We took the boys to the circus on Saturday. I remember going a couple of times as a kid and I loved it. It was the first time the boys had ever been and they didn’t really know what to expect. While on our way out, we asked the boys what they thought. The first words out of Zach’s mouth were “It was sweet! It was excellent!” I guess that qualifies as a rave review! His brothers had similar views about their first circus. All-in-all it was a great family outing. Below are some of the pics. I won’t post them all, as that would be too daunting. But I’ll post some of my favorites.

Keep in mind that the whole show was basically about the head clown taking the ring master’s hat, which made the ring master not do his thing real well and made the clown sort of take over the circus. It was cute banter back and forth b/w what kind of acts the ring master had and what kind of acts the clown had.

I’ll warn you: some of these are blurry. I had to sacrifice taking “action” shots for taking pics in night mode. I couldn’t do both. Either I could take action and they would all be dark, or I could take them in night mode, get some good shots but have some of them blurry. I opted for the latter, obviously.

DH tells me he’s really playing. Brian would know…he’s a trumpet player. Anyway, I thought that was pretty awesome. No way could I play like that! I give him mad props.

It’s a porcupine! He’s cute, isn’t he?

This was the view from our seats. Pretty good seats

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This quiz was fun. I’m from northern Indiana, though, not southern.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
Philadelphia
The Inland North
The South
The Northeast
The West
Boston
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

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Appetizer

What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child?

Oh, wow! I don’t know that I had a favorite, per se. I loved the Smurfs and the Snorks, He-Man and She-Ra, Pound Puppies, Care Bears, Rainbow Brite…oh, I could go on. Just about any of the 80’s cartoons I loved (and still love)

Soup

Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it?

Hmmm….probably a puppy/dog. What would I name him or her? Hmm, I dunno. I’d probably let the kids name the pup.

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion?

I guess it depends. If it was an occasion that I was really looking forward to, I’d enjoy it, so probably a 9 or a 10 in that situation. If it was something I was doing just because I had to and not because I wanted to, it’d probably be more like a 1 or a 2.

Main Course

What kind of music do you listen to while you drive?

Again, this depends on my mood. A lot of the time I’m listening to talk radio or sports talk radio. Sometimes I listen to country, sometimes I listen to the Christian station and sometimes I listen to my ipod.

Dessert

When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it?

Uh, I’m supposed to remember that? It had to be about 5 years ago when we moved to Erie. We bought a round wood style wall clock and put it in the living room above the entertainment center.

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We’ve had such fantastic weather here (up ’til now, anyway). On Saturday, while it was still warm, we had some thunderstorms. In between the showers, I allowed the boys to run through the puddles out back with a few of their neighborhood friends. That was always one of my favorite things to do; run through puddles in the rain. I snapped a couple of pictures, as well as a couple of pics of Ryan and Zach.

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What you can’t see is that behind the cows, on the wall to the left, is a big California postcard. I couldn’t resist taking that picture!

I haven’t graced my blog with pictures lately. In fact, I haven’t graced my blog with much of anything lately. Now that I’m finally starting to feel better I thought I’d post pictures from our visit to the Strong Museum last Saturday. The Strong Museum has been named the “National Museum of Play” and let me tell you, there is a LOT of playing going on in there! We only stayed about 90 minutes, and only perused the first floor (there are 2) and we still didn’t see it all. I took quite a few pictures, especially of the “Grossology” exhibit. I think the boys (all 4;)) liked that the best. Prepare to be inundated with pictures!

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I have most of the house packed up, and should have it all packed up by tomorrow afternoon. There isn’t much left, just odds and ends, really. I decided to take a quick break and check my e-mail. I had a message that one of my oldest and dearest friends have left me a message on Facebook, and while there, I started goofing around and took a fun little quiz that my brother-in-law sent me titled “What fruit are you?” Here are my results:

I’m Pomegranate
You are unconventional, unique, and just a little bit tart. you know how to make a lasting impression and often do so with your zest for life.

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