We took Daisy to her first movie today. (Well, technically we took Dani too but since she slept and nursed through most of it, I'm not gonna count it.)
I got one not-so-great shot because Darin was giving me the "I-can't-believe-my-wife-is-taking-a-picture-with-a-flash-in-a-crowded-movie-theater" look. (He's pretty much perfected that one! :)
But I don't really care about the picture, because the whole experience was magical.
We took her to see a free 10am showing of "The Wizard of Oz". If you've spent much time around me at all, you know that this film is near and dear to my heart and I was just tickled that not only did I get to experience it in blue-ray on the big screen, but that my dear sweet daughter would forever have this experience to count as her first.
I was a little nervous morning-of. We've just begun venturing into the world of full-length films and about the longest she's stayed engaged at home is an hour and 30 minutes. I knew there were also some scary parts to this particular movie. So we talked to her at home before we went. She was thrilled with the idea of a movie in a huge theater (oh man, I wish I had a camera on her the moment her eyes lit up the way they did) and understood there would be some scary parts. I was also fully prepared to leave the theater if we needed to (part of the reason we went to a free showing!) and we gave up our usual "Nemo stays in the car" rule and let her bring her beloved orange friend into the theater with us.
Daisy was patient in line, and her eyes got huge as we entered the semi-lit theater and found some seats (thankfully, on the aisle). She wanted her own seat, and sat, literally, on the edge for most of the entire show. She talked during a few scenes: "Oh no, Mama, her dog runned away." She danced in her chair during the songs. And her Papa & I made "isn't this amazing?" eyes at each other over her for most of the movie. The only part that scared her was near the end when the witch and her cronies are chasing Dorothy and her friends. And I happily let her curl up on my lap and encouraged her to look away. But she bravely kept watching and settled in for the happy ending.
As we were leaving the theater she looked up at us and said "that was really really fun."
Yes, it really really was.