You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round.

It ranks right in there with horse races, casinos, fireworks, white water rafting, and the circus on the list of things I do not want to do.

**But in case you are thinking I'm a terrible person and an even more terrible mother -- I actually DO some of the things on the list for the sake of my children.  But not horse races.  Or casinos.  Or white water rafting.  Ok, fine.  I barely do the things on the list.  But I have taken the kids to the circus.  It was a blast.  Proof is here.  And we do take our hard earned money to buy explosive packs of "fun" and try not to require a visit to a burn unit or a plastic surgeon every single July 4th.  So I am a good mother.

And I do this.

Every May.

The Carnival.