Last night we took Cheeks to see a movie. Being fourteen months old, we didn’t expect much. We typically take the kids to the movies around her nap time, but we wanted to see how she’d do. Besides, it was a Monday night and it was a kids’ movie.
When we got there, the theater was completely empty. We let Cheeks pick our seats and we settled in.
She sat nicely on her booster seat.
She happily ate her popcorn.
She was engrossed with the action on the screen.
This all lasted about three minutes.
She spent the remainder of the time running up and down the aisles and between the rows of seats!
She was just tall enough that her pony tail enabled us to follow her path. Every now and then she’d come over and nurse for a bit, get some popcorn and try to beg off a sip of soda.
At one point, she was crawling from seat to seat and climbing over the back of the chairs.
We probably should have stopped her.
We really could have encouraged her to sit still and pay more attention to the movie.
But we didn’t.
We sat back, kicked up our feet and watched the movie. We let her run. We watched her climb. We allowed her to play.
After all, the theater was empty and she was having so much fun.
But next time? I think we’ll go back to nap-time movie trips! At least until she’s a bit older!
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
-Mark Twain
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http://www.dontlicktheferrets.com CJ
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http://www.allfortheloveofyou.com/ Steph
- fourteen year old wonder child. Too smart for anyone's own good, including his own!
