Cirque

For Valentine's Day we decided to take the girls to see Dralion of Cirque de Soleil. We weren't sure how it would go because the girls are still quite young, but they LOVED LOVED LOVED it. The dragons were happy dragons, the guys who jumped through the moving hoops are just Gods and the lady who flies through the air became a role model like no other. The question of the day seemed to be "How do they even do that?!"

Ellie informed her little sister "If you want to be part of the circus, you have to work REALLY hard. You have to practice EVERYDAY. You have to practice jumping through hoops! EVERYDAY!!!" Addie responded with an inspired "OH!"

The show was loud but the girls loved every moment of it. Ellie had a smile on her face the entire time and as soon as the show ended Addie politely asked "We watch again? Petty peas wif a cherry on dop? Tomorrow? Peas?"

I got a kick out of the fact that after all that flying, and jumping and twisting and morphing... it's the clown taking off the guy's shirt that the girls talked about the most. Go figure.

All in all it was a very special evening for the girls and for us. Personally, one of my favorite parts was walking back to the exit after the show. I was holding Addie's hand and Daddy was holding Ellie's while we made our way through the crowd. After a while, I looked down to see the girls holding each other's hands. I love those types of moments. I love these little sisters. Love them.