The Greatest Show on Earth!

COME ONE, COME ALL TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!!

Thursday, May 22nd was the day I'd secretly been waiting for since we found out we were pregnant with Mads.  (I'm totally serious too!)  It was Madeline's KINDERGARTEN CIRCUS!  I still know the words to the Dancing Bears Song from when my sister Kim was in her circus.  The circus is just such a fun tradition for Northsiders.  I don't know when it started, but I was in the circus, Kim was in the circus, our little cousins were in the circus...  Nate has already narrowed his selections down to two options for his circus!  :)

Before heading to the PAC at the High School we needed to beautify our sweet little Mads.  In such an important stage production you need to have fancy hair and makeup!  We even called in assistance!  Jen came over and spent an hour making our little star ready to shine!

Here's the during the transformation picture:

And after hair and makeup - on our way to the high school for wardrobe!

And now - it's time for The Greatest Show on Earth!

After the grand march into the auditorium the performers welcomed the crowd to the show.  Our little Pickle was a Beautiful Ballerina!  She was so excited that she got to wear a pink outfit, too!  (Yes, she's the short one on the right!)

Welcoming waves!

A closer picture of all 5 Ballerinas:

All of the circus performers:

Time to see the Beautiful Ballerinas balancing high above the crowd with their parasols:

Ever so carefully they walk across the tightrope:

They place their feet delicately one in front of the other:

Then they slowly backup placing one foot behind the other:

Once they reach the end of the tightrope they lift their leg and pose ever so gracefully - the Beautiful Ballerinas!

In a shocking display of bravery, the ballerinas lie down as the Mama and Baby Elephants walk over them - narrowly missing the ballerinas by mere inches!

TA-DA!

The circus was filled with other fantastic performers including acrobats, strong men, dancing ostriches, magicians, and many others.  There was also a cotton candy girl, a balloon girl, a candy apple girl and a peanut girl!  And of course what circus is complete without clowns?!

 Love this picture of clown Lane trying to clean up after the strong men!

At the end of the show all of the performers lined up for a final goodbye wave!  What a fantastic show!

Our gorgeous circus performer - a Beautiful Ballerina in pink, Madeline Josephs!

After the show there were snacks, including real cotton candy!  No circus would be complete without candy on a stick!

Here is a video recap of Mads' performance:

What an absolutely spectacular Kindergarten Circus!!  :)