Hooray for CARS!

WOW! The first one to comment ... my lucky day! I think I might take my two boys to see that movie ... shhh! as a 1st Day of Summer Surprise on a 90 degrees day tomorrow! I am going to MAKE TIME. A friend and I will be attending your workshop at SCRAPTACULAR on July 8 ... I am so stinking EXCITED; it will be a MAKE TIME kind of day! She paid me today for it!!!! :-) We cant wait! So, be prepared for picture taking moments! You are the star at our church crop time!!! Stay cool and I am SO GLAD Simon did so well; it takes time!!! My Joey (5 1/2) is alot like Simon. :-) Daphne

I loved that movie with my boys, too. My twins are 5 and every movie seems to have a scarry scene, where we need to leave. It's just so big, so loud, so dark. On the small screen, anything goes, but on the big screen it is a different story. So CARS was a definate 6 thumbs up. Both of the boys and I loved it, and yes, it did make the adults laugh out loud at times. Kudos to you to taking the courage to try a movie again.

oh ali that is SO SO COOL!!!!!!!!!! GO SIMON!!! yay!! what a wonderful day.... and amazing accomplishment. SO happy for you guys! :)

really, who doesn't love pixar ... added bonus for you that you enjoyed it too, huh?
I hope Simon knows how proud we all are of him!
-A

sounds like a great mom day. fun stuff.

two thumbs up for simon! :)

We took Carter to CARS today too for his 3rd birthday, and he liked it. We went during naptime, so he got antsy and was getting tired. He talked too and asked to go home in the middle, then fell asleep until right before the end. He liked the cars and had fun while he stayed awake though.
He got a new Lightning Mcqueen car at the movie too from mom and dad. He held onto it the whole movie....even when sleeping.
I am glad Simon had fun. I liked the movie and laughed quite a bit. We liked the Disney movies they showed at the end. We also got a kick out of the tractor tipping ;)

We went with our three boys last weekend and loved it! I am so glad Simon had fun--and you too! It thought it was a great movie on a lot of different levels. That was a big step for Simon today :)
Tracy Schmitt

awwww!! sounds perfect!
and pretty much what Connor did in the movie today. Seat. Lap. Seat. Lap. Floor. Lap. LOL....
DH and I were so happy he was "good" we got him a thomas train after it was over... the all important MURDOCH. He's a happy boy tonight... and it sounds like Simon is too!!
Hope your weekend is as fabulous as today! :)

You are such a great mom! All prepared, listening to your child's inner voice.
Pat yourself on the back, Ali and give
Chris a big hug. You two are the BEST
for Simon. What a lucky little guy!

Hi Ali,
I took Ethan to see Cars this week too - and he made it through it too!! I warned Christian that we may have leave if Ethan couldn't handle it - but he did awesome. It's liberating isn't it?! Good for you and good for Simon!!
Patricia

Awesome -
it's the little milestones in life that push us along the ultimate journey!
Enjoy!
K

I think he may have even been proud of himself.....that really says it all, doesn't it?

That is so great - it is so exciting when your child does something new - keep giving him chances and I bet most of the time he will reward you...

We LOVED that movie, truly had humor for everyone. The boys did great, but we are old hands at movies now.
Our 1st attempt at a theatre movie did not go well; we got there a little late, the lights were already down, and Zeb was NOT going into that dark room!! I have learned that an early arrival - but not too early - is very helpful. Also we see almost all our movies at the local theatre. We know the owners, and there's almost always a child from one of their classes there. So he has developed some reliable expectations about going to the movies, and that reduced his stress (and mine) considerably. And this theatre has coffee!! Yea for mom's drink!

Cars did rock! We took our kids to see it, and they all loved it. (I think even our 7 month old did too!) And I finished The Red Tent this weekend, thanks for recommending this book, we went up to DC so I got to read on the road. My husband kept wondering if I was gonna stop reading!

hooray Simon!!! what a great milestone for you, too, honey!

YAH! Tell him we are all so proud of him! I remember the first movie my litle guy sat through...such cool memories! What a wonderful treat for you!

Yay for you guys! That's a great step. Unfortunately my father-in-law wants to take my son so I won't get to see Cars until it's out on DVD, but I know he's going to love it.
Jess

Cool beans! Glad to hear he did so well and also glad to hear it was good. I need to have a Mama and Griffin day... so this would be a great idea. Have a fab weekend!