No lions, no tigers, no clowns. Oh my!

Beautiful bright colored feathery costumes, sweet sticky pink cotton candy, the booming voice of the ringmaster filling the stadium, sharp gasps from those in their seats quickly followed by the roar of applause after the tight rope walker makes it to safety....all of the things are just a tiny part of the magic that is the CIRCUS!!!! 

Saturday night we took Tracy to the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey's circus along with her cousins.To say it was a little disappointing would be a huge understatement. The most "magical" part of the show was the fact that we all sat through the whole thing...Ta-da!!! A friend that was with us summed it up quite nicely. She said she didn't know we were going to a dance recital!! 

There were no lions, tigers, or even clowns!! Now I will admit clowns aren't my favorite part but seriously a circus without clowns is not a circus at all. I did however create some circus inspired snack to get Tracy pumped up Saturday afternoon before we left. I called the first Clown Trail Mix, which only now makes me laugh since there weren't ANY clowns there! Oh well she had fun making these colorful & super easy snacks!!!

Clown Trail Mix

1 100 calorie bag of kettle corn popped
21 pieces of rainbow twizzler twists
1 cup of fruit loops
2/3 of a cup of party peanuts
40 frosted animal cookies
2 cups of mini marshmallows

Cut the rainbow twizzlers into bite size pieces. In a large bowl mix all the ingredients to combine. Then enjoy this yummy colorful treat!!!
 Serves:16    1/2 a cup: 185 Calories   7g fat   28 Carbs

 

Yogurt Covered Circus Animals

2 cups of vanilla or strawberry yogurt

4 cups of powdered sugar

1 bag of animal crackers

Sprinkles

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•  Preheat oven to 250°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix the powdered sugar into the yogurt one cup at a time with a hand mixer.
• Dip the animal crackers, one at a time into the yogurt mixture and place them on the wire cooling rack. Shake sprinkles on the top while wet.
• (Place a cookie sheet under the wire rack to catch the excess yogurt that drips from the crackers.)
• Once all the animal crackers are coated, turn the oven off and place the wire rack and cookie sheet in. Leave the door slightly open
• Allow yogurt to harden for 3-4 hours, remove from oven, and keep animal crackers in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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