The Lorax!

The last time we took our children to the movie I spent half of it in the lobby entertaining Christopher while Donnie tried to keep a hyper active Krista under control and a noise intolerant Alex to stop plugging his ears and complaining that it was too loud.  Needless to say no one really saw much of the movie, and even to this day there is a chunk of Despicable Me that I have not seen.  Because of this, we were not in much of a hurry to take them back, at least not as a whole family.  Well this weekend, we decided it was time to test the waters again.

The Lorax on Krista's mind from the time she heard the first preview.  We had been holding off but broke down on Sunday and took a trip to Azalea Square with Regal gift certificate in hand.  Once each of the children was settled in with there snacks, an amazing thing happened.  They WATCHED to movie.  No whining, plugging ears, or dancing in the isles at all.  Krista and Alex stayed that way the entire time.  They were entranced and loving the songs and silly jokes.  At one point Chris did ask to go home, but once I said no, he was able to accept it and finish watching through the end.  It may not have been his favorite movie, but he behaved wonderfully.

We asked the kids what their favorite parts of the movie were.  Alex said he loved when the trees started growing back.  Krista liked when the Lorax came back.  Christopher, well he liked when they kissed.  I just have a feeling he is going to be the one that I have to really watch as year pass. . .