Clown City Here we Come...

Its that time again.....the annual Clown City January Jamboree (Held in February for the last 2 years) Anyway this is sadly the last year of the convention. We have been going to this convention for 8 years in a row! Phineas and Pupperdoodle have grown up around these folks and gotten a lot of their clown skills from the many lectures and events at this small family oriented convention.
This year is going to be great, Our family group skit is ready, Jessica's single skit is ready and Matthew's newest juggling routine is all set to go.
We'll post the videos on youtube and link them here as soon as we get them.....
Off to clown city we go........

The Kids Loved it....

Another slam dunk at Clown Rounds on Martin Luther King Day! A full pediatric unit (that's not good too many sick kids) -but the ICU was empty. We broke out a new bag for this trip- a fully modified gold bag that holds so much more stuff and is more portable than our janitor's cart. We juggled and magished for everyone.
The pediatric resident covering for the day didn't expect us and was happily surprised to see us. She followed us to a few rooms to watch us entertain.
We arrived just before lunch so the bad hospital food jokes were flying
"whats the difference between hospital meatloaf and a brick.....nothing"
Hey, we even got a teenager to stop texting to watch some magic..now that was impressive.
We came across one young girl who was from another country and her father didn't know what to make of us and asked us in broken English to please go away, we complied with a smile.
Overall the patients and staff had a good time.

Reality Sets in....

Its been a rough week......it seems Hospital Administrators do not like sarcasm.
Not verbal, not written, even sarcastic thoughts don't seem to fly.
The further away they get from direct patient contact the more "unknowing" they get.
But we march on.
Can the smile and laugh win over the protocol and policy?
Time will tell