Cirque de Soliel: Totem

We took Krissy to see Cirque de Soliel's, Totem at the Del Mar Fairgrounds as a slightly belated Mother's Day gift and celebration. Liliana became obsessed with Cirque when she saw a program at our neighborhood crepe restaurant. She was begging to go to one and looking at clips of different Cirque's online so I started looking to see when the next one would be in town. We decided on Totem and she LOVED it! She is already asking when we can go to the next "Circus Ole" (as she says it).
We listen to the soundtrack practically on repeat in the car and she belts out the 'part French/part Spanish/part made-up language' lyrics all over town, eliciting some crazy looks from the passerby. Whenever we get in the car she opens her program and pores over the pages and the costumes and asks me millions of questions about the acrobats, their tricks, and the theme of the performance--EVOLUTION. Try explaining that concept to your 3 year old!! I have been doing my best but her questions are pretty involved and it is a very hard concept for 3 year olds who don't have a firm understanding of time and history yet! Our discussions usually end with her asking, "so were you a monkey before you were a human? Was Daddy? Did Grandpa swim before he walked??" HUH? Help! I tried to look for clips on you tube for kids and found nothing. No great books on the subject for little ones either. Any advice on how to teach the topic would be appreciated.
After the great performance we went to dinner at one of our favorite Encinitas restaurants and old neighborhood faves, Q'ero. Adam and I had a wonderful evening spent with Grammy and Lila.

 I don't know why this picture came out so fuzzy on the photo website. :(