DO NOT TRY TO GO TO THE MOVIES WITH YOUR 2 YEAR OLD.
At least if his name is Cale.
All adoption stuff aside, I thought I'd share a little story about trying to see a theater movie with Cale.
A Tale about Mr. Cale, if you will.
You know, ever since I noticed the advertisement of $1 movies on the poster in the Charlestown theater (near our house), I've wanted to try it out. I figured $1 was okay to waste if for some reason Cale didn't cooroperate and stay entertained the whole time. And he didn't.
I invited my friend with her 3 kids, and they all sat nicely, but Cale was NOT carved out to sit and be still watching tv. Perhaps if they were REAL animals, he would be more interested, but he has never been a really big fan of TV. He watches an occasional show, but his attention span for it is about 20-30 minutes. And that's about all we stayed.
I personally thought his behavior wasn't too out of the realm of those there (it was mainly small children and busloads of day care kids)...but he wanted to say "hi" to everyone, and point out things he saw on the screen, and oh, he hated the seats because they didn't stay straight. At any rate, we had a whole isle marked off (there were 6 of us and then a bunch of our youth group kids), but a middle-aged women was sitting next to us, (by herself...weird, I know) when I got back from getting popcorn. She was NOT happy to be sitting next to Cale (and by way of him, me). I didn't allow him to get past me to her, and he didn't even try to talk to her, yet she continued to huff and sigh throughout the short time we were there. My friend Patty seemed very concerned with Cale holding on to the seats in front of him, but what was I suppose to do? I tried to get him to sit on my lap, I bribed him with popcorn/candy, but no...he didn't want to be tied down. OH WELL.
A good try I guess. I told Tim about it, and we agreed that Cale just has ALOT of energy. He really needs an outlet for it EVERY DAY! We recently bought a trampoline and it is an excellent choice. Cale can just jump and jump forever. It really helps wear him down. The trampoline is fun for me too! :) Good exercise.
So, note this with the rest of our kids to come - Cale was not ready for the movie experience at 2 years, 3 months. Maybe in a year or so, we'll see.
END OF TALE. ;)
2 comments:
Hilarious! Leif is very much the same. I am always a little jealous of people who have kids who will sit...but then I think I would much rather have a kid with personality than one who sits well. Boring!
And that huffy woman sitting next to you... I'm sure she was just there to be huffy about kids "ruining" her animated movie experience. Maybe her day was just entirely too pleasant and she needed to be crabby about something.
I'm so glad that my son is not the only one who refuses to sit down. Even if he is watching something at home, he won't do it sitting down (sometimes if he has food, he will sit for a few minutes). I do like the idea of a trampoline to get out all of the energy. Where and what kind did you get that is good for a 2 year old? My son will be two in a few months.
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