We took Daniel to his very first movie yesterday, Cars 2. We waited until he was 4 years old because we wanted it to be a memorable first experience. Something we ALL would remember. Daniel LOVES the Disney movie Cars, so it worked out perfectly that his first movie in the theatre was Cars 2!
Okay, TECHNICALLY Daniel was at a movie theatre once before. When he was 3 months old, I took him to see some really bad PG-13 movie and I don’t even remember the title. It was part of a “Moms Morning Out” event. They kept the theatre lights up the entire time so you could feed or play with your baby while you watched the movie. But I was a first time Mama and I stressed out every time he cried. So we left. But I did manage to snap a photo of his first time at the movies.
This time went MUCH better. There was no crying involved. Just my cute little boy in his brand new Cars T-shirt with an excited smile on his face. Daniel was in awe of the “ginormous” theatre. We got our tickets from the Fandango machine and he walked right up and handed his ticket to the ticket taker. He loved all the movie posters and he loved that it had an arcade. We let him play a racing game and then it was off to buy popcorn, candy, and lemonade. Daniel got some kind of kiddie fruity Twizzler thingy, but then he snagged my Junior Mints after trying just one. He now LOVES Junior Mints. He has good concession stand taste.
I laugh at that photo of me with my purse and my big black tote bag. I always bring a bag of sweaters and pashmina scarves with me to the movies so I can save seats. Plus, I’m always cold. Bean actually wore his sweater and half way through he used my pashmina as a mini blanket. It was a long movie. (It was just under two hours.) He enjoyed watching the cars on the big screen, but the movie left a lot to be desired. We spent most of the time whispering to Daniel about what was going on because there was a complicated spy plot weaved in with oil companies versus environmentalists or something like that. There was also a lot of shooting and killing (!) cars. It was a let down. My husband explains it all much better and you can read his review of the movie here.
Daniel said his favorite parts of the movie were the boats, planes, and the London double-decker buses. He didn’t mention any of the cars, which is so funny. But we had a great time. We had a new memory and a Junior Mint-stained little boy to take home.
