Circus

A Chinese circus is in town in Panama City - last Sunday Gwendolyn and her posse, Maya and Freya, and their dads went to check it out. Not a super great circus by cirque de soleil standards, but it captivated the girls nonetheless.

They loved the cotton candy that Damond bought them at the entrance, a first for all three girls.

And spontaneously did their own circus tricks each time they left the tent.

Here, a father-daughter special.

Simon, too, was in attendance. He spent the entire performance on my lap, enthralled. He clapped when everyone clapped, and followed colored light designs projected on the tent ceiling with his hand. A new and different experience for all...

Hamburgers and Playgrounds

The rest of our Tulsa stay seemed to consist of trips to hamburger joints and playgrounds.

Brownie's - an all time favorite. Perhaps a little known fact - Tulsa is a hamburger mecca. There is even claim that the hamburger was invented here...

To David's delight, Gwendolyn seated herself right at the bar at Brownie's and placed her order herself ("a hamburger and water"). I think true appreciation of the meal was lost on her, however, as she took only one bit of the hamburger (she didn't like the "brown stuff"). She seemed very pleased with the water, though.

David and John also took the kids to countless parks during our short stay.

Here's Simon, ecstatic with his solo swing ride. If you look closely, you can see his first two teeth.

And the two sibs - sometimes at odds, but mostly good friends.