On Sunday, we made a last-minute trip to the movie theater.
After spending four days cooped up in the house with the flu (kids & Todd were all sick), Todd & I looked at the clock and realized we had 5 hours to entertain the kids before bedtime.
Normally, they take a long nap from 1-4, but because they were sick their nap started before noon and ended by 3. If you have kids, you know that 5 full hours with no prospect of going outside is a LONG time. While I sat there, feeling a little terrified about the 5 hour window of time I had to fill, I remembered the $1 theater.
The $1 theater where kids 2 & under are free!
The $1 theater that had a 5:20 showing of "The Princess and the Frog."
The $1 theater that saved my sanity on Sunday.
As we were getting the kids ready, I realized we had not yet taken them to the movies. Zachary was probably ready to sit through a movie awhile ago, (although he isn't a good whisperer...I knew he'd be talking at a normal volume the entire time, asking questions...the entire time). I guess we had unintentionally postponed movie-going until Allie was ready.
"The Princess & the Frog" turned out to be a good first-time movie. There were lots of cute little characters and several positive elements (although the Voodoo was tough to explain to Zach). My favorite part was the fact that, in the end, the prince chose to follow the girl's dream, which involved a lot of hard work and commitment.
The kids enjoyed themselves immensely. And we made it through day 4 of the flu.
After spending four days cooped up in the house with the flu (kids & Todd were all sick), Todd & I looked at the clock and realized we had 5 hours to entertain the kids before bedtime.
Normally, they take a long nap from 1-4, but because they were sick their nap started before noon and ended by 3. If you have kids, you know that 5 full hours with no prospect of going outside is a LONG time. While I sat there, feeling a little terrified about the 5 hour window of time I had to fill, I remembered the $1 theater.
The $1 theater where kids 2 & under are free!
The $1 theater that had a 5:20 showing of "The Princess and the Frog."
The $1 theater that saved my sanity on Sunday.
As we were getting the kids ready, I realized we had not yet taken them to the movies. Zachary was probably ready to sit through a movie awhile ago, (although he isn't a good whisperer...I knew he'd be talking at a normal volume the entire time, asking questions...the entire time). I guess we had unintentionally postponed movie-going until Allie was ready.
"The Princess & the Frog" turned out to be a good first-time movie. There were lots of cute little characters and several positive elements (although the Voodoo was tough to explain to Zach). My favorite part was the fact that, in the end, the prince chose to follow the girl's dream, which involved a lot of hard work and commitment.
The kids enjoyed themselves immensely. And we made it through day 4 of the flu.
2 comments:
I hope the kids love movie theatre popcorn as much as I do! I am glad they behaved well... I do recall Zachs "first" movie when he was an infant... he had such bad gas we thought they'd kick us out!
i love the pics of the two of them looking at the screen! so intense. wonder what goes thru their little minds when they experience something new!! love ya
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