You Can't Say I Didn't Warn You
There are very few things I truly fear in life. There's death, centipedes, ravenous face-eating wolves, thoughts of the animatronics in It's a Small World coming to life and trying to destroy me while I'm stuck on that little boat with the song playing on an endless loop . . . and taking Alexis to the movie theater.
I really don't know why taking her to a movie freaks me out. She has been to a handful of movies now and has consistently been pretty well-behaved, except for that whole Wall*E debacle where she was all, "WHY ARE THEY NOT TALKING?" a few thousand times. Loudly. When they weren't talking and therefore weren't drowning out her chatter. Anyway, I suppose I always think THIS will be the time. The time that she turns into a fireball of annoying as she begins spewing questions, proving that she doesn't need a magaphone to make sure half the universe can hear her, making ridiculous demands, and generally acting like a fool. I just don't want to be there for it.
Tomorrow she and her entire preschool are going to see Toy Story 3. Together. As a field trip. I don't know how many kids total that is, but anything more than one? HOLD ME.
I won't even be there. Yet, the thought of 20-30 preschoolers corralled together into a dark theater scares the crap out of me. There could very well be an uprising of the short person variety tomorrow.
If the world ends, I'm sorry. I tried to warn you, but there wasn't really anything I could do to stop the horror.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Reader Comments (14)
If the movie could hold my 3 year old's attention, than it can hold ANYONE's attention. He can be quite the handful. ;)
At least you don't have to chaperon, right?
Oy I do not envy those teachers, or the other people in the cinema :)
Ha! That is a chilling thought. I wish the best to whomever will be there supervising them. The way you write that about an uprising of the short person variety, FROM A MOVIE THEATER, totally gave me the visual of the first Gremlins movie. If you haven't seen it, sorry for a useless movie reference. If you *have* seen it, sorry for bringing up memories of that scene. :-) (But your post did it first, I swear!)
You know, it's going to be fine. We went to a movie once where a whole camp load of kids came in. I was worried at first, but it actually turned out to be okay. I just had to lower my expectations at little. They're not going to be perfect, but I bet it will be a lot of fun. For them. Not necessarily for anybody else. :)
Those poor teachers! When my dad took me to my first movie (The Rescuers), he took my little friend along. Half way through the movie she projectile vomited everywhere. My poor dad! I think it was a while before he took me to another movie.
I am thinking about taking our boys to see it (it would be their first time at an actual theatre). Let me know how it goes!
I can only wish good luck to the chaperones and hope the showing is a closed event.
My husband took our 4yo and he screamed at the scary part and wouldn't stop screaming. They had to come home early because of it. I feel sorry for those teachers. My thoughts are with them.
Oh my. They are either really, really brave or very, very dumb. You might want to bring a bottle of alcohol with you when you pick up Alexis. For them if it didn't go well and for you if it did and she won't. stop. talking. about it! :)
That is hilarious, my son's daycare is going tomorrow too. Thankfully he isn't old enough, yet, because he will either get scared of the dark and loud noises and start screaming and be scared for life, or start yelling "That Buzz Lightyear" and "Thats Woody" or "He's a dino-saure." I am fairly certain the school age kids would beat him until he was quiet.
I wish your child's teachers the best of luck.
We are 'funny' about taking little kids to the movie too. We just don't want THAT to happen!!
We did take the boys to see it over the weekend and they both did well, even the 3 yr old. God Bless!
Yeah. Confession time. I was SO freaked about taking the boys, especially BB, that I had my mom do it the first time. I'm a chicken. They did fine. We did take them to see TS3, and I was pleasantly surprised. LB sat on the edge of his seat the whole time. BB only yelled at the screen once when he wanted a certain outcome.
But, yes, I understand what you're saying.
*shudder* God help those teachers. Um...does this movie have any educational value? Why is the school taking them? Hmmmm. :-) Just kidding.
I'm also hoping it was a closed event! HA!
My girl is still just not ready for a movie theater. She barely can sit through a 20 minute show without losing interest. I'm hoping she'll be ready by next year.
I'm always amazed about Alexis's ability to watch live dance shows. Doesn't she sit still and quiet through the whole thing? But I guess movies are different since they are similar to watching something on TV at home.