1st movie

Yep, we were brave (and maybe a little bored due to the empty January fun calendar) and decided to risk taking Aiden to the cheap theater for a movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We figured if he declared he was "all done" like he does with most tv or if he was too loud with his running commentary, we'd just bail. It would be $6 lost to an attempt at fun. We showed him the trailer ahead of time and he was excited to see meatballs.

He did a great job whispering to us when he got excited and only yelped with excitement when it was pretty loud and other kids were hollering anyway. During one slow moment he seemed like he was getting a little restless, so I pulled out a special movie mix I'd made for him - cranberries, raisins, cheerios, peanut butter crackers, and pretzels. He munched away feeding us all the pretzels since he wasn't a huge fan. He sat in his own seat for about a minute, but I think he mostly loved sitting on our laps and giggling at the big screen. It must be pretty fun to have that much mommy and daddy cuddle time, eh?

It was a strange interpretation of a classic book, but overall a fun movie to watch and the best option at the cheap theater for our little experiment. Right after the movie another little two year old stormed up while I was asking him what he liked and he made a new friend. It was fun to see them playing and jumping around - and when we got to the car that was his favorite part of visiting the movie theater. Here are some little snippets of him eating meatballs watching the trailer, quietly getting excited, and then staring at his new friend as we exit the theater.