The first time at the Movies!!

First let me tell you that Gerard and I went on our second date to the movies. The first was for ice cream, even though I really do not like ice cream. We saw Sleeping with the Enemy He did not want to go see a romantic movie so I told him it was spy movie. About half way through the movie he asked me when was the spy part coming. To this day when that movie is on TV we laugh about how I tricked him.

We have been trying to spend every Sunday together as a family. This Sunday morning I had wanted to go to the beach which Gerard hates to do then the rain came so that was out. "What about the movies" he said? Anna is in LOVE with Buzz from Toy Story When ever we talk about Buzz. She says "Buzz" then does an air kiss his way. Anything that has Buzz on the package I have a better chance of getting her to eat.

In the short 5 minute ride to the movies Anna fell asleep so I worried maybe this is not a good idea. We decided that if she acts up we would just leave. I am one of those people who have a lot of patience and empathy for that Mother who has 1 or 2 children who act up when they are out even before Anna came home. Now that Anna is here I am sure I could have even more. She makes me sweat. I also believe that when you are out especially your child is acting up you should try your best to not impact others and remove yourself. I feel even more strongly about this when others have paid a good bit of money for an experience. I am lucky I usually do not have to save long to do something special but others may have had to save for weeks to do the same thing.

Okay off my soap box and back to the movies. We got our drinks, popcorn and shuffled into our seats, three by the wall (my favorite seats). About 2 minutes later the movie started. Anna sat between us with her eyes glued to the movie. Not a sound from her mouth. To say she was mesmerized is an under statement. At first she was like my people are up there on the screen then out came Buzz. I thought the movie was great. A couple parts of the movie were a bit darker then I like for a children's movie and I was thinking this is very 9-11 ish for me. The ending was a good ending for this series and quite sweet.

La-La and I laugh because we joke that this movie will breed a new generation of hoarders. I not convinced that I am not right about that after seeing the whole movie. We went to an early show and were home by 7 pm but I do think she was wand up because of the movie so going to sleep was harder then usual. Anna even with her limited vocabulary was able to communicate to me about Buzz, her baby, the monkey and many of the other characters. She ended up falling asleep in my arms in the rocking chair after 11:30 pm.