Little Man at the Big Theatre!

The Dove Family Film Festival is something that I've been aware of for years, but never took advantage of since we didn't have kids. They are movies shown at local theatres that children under 12 get into for free and accompanying adults pay just $2.50 (a dutch dream)! Generally these movies are not new releases, but hey for the cheap admission, what do you expect?!?! Now that Joshua is nearing 3 I've wanted to take him to a movie at the theatre just to see what he thinks of the experience, but being financially frugal didn't want to pay admission for a child and an adult to just see how he likes it or if he could handle it. The Dove Family Film Festival is the perfect time to test his movie going skills out! I figured for $2.50 I wouldn't be too upset if we had to walk out half way through. Joshua was excited today when I told him I was taking him to a BIG movie. He had a few questions about what it would be like. He thought the screen would be more the size of our TV and he wondered if he was going to see Disney's Cars movie. He still didn't know what to expect once we arrived so the arcade games caught his attention and he really didn't want to go find a seat in the theatre. However, once he was settled in with his popcorn and the movie started the little guy went into what I call "frozen head" state (it's my not-so-nice way of describing what happens to children when they have "screen time" of any sort - their brains seem to freeze, which is why we limit his "screen time"). He was mesmerized by the HUGE screen and LARGE animated characters! We saw The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie. Not exactly my first choice since I'm not a fan of animated vegetables. It was not a good movie (like why in the world did they have to throw in animated cheese puffs? STRANGE), but Joshua watched the entire thing with hardly a peep. Even though the movie wasn't so great Joshua enjoyed the experience of this special treat!