A co-founder of Cirque du Soleil lives here in San Pancho and took it upon himself to do something pretty amazing—he started up a circus for the local kids. By that I mean that he started a school to teach kids how to do all of the incredible stunts that they do in Cirque. This all started about four years ago—there are about 70 kids in the school—and we happened to be here for the annual fundraising show, Circo de los Ninos.
Ouest was on the edge of her seat watching the kids perform. Everything from trampoline flips, to trapeze, to jump roping. Lowe was getting into it to. When a boy started riding a bike around in circles while four or five girls climbed on top of him Lowe asked, “Can I ride my bike when we get back to the bus?”
Besides the circus we’ve been spending our days bouncing around from town to town. We spent another day in Sayulita which, while still busy, had a much more chill vibe to it than the week before. The town certainly still has its appeal.
If you see this guy barreling towards you on a mountain road say a quick prayer.
A sweet little concrete halfpipe. Fun even without the board along.
The north end of San Pancho’s beach.
That point on the right is the south end of Sayulita—the point in the middle is the only thing separating San Pancho (officially known as San Francisco) and Sayulita.
Hermit crabs—endlessly fascinating.
Circo de los niños.
Even my mom isn’t immune to my “Boomers with their tiny dogs” jokes.
The Sayulita beach is packed, but for kids, the shallow sandy water is too perfect to care.
New apron/dress up clothes, compliments of Grammy.
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So much fun! Your Mom must love to spend this time with her Grandchildren and of course you guys.
I was always grateful when Moy would drive up in front of my house so I could fill up on produce for just a few bucks…..
To get service like that is amazing.
We’ve been hitting up the fruit stand at the entrance to town for four or five mangos a day. Haven’t hit up Moy yet, though.
There is also Circus Juventes in St Paul that was started by one of the Cirque de Soleil guys for any youth in MN. The shows at the end of the year are incredible.
Love the picture of Lowe and Grammy, so cute! I’m a boomer too, and have a dog that looks like that. It is a little shi tzu! After years of large dogs, little ones are so easy to care for. Always enjoy your pictures! Beautiful family!
Lowe looks like a choir boy in that white tshirt 🙂