The trapeze swinger

The role of a godmother is to provide spiritual guidance, so it's perfect that for the holiday season mine gave me a 'Nature Versus Nurture' flashcard ('The debate as to which elements of one's personality, self, and life behavior derive from one's inherited traits versus one's environment.') and a couple of tickets to 'The Great Moscow State Circus'.
She noted that they were the 'ingredients for a do it yourself collage or a fun evening.' Indeed.