AJ's preschool arranged for a special showing for their class on Saturday morning of the new Disney cartoon The Princess and the Frog. We've been wondering for a while if the kids were mature enough to sit through a full movie, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to find out. Not only were we surrounded by other families with small children, (which I suppose would be the case at any Disney showing) but we were also surrounded by friends. AJ's hockey teammate Owen sat next to us, some new friends from the Sunday School program were right behind us, and Avery and Hanna were just a few rows up. Perfect!
Sydney settled in like a pro. She had a bit of trouble keeping the seat from folding up on her, because of how little she is, but she seemed to get the hang of it. Part of the package price included each of us getting our own popcorn and beverage. That's something we will never do again. Not because of the cost, but because of the extra hassle of trying to balance all those containers.As for the movie? It was surprisingly dark for a Disney film. The villain called on voodoo and powers "from the other side." Thankfully, the kids haven't really talked about it since, or had problems with bad dreams. But I guess that's another lesson: always pay attention to what the movie is about before you take two impressionable minds to see it. Don't make assumptions about appropriateness based on the production company.
The whole experience got Jeff and I thinking back, not just to how very, very long it's been since we saw a movie in a theatre (we're thinking it was our anniversary in 2006), but also to the first time we each saw a movie in a theatre. For me, I believe it was the Wilderness Family, and I think it was my Uncle Woody who brought us there during Christmas vacation. Jeff's first film was a B-Western with his dad. It took him a few minutes to remember the name, and of course, I've already forgotten it.
Ahhh... the magic of the movies.
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