Circus

We went to the Ringling Brothers Circus last night at Reliant Stadium. Phillip, his mom, the boys, and myself witnessed "The Greatest Show on Earth." The show itself was good, but we didn't all have seats together so that was kind of stinky.

The Arrow Project (the fostering agency we're with) offered passes to their foster families. So we were supposed to go to the ticket thing and pay $5 per ticket because of these discount voucher things we had. We got to the show an hour and a half early and they still only had single seats left. It worked out fine, though. Debbie took Jackson to just sit on her lap and the seat they had was very close to the front. And it turned out the seat next to them stayed empty so Jack was able to have his own seat. Phillip and I sat near each other and traded the baby back and forth. The experience was great for Jack but we really shouldn't have brought the baby. It was 11:00 before we got home.

Overall it was a pretty good show. But if a foster family had shown up with more than one kid per adult, they would not have been able to use those things at all. They would have had to pay about $40 per person. And once you get in there to find that out, you've already paid 8 bucks for parking. I know I shouldn't complain. We were all able to see the circus for $20 but I just don't think they should give those vouchers to foster families if the kids are not going to be able to sit with their parents.

The stuff they were selling was ridiculously expensive. They had these little stuffed white tigers for $14. And of course the food and drinks are outrageous. It's like you see these people carrying two hot dogs, nachos, some drinks and you know that just paid like $50 for all that stuff.

I guess we're just really cheap or something....which is why we ended up with single seats.