We took our little guy to his first movie this weekend. This picture is from the first few minutes of the movie. It is grainy because it was really dark in the theater, but I bumped up the levels so you could see his face. He was very excited about picking out a drink and a treat. He picked Sprite and popcorn. When the previews started he was wide eyed. Then there was a Toy Story short and he was so happy. When Cars 2 started he lost interest quickly. I think he would have been more interested if it had been the original Cars or one of the Toy Story’s. The Toy Story short was funny, Cars 2 was not very good. The animation was (as always) exceptional, but the story was too complicated for kids and had some scenes startling for kids, like shooting and blowing things up.

Overall, he had a good time and he was a good boy even when he was tired of watching the movie. We were able to sit on the front row with the bar so he was able to stand in between us at the bar and there was no one in front of us. I was thankful that the entire theater was filled with squirmy kids and parents getting up and down to go to the bathroom. It was the best environment for his first movie.

*”Let’s Go to the Movies” is a song from Annie