{"id":2917,"date":"2014-01-21T07:53:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T12:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2014-02-09T21:41:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T02:41:13","slug":"first-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/21\/first-film\/","title":{"rendered":"First Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not a big fan of TV for children (see\u00a0“My Mommy Magic”<\/a>\u00a0for my reasons why) and until yesterday, my children had never been to the movies.\u00a0 We\u2019ve waited to take the kids because we wanted to make sure they were mature enough to handle it.\u00a0 For us this means being able to sit (in their chair or on our laps) quietly without getting bored, needing to go potty or wanting to get up and move around for the entire length of the movie.\u00a0 We also have two very curious girls who regularly ask questions about what is happening when experiencing new things and we didn\u2019t want to be talking through the entire movie.<\/p>\n

We had originally planned to go over Thanksgiving weekend but Sugarplum lost all control of herself and we decided she wasn\u2019t ready to go.\u00a0 My mom and I took the girls to their first Nutcracker before Christmas and aside from the show being late and the girls (especially Sugarplum) being exhausted by the end, they did great so we decided to take advantage of the long weekend and went to see Frozen<\/i>.\u00a0 We went to an early showing with my parents and all 3 kids (yes, Doodle went too!) did great.<\/p>\n

\"IMG-20140120-00047\"<\/a>Honeybun sat through the entire thing, without moving, only belly laughing too loud.\u00a0 Sugarplum did well too, she lap hopped a little bit and got bored at times but for a kid who can\u2019t sit still at home for more than 10 minutes, I\u2019m really proud of how she did.\u00a0 Doodle was the tough one but not bad at all.\u00a0 I took him in hungry and he nursed during the previews then watched the old-school Mickey Mouse cartoon, giggling.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t that into Frozen<\/i> though he did like some of the songs but mostly quietly played, going between my lap and my mom\u2019s.\u00a0 About \u00be in he got sleepy so I nursed him again and he slept almost until the end.<\/p>\n

I think the girls really liked the movie though Honeybun ended up hysterical crying when the credits came on and we\u2019re still not sure why.\u00a0 She said she was scared of the white snow monster but she didn\u2019t seem scared when he was on an was laughing at things after so I\u2019m not sure why she lost it when the movie was over.<\/p>\n

I have to say, I\u2019m really glad Frozen<\/i> was their first movie theater movie.\u00a0 I can\u2019t really say if they\u2019ll remember it or not (Honeybun probably will but I don\u2019t know about Sugarplum) but the message was just too perfect. \u00a0(If you haven\u2019t seen it and want to be surprised, STOP READING NOW!)<\/p>\n

As the end approached and Anna waited for Kristoff, in my head I kept thinking \u201cIt\u2019s her sister!\u00a0 The act of true love should be with Elsa!\u201d\u00a0 And I was right and I cried.\u00a0 And I am so happy to share that moment with my girls because I know the importance of family and cherish my sister dearly and want my girls to always cherish each other as well.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if they got the message or not, but a mommy can hope!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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