Many years ago, we started taking the kids to see a movie on Christmas Eve. Then, when Goofy was around 1 and 1/2, Rod ended up sitting in the car with him. The next year, we didn't even attempt the movie. We had just gotten back into it when Widget came along. We decided we would give it a try tonight. We went to the 9:00 showing of Arthur Christmas. We were hoping that it would be late enough that he would just sleep. He's also not been feeling great, so we gave him some Motrin before we left, too. (A little extra sleep aid) We got off to a good start.
See the paci in his mouth? Yeah, that's the last time it was seen.
Even without a paci, the movie went rather smoothly. There were only two other groups of people in the theater. Once we all got settled down with all of our snacks and potty breaks over and getting Widget to understand that he could only walk in front of us and not run up the stairs, we were able to watch the movie. At first, Widget was a little fidgety and walked around. Then he laid down under the seats that Dippy and Dingy were sitting in. I really thought he was going to fall asleep there! Then he crawled up in Dingy's lap and and ate some candy and drank some soda. He finally ended up on my lap. He ate some more candy, drank some more soda, and went to sleep. With no paci! I wasn't sure how that would go, but he was great. He ended up sleeping through about 3/4 of the movie! Although, he did show his relationship to Grandpa Lyle by snoring loudly!! He stayed asleep til we put him in the car. Then he screamed the whole way home. But who cares?! He was quiet for the movie. The WHOLE way home, he screamed. And Goofy puked. But I'm still calling it a good night! (Until I go clean out the car in the morning. I had to bath Goofy when we got home and I was NOT dealing with the car in the middle of the night when its freezing!!!)
After Goofy's late bath, he put out cookies, milk and carrots for Santa. Oh, and he baked the cookies himself, too.
He thinks he was a pretty good kid this year, so he's hoping Santa stops. I guess we'll wait and see!!!
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
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