Our first elephant ride~ Mommy, Jaden & Morgan
The"big top" wasn't so big, and the merry-go-round was a bounce house
The souvenir stand was filled with plenty of things to spend your money on, and if you missed the souvenir stand, the made several announcements throughout the show attempting to sell other things such as: peanuts, cotton candy, circus coloring book, "my first circus" t-shirt, etc.
Video-taping of the performances was not allowed, so I taped Morgan's reaction to the circus. You can, also, see that she is playing with something in her mouth. She has a very funny querk... She doesn't like any kinds of nuts. When she eats ice cream with nuts in i, she will finish the whole bowl, and then she will ask me for a wipe. When she gets the wipe, she will put it up to her mouth and spit out all of the nuts from the whole ice cream. I can't figure out where in her mouth she is soring these nuts, and how she can leave them in hr mouth and still eat the rest o her food. At any rate, we bought a $1 bag of peanuts at the circus. Morgan wanted some. She was eating them like crazy, and she seemed to be enjoying them. Only 15 minutes later, I could see that she was still playing with something in her mouth. I held my hand under her chin, and asked her to give me what he had in her mouth. Out came all of the nuts that I thought she had chewed and swallowed!!! She had chewed them, but she refused to digest them! I will post more circus pictures tomorrow when I have more time...
4 comments:
I have mixed feelings about the circus.
I had an okay time going as a child, but it wasn't the wonderful experience many seem to have had. My sensory issues got in the way. And as an adult I have issues with the animal cruelty that is reported to still take place... Emma wants to go but I can't in good conscience take her and it would be a sensory challenge for her, as well. If I could find a circus that was supervised and certified cruelty-free, it would be an easier decision to make...
-Anne
P.S.-- have you lost weight??? You look great!
-Anne
I'm with Anne on the circus issue. I boycott them for the same animal cruelty reasons. But I'm a bit of a hypocrite in that regard, because when I go to Thailand I am all over the captive elephants at the sanctuaries! I tell myself that the Thai ones are better off because they are well cared for (as far as I can see) and are not being loaded into a truck and hauled from place to place. Elephants are intelligent animals, who need to keep mentally engaged, so if roaming free is not an option - and it isn't anymore in Thailand - the next best thing for these magnificent creatures is to have a "job" like stacking logs while tourists watch and applaud.
I boycott the animal-free circuses, too, after taking my godson to one 5 years ago. I had FREE tickets that I got at a gas station, but by the time I'd treated him to cotton candy, souvenirs, and a jump on the trampoline, I was out $60!
Morgan is right about the nuts. I also thought they were icky when I was a kid! But I wasn't clever enough to store 'em in my cheeks; I just refused to eat things that contained nuts.
Mack
Oh, a quick elephant story ...
In Pakistan, I visited the zoo with one of the families I'd befriended. We rode the elephant, and afterward I tried to approach the giant to feed him peanuts. The caretaker rudely shooed me away. I thought the man was being mean not to allow his elephant any treats, so I snuck over while he wasn't looking to pet and feed the elephant.
The next morning, our English language newspaper ran a headline: "First Day Back on the Job for Elephant at the Karachi Zoo". The article was about how my elephant friend had gone berserk and killed 3 people on a violent rampage through the zoo. He was granted a few months sabbatical to calm down, but was now back giving rides to children.
The elephant was probably upset in the first place because he wasn't getting enough peanuts!
Mack
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