabelle gets in the salon chair with Mattie and starts spinning....really..really..really fast..Mattie's eyes were bugging out of her head..I thought she was going to barf..I started out softly with "Izabelle please stop"..then got louder & louder with "Izabelle, I said stop!" We had an audience by then..I couldn't get out the door fast enough!

Then when we got home..I started dealing with my Avon shipment that was very damaged!

So..needless to say..I am very thankful today is FRIDAY! Whewwww.......