I took the kids to see the Horton Hears a Who movie today! It was their first time in a movie theater, since being small infants and the experience was... interesting. Well, it started out interesting, but ended up quite well. 

I hadn't really thought ahead of time about how scary movie theaters can be for two small kids. We paid for our tickets and then walked into the theater and their eyes were popping out of their heads. Ethan was literally enamored by the arcade games and Rachel thought the food court was amazing. We walked to the door we needed to enter for the movie and when I opened it, both of them flipped out; screaming, crying, running away from me, you name it. I suddenly realized I opened a door to a very large (and very dark) walk way and wanted them to enter it. So I explained to them that this is where you watch movies like Cars, Toy Story, etc... before you buy them in the store and bring them home. Ethan replied with "So, this is where the cartoons live?" and I decided it was close enough so I said yes and he calmed down. Rachel calmed down and became rather happy the second she noticed the HUGE movie screen, but Ethan remained very cautious.

They both loved the movie (as did I) and it got quite a few laughs out of them. I knew Ethan would do fine, since he likes watching movies, but at home, Rachel usually only lasts about 15 minutes into a movie and then she's done. She sat very still on my lap for the first 45 minutes and then fell asleep for the rest. After the movie we had lunch with my Mom and Annaliese and then went home... sadly, I think the outing did me in. I'm still not over this yucky virus and today it really hit me hard. We got home at 2pm (Jason was here working from home) I fell into bed and didn't get up until 7pm. I'm feeling like I possibly have the stomach flu, but its so hard to tell when I'm already dealing with morning sickness.

Anyway, good movie and we highly recommend it!