We decided it was high time we share with our boys one of our OLD favorite pastimes... going to the movies! We thought, "hey they watch movies 9-10 times everyday at home, surely they are ready to make it through this one." Here's what we did:
1. watched the previews at least 8 times on youtube with the boys
2. got them super-psyched by talking about how awesome dragons are and by making dragon noises all morning
3. talked about all the popcorn, pop, and candy we were going to eat at the movies
4. arrived on time to our movie so we could purchase all our goodies
5. refilled our GIANT tub of popcorn about 20 minutes into the movie
6. ran out of jelly beans about an hour into the movie
7. finally took Cole to run around in the hallway just after the jelly beans ran out
8. ultimately left the movie about 15 minutes early when Xavier wanted to start running around with Cole. I pretty much guessed the ending anyways.
What we learned:
1. arrive late next time to avoid wasting precious "attention time" on previews
2. buy the biggest tub of popcorn for FREE refills (I have never heard of this before)
3. bring, I mean buy, a full bag of candy next time
4. wait another year before attempting this again. It felt like a super-stressful way to drop $30 in 1 hour and 20 minutes.
What shall we tackle for fun next? Any suggestions?
