The Lorax

After Christopher's exciting morning in the ER,

{have no idea what I'm talking about?  VIDEO LINK}
We wanted to reward Hannah for being such a patient girl

and take her to her very first movie in the theater - The Lorax.

Being the cheapskate that I am, I snuck in candy -

Life Saver gummies fit perfectly on toddler fingers

and red vines, a theater staple, are nostalgically delicious -

but Chris still bought a soda and popcorn - 

which Hannah ate by the handful.

The movie started with LOTS of trailers.

Frankenweinie is just what it sounds: Frankenstein meets kid's dead dog.

But since it's by the creators of Nightmare before Halloween

- which I've always found utterly creepy -

The trailer was mainly black and white 

and seemed to creep Hannah out as well.  

There was a new movie from the creators of Coraline

which was so creepy that I didn't even pay attention to the plot.

And then the movie started.

Right away the bright colors, upbeat music 

and happy dance numbers sucked Hannah in.

She rocked back and forth happily and 

only looked away from the screen to grab another 

handful of popcorn or red vine from the box.

The first 60 minutes the movie completely held her attention.

Then things began to go South a little.

Chris had to take her out of the theater for a couple minutes, 

but she returned calm and composed

and watched the second half of the movie in 90% silence.

Really, what more could you ask from a 17 month old?

Bonus - she was free since she's under 3 years old.

Of course Chris and I each paid $10.50 for our tickets.  Yeeoch!

I love her little 'sprigs' pigtails.  

Just imagine them bopping back and forth 

to an animated dance number.  Cute, right?