While in El Paso over the break I had the opportunity to take Jackson to his very first movie. My friend Claudia suggested it was 'time' for him to go. I have to be honest, I've been holding out of fear that we'd have to walk out of the theatre because the boy's attention span isn't very long.
I wasn't afraid he'd misbehave but I just didn't feel like sitting around waiting for him to get bored. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the movies either. I like to watch them at home on my couch under 3 blankets and in my pj's. Surprised? Me? Boring? Yea, yea...
Anyhow, turns out my sweet angel did wonderfully well. I think it helped we went with one half of his bff's, Luisiana (Mara chose to stay home with her grandma). Since he adores these girls, Jackson will pretty much do anything they do and since they are older they show him the ropes!
Jackson had NO clue what the movies were, where we were (I don't even think he's been in an indoor mall before?!?) and why we were going out past dark. I know, I know, I'm no fun :(. He was a little frazzled and hesitant and stuck by me the whole time. His innocence is priceless and sweet :). Then Luisiana came up with her mom, Claudia and you could literally see Jackson's fears melting away.
Which funny enough leads us to that night's feature, Frozen. It was awesome. Disney movies really are the best.
About 30 minutes out Jackson did get bored and was up and down in his seat but it wasn't anything bad or that I couldn't handle. He loves to be loved so he just sat in my lap and let me hug him. We had a great time and I'm looking forward to doing this again with my little guy more often than not.
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