Circus, Circus!!
I had the opportunity to drive and chaperone for Kennedy's preschool circus trip last week.
We had a great time and I learned a few things. Here were my top lessons learned:
1. Not all kids think you're a cool mom and want to ride in your van. In fact, some might throw a fit about how they are stuck with you.... and you're going to have flashbacks of being picked last in gym class as a child.
2. If you give preschoolers capri suns at the beginning of the circus, plan on spending the remainder of the circus juggling kids in the bathroom.
3. If you take two kids you don't know to the bathroom, hold their hands tight. They might try to take off running in opposite directions. It is very hard to catch kids at a circus.
4. Be prepared for when two kids go into the bathroom stalls and refuse to come out. Ever.
5. Parents are disliked when they don't purchase cotton candy, snow cones, and souvenirs
6. Glow sticks are fun until they are dropped under the bleachers. Then there will be crying at the circus.
7. Glow sticks do break open. They will make a child's hands, arms, clothes, and mouth light up like the night sky. Try to wash them off before they are poisoned to death.
8. Chaperoning a group of preschoolers will make you appreciate preschool teachers more. A LOT more.
9. Don't turn your nose up at the over-sized, ugly green t-shirts that your child has to wear over the adorable outfit you put them in that morning. You'll be glad they have on matching shirts when you realize what field-trip day at the circus looks like.
10. Elephant poop stinks.
And, here are some photos for you to enjoy!
The clowns came up for a visit:
The circus rings before the show:
Kennedy & me. Just clownin' around:
An elephant standing on a ball. Just because:
Creating memories with my sweet preschooler = priceless!!!
We had a great time and I learned a few things. Here were my top lessons learned:
1. Not all kids think you're a cool mom and want to ride in your van. In fact, some might throw a fit about how they are stuck with you.... and you're going to have flashbacks of being picked last in gym class as a child.
2. If you give preschoolers capri suns at the beginning of the circus, plan on spending the remainder of the circus juggling kids in the bathroom.
3. If you take two kids you don't know to the bathroom, hold their hands tight. They might try to take off running in opposite directions. It is very hard to catch kids at a circus.
4. Be prepared for when two kids go into the bathroom stalls and refuse to come out. Ever.
5. Parents are disliked when they don't purchase cotton candy, snow cones, and souvenirs
6. Glow sticks are fun until they are dropped under the bleachers. Then there will be crying at the circus.
7. Glow sticks do break open. They will make a child's hands, arms, clothes, and mouth light up like the night sky. Try to wash them off before they are poisoned to death.
8. Chaperoning a group of preschoolers will make you appreciate preschool teachers more. A LOT more.
9. Don't turn your nose up at the over-sized, ugly green t-shirts that your child has to wear over the adorable outfit you put them in that morning. You'll be glad they have on matching shirts when you realize what field-trip day at the circus looks like.
10. Elephant poop stinks.
And, here are some photos for you to enjoy!
The clowns came up for a visit:
The circus rings before the show:
Kennedy & me. Just clownin' around:
An elephant standing on a ball. Just because:
Creating memories with my sweet preschooler = priceless!!!
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