Scrooged

This is how we roll on Friday nights around here.





We took the kids (yes, all of them) to see "A Christmas Carol" this weekend. It was the first family movie-in-an-actual-theater we've done in a really long time because:

a)Luke is afraid of movies he's never seen before.
*Any new movie (he may have cried during "Bolt"). We think it's because he's such a creature of habit he doesn't like things where he doesn't know the ending. After we're done making him watch the movie, he will admit he loved it and it will become a new favorite. And he was excited about the 3D glasses, popcorn, Sprite and wanted to give it a try.

b) Evie can't sit still for more than 3.5 seconds without talking, moving, jumping on someone or yelling something

c) We're not (completely) crazy

My take?
Honestly, it was pretty darn scary. Way scarier than I thought it was going to be. I felt like a horrible parent half way through as Luke is hiding under his blanket asking if "it was all just a dream."m Evie (who wasn't afraid at all and was completely content to be huddled up on Daddy's lap) kept pointing at the screen yelling "it's a scawy ghost! a scawy ghost." But at the end, when Scrooge "becomes a good guy" Luke admitted it was a great movie and was happy he watched the whole thing. But the animation was amazing (You must see it in 3D). And I was grateful there were approximately 2 other people in the theater because my kids are not quiet. Especially when they are supposed to be. We didn't get any dirty looks and the other couple kept laughing at Evie. So I don't feel too badly about it.

We'll have to do it again.