Keeping Up With the Hendricks: A Typical Monday ... or Not

To start this day of no school, this smiling girl got three more baby teeth pulled. She wasn't this smiley right afterward though.

It was a bit of a trying experience, but she persevered so the kind ladies at the dentist's office let her pick out three prizes when she was done. She chose a pencil, chapstick, and an eye patch. We told Charles the dentist missed and accidentally took out an eye too.

By that afternoon she was good to go and ready to show off the new holes in her mouth. She devised a trick to find out if the tooth fairy or mom and dad were bringing her coins in during the night. She laid some of her stuffed animals that make noise right beside her bed. She knew if she heard noises and woke up or if they were moved in the morning that it must have been mom and dad because the tooth fairy flies. You'll have to ask her what she found out when you see her next time.

That evening she and I, along with Hannah and Grandma, went to the circus at the fairgrounds. It was a no-frills, one-ring circus, but the girls seemed to enjoy it. Here are some (bad) pictures to highlight the various acts.

Looks a little piddly, doesn't it?

Reading the Wizard of Oz while waiting for the show to start

Four horses and acrobatic riders did various tricks

Loved these super strong guys and the amazing things they did on this pole

A beautiful woman went into the cage and then... a white tiger!

Watching the show, mostly with fingers in ears because of the noise

The clown led four big men from the audience in a fun little dancing routine

This young girl (probably Hannah's age) had a back that seemed to bend in two

Here she is again, balancing all her body weight on one hand on a pillar in the air. Amazing!

Can't really see this, but it was two motorcycles riding in a big metal ball

Before intermission some dudes dressed as transformers came out for a photo op. 'Cause that's what I think of when I think of the circus... transformers, yep.