Today was such a special day, or at least this morning was super-special.
Today, I took my two girls, ages 5 and 3, to their very first movie at a movie theater. I know, that's unthinkable, that they're that old and hadn't been to the movies yet, but times are tight, content is bad, and behavior is volatile, so there you are.
It was so awesome, and I'm so thankful that I got that special moment all to myself . I'm also glad that we waited until they were older to take them to the movies for the first time. They'll remember that all their lives.
The movie was Charlotte's Web, the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon version that I grew up with and hadn't seen in 25 years, at least. Georgie was already familiar with the story--we read the book last year when she was 4.
The girls behaved wonderfully during it. Lily just sat on my lap and lay back against me the whole time, and Georgie beamed almost throughout and leaned her head on my shoulder several times. She knew what was about to happen before it happened, of course, but the whole experience seemed to thrill her immensely.
Tonight, she's been writing a song called "Did You Ever Stop to Ponder," about losing a friend, no doubt inspired by the story.
