On Saturday we decided it was time to take Addi to her first movie at the theater. Jillian and I have been debating for the last few months how old she needed to be to enjoy it, be enthralled by it, and let it transport her. We've asked friends, watched movies with her at home (slowly working our way from shorts, to 15 and 30 min cartoons, and eventually to feature length movies), and decided that now was as good a time as any to do a trial run.
We picked "Tangled," and Addi was SO excited to go see a princess movie! And truth be told, for her first adventure, she actually did remarkably well. We shared a bag of popcorn and a drink (and may have snuck in some cookies, crackers, and fruit snacks to keep her preoccupied). She stayed in her seat throughout all of the previews and the first ten minutes or so of the movie, and then climbed down, and stood and watched (much to the chagrin of the grandpa sitting in front of her, I'm sure!)- the whole time amazed by the big screen, the lights, the colors, the animals, the princess, and on and on. After 30 minutes or so, she ventured out into the aisle, and onto the stairs, but held onto the railings and continued to watch the movie. She eventually got distracted by the theater itself and set to exploring, but every once in a while she would check in with the princess and the chameleon and the horse, and run over to us and point at the screen and smile with glee.
I honestly can't tell you that I enjoyed the movie all that much, and that has nothing to do with the movie itself. I LOVE DISNEY MOVIES! But I spent the entire movie so enthralled by how Addi's first experience went, that I missed a lot of what was going on on the screen. And that was just fine with us- we'll buy it on DVD and watch it together for years to come, because yesterday, our little girl fell in love with Disney and princesses and movie theaters.
Yes, even movie theaters have candy machines! (Addi is obsessed with these when we go to the mall)
Watching the previews with Daddy
Our princesses
3 comments:
Yay Addi! We have jut learned to not worry so much what other people say. Most of the time our kids do really well with movies and as they get older they get way better too. People can always move to another seat. it was a kids movie anyway. hehe! so glad she enjoyed it!
LOL that pic of her in the booster seat, sinking into the chair, reminds me of when we took Sam to see Toy Story 3 this summer (his first movie in a theater). He was so light that even with the booster, it was folding in on him.
Sophie still won't set still through an entire movie, so Addie is doing pretty good.
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