First movie....

the first movie my mom and dad ever took my sister and i too was lion king.

so you can imagine the excitement that took place when lion king in 3d came out in the theatre.

nana and poppy really wanted to take ash. we had previously debated...was he too young for a movie, could he sit through etc. but with the history of lion king and the opportunity to continue the tradition we couldnt turn them down.

right after nap time we packed up and headed over to the stone crest theatre.

we brought his baby, yellow blankie, a pillow, put him in comfy clothes and packed him with popcorn.

so when we got there that was the first thing left to do. popcorn.

philip said he was gong to get popcorn.

i thought he meant the kids size.

instead he came back with the largest bucket they had. omg. i didnt even want to know how much it cost.

"well brett told me that as long as you have unlimited popcorn they wont get distracted"

i wish that was true.

the previews were long. too long for a not even two and a half year old. the sound was too loud. i actually had to get up and ask them to turn it down. i know i sounded like a party pooper but if you were there you wouldve too. asher kept the glasses on for about the first 20-30 minutes

every once and a while he would burst out with "lion king" or "wow" he has seen the movie tons of times. once the glases came off he stayed engaged for about another hour.

the last twenty minutes were a struggle. his belly was full. he was antsy. he wanted to walk around while watching. a dum dum lollipop nan pulled out of her purse did the trick.

thankfully we had a row of about 10 seats for him to move around and about.

he talked about the movie for days afterwards. told his teacher miss kelly that he went to see it.

he is still chanting "hakuna na-ta-da" out of no, randomly and often.

but i think we will be waiting another 6 months at least before we took him again.

a. because its ridiculously expensive...especially for 3d and b. he was a little too young. my opinion.

if nemo came out on 3d i would "probably" take him.

he is enthralled by that movie.

he really doesnt have much interest in tv shows.

he is all about some movies.

definitely didnt get that from his mom.

thanks nana and poppy for an awesome first movie experience