The Greatest Show on Earth

Below is an exclusive post-circus interview with Oliver. He was allowed to stay up past his bedtime and was rewarded with a Skittle for each question he chose to answer.

Q: What was your favorite part of the circus?
A: It was about da elephants please. Da fancy elephants with hats like Bello has a hat. He has funny hair but I don't have funny hair. I have long hair.Q: How did we get to the circus?
A: On a train and play with Owen.Q: How much did it cost to go to the circus?
A: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.

Q: What was the first thing we saw?
A: An elephant (Asia) and a clown and a lion and musickit.Q: What did Asia do with the paint?
A: She paint some more.Q: Where did we sit at the circus?
A: We sit right here.

Q: What kind of snacks did you eat at the circus?
A: I eat a pollylop. We sawed a dinosaur and an elephant.

Q: What was Truett's favorite part?
A: Dere was some food at the circus. I take a strawberry fing it was in my mouf.Q: What kind of music was at the circus?
A: It was pretty loud a stuff. It was pretty loud stuff.

Q: What was your favorite animal there?
A: It was da toy elephant. It got a hat.Q: What was Mommy's favorite part of the circus?
A: Dose tigers.Q: What can you tell me about the tigers?
A: Dey say ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! (repeat 10X). Dey roar.
Q: Did you see clowns?
A: Dat first clown was singing. It was singing, talking about da people wiff me. I didn't wear a coat. I didn't want to wear a coat like a clown.Q: What was Dadoo's favorite part?
A: On da trapeze.Q: Can you tell me about the trapeze?
A: Dey go like dis (swinging arms around). Dey swing and dey exercise and dey...Where's da Skittles bag?Q: What was the most exciting part of the circus?
A: Da cannonballs and fireworks.

Q: What happened when they shot the human cannonballs?
A: Der weres fireworks. Dey flash and kaboomed and dey wheeeeeed.Q: I got you a red clown nose. Would you like to wear it?
A: No, I would like to look at dat clown nose.

Q: Who's Bello?
A: I don't know who's Bello.
Q: Was Bello a silly clown?
A: No, he's not a silly clown.Q: Did Truey like the dogs?
A: Dose dogs were chasing round dose people.

Q: What did those funny dogs do?
A: Dey ride a scooter go down da slide. Dey did wear clothes.Q: Do you think Truett had a fun birthday celebration at the circus today?
A: Yeah.Q: Do you want to go back to the circus?
A: Yeah. I want to see a big, big jungle monkey. Der's gonna be a funny, funny balloon and elephant. I like to get a balloon elephant's gonna get a balloon for my birthday October 11th.

Mommy: Thank you for your time, Oliver. Great job. You need to get to bed now.

Oliver: I wanted dat toy.

Mommy: Yeah, it was expensive. How many times did we decide you'd have to tee-tee in the potty to earn the money for that toy?

Oliver: (Asks Dadoo.) Two fousand. But not today, Mommy.

Then he turned to our dinner guests and said, "Would you like to go to da circus and give me a spinning thing?"

Chrys