Movie Day

During the summers, one of the movie theaters here has kids summer specials. Five dollars will get you a ticket, popcorn, drink and a treat (two summers ago it was gummy bears and this summer it's air heads). It's only Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer at 9:30. They play different "kids" movies from the past. Anyway, two summers ago I took Camden. It was an Elmo movie, and at that time she was really into Elmo. She was only 2, so I didn't know how she would do, but surprisingly, she did really well. She must have a good memory because everytime we drive by that theater she always asks if we can go to the movies. This summer has been so busy, but we have two weeks off from school, so I thought it was the perfect time to take her and Claire to the movies. I had researched what was playing...today was "An American Tale". I grew up watching that movie and thought they would really like Fievel. Jeremy took off work to go with us and this morning when they woke up, they asked where we were going. I said, "How 'bout the movies?". Camden was SO excited and was asking if it was time to go from 8:00am until we left. We got there before the crowd and were able to get our snacks and get a good seat. They had some advertisements playing while we were waiting for it to start. Claire kept asking when was it going to be over. The movie started right at 9:30, and thankfully, they did not show any previews. About 9:45 or so, both girls said they had to go potty...ugh!!! Jeremy said he would take them, and although I wasn't thrilled about them going in the men's restroom, I agreed. That meant I didn't have to get up and walk through people with two kids. They returned and watched a little more of the movie. At 10:05 Camden said she was ready to go home. Are you serious???? Claire was actually watching it, but said she had to go potty, AGAIN! We decided that it was just time to go. Enough was enough. So, at 10:09 we were in the bathroom again and then we left. Such a waste and such a disappointment. I was sure that they both would enjoy the movie. Guess I was wrong. Maybe it was the choice of movies, or maybe it's just them. Camden has never been one to watch a long movie...actually a 30 minute cartoon episode is really her limit. I guess that's a good thing. It's not that she's ADD..she can focus a long time on puzzles, books, drawing, coloring, etc... It's just movies that she doesn't watch. She does good for about 20 or 30 minutes, but then she's done. Oh well, I guess there's plenty of time to take them to the movies. For now, we'll just settle for Disney Playhouse or Noggin cartoons.