Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Circus


We were very excited to go see the Barnum and Bailey Circus "Zing Zang Zoom". We invited some friends and ended up with a group of 19 people! We had really good seats and even got a good price on the tickets. We arrived early so we could check out some of the activities. The place was packed and we headed down to the main floor to see what they had to offer. Collin was up on daddy's shoulders so he could see everything, I'm walking around with my camera waiting to get the perfect shot of Collin with an acrobat or maybe even an elephant...then I hear the panic scream..MMMAAAMMMMAAAA! I turn around and Collin's eyes are popping out of his head as he is grabbing some random man's head thinking it's me. He spotted the clowns and did not like them at all!



Now don't get me wrong-clowns are a bit creepy-and thanks to a couple of movies I think the clown "rep" has been forever damaged. But he doesn't know anything about that! It was quite a production!

Eventually, we were able to calm down and headed to our seats. Our friends were there, we had our popcorn and were ready for the show. My mom and I stepped out to get drinks before it started. The next thing I know Wyatt comes out with Collin flipping out again, hysterically sobbing. I guess the clowns decided to do a little pre-show stunt that involved a motorcycle and one of the clowns falling off of the bike. This obviously did not sit well with Collin. I think the combination of the loud noise and the clown falling off the motorcycle pushed him over the edge. We spent the entire first half of the circus walking around the halls and sitting on the steps eating circus food.



I was able to get him to look inside one more time because we heard a train but of course CLOWNS jumped out.


Needless to say, we went home very early! At night Collin will ask me to tell him a story about something that has happened like the hot dog race or someone comes to visit. Now when he asks me to tell a story he will say "Mama tell me about the hot dog race but not about the circus okay"?!! Poor kid. He told me he doesn't want to go to the circus next year-lol! Don't worry-that's not going to happen!!
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy