Movie Date

Evan and I had our first mother-and-son movie date recently when I took him to see "The Muppet Movie." He did pretty well and only got restless once around the midpoint. I took him out in the hallway to let some energy out and then we went back in. He wanted to climb the stairs to the back of the theater but I whispered "No, we have to stay in our seats like everybody else." Just then a woman started up the stairs to return to her seat and Evan exclaimed (quite loudly) "BUT THAT LADY GOT TO WENT UP THE STAIRS!" The biggest problem we encountered is that Evan didn't quite weigh enough (just 32 lbs.) to keep his seat from flipping up and trying to swallow him whole. He said "Mama, the chair is eating me!" I had to keep my hand on the seat in order to hold it down, so when that became tiring, I just put Evan in my lap. Overall, it was a successful outing and when we walked out of the theater, Evan shouted "THAT WAS SO FUN!!!"