First Movie

I took Carter and Rylan to their first movie at a theater today. Regal has free movies on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. We met Sarah (with Mary Grace) and Erin (with Cooper & Lily) at the Turkey Creek theater and watched The Polar Express.

I put Rylan in our Chicco stroller and we were able to sit on an end so I could put the stroller next to the seat. The theater has stadium seating so we had to get the stroller down a few steps but it wasn't too difficult.

The boys did really well considering the movie was 1 hour and 40 minutes long. Carter LOVED the popcorn that Sarah shared with us. I think this was the first time he'd had popcorn. Sarah tried taking a picture of us and Carter was stuffing his face ...

Rylan got fussy after about 45 minutes so I ended up holding him for about half the movie. Luckily he only started screaming a couple of times and I was able to settle him down in less than a minute both times.

Carter sat still for the beginning of the movie while he was still hungry and eating popcorn, grapes I brought for him, and Mary Grace's animal crackers. He started getting antsy about half way through the movie and there were some challenges to get him to stay in our aisle but we managed. Sarah helped out too and even held both Carter and Mary Grace on her lap for awhile!

Carter did sit in his own seat for awhile during the movie but I think he could only see the top half of the screen because he's so small!

Overall, it wasn't too stressful and I think Carter enjoyed trying out something new.

After the movie, Sarah and Mary Grace went with us to the park. Sarah was nice enough to pick us both up some food from McAllister's while I fed Rylan and Carter took a short nap in the car.

We went to Anchor Park and the playground was completely deserted (I've never been there when it's been empty). Sarah, Rylan, and I sat under a tree in the shade while Mary Grace and Carter played in the giant sandbox. I've never let Carter play in the sand before because it's usually super crowded and I usually don't want to have to clean Carter up. Even though he was soaked with sweat and the sand stuck to him, it wasn't too hard to clean him up. But most importantly, Carter had lots of fun even though it was super hot (luckily it was also super breezy)!

Before we left, we let the kids play on the playground for a few minutes. Carter even tried out a big slide!


During Carter's nap this afternoon, Rylan hung out in his swing for a little bit. It almost looks like he's smiling in this picture ...


Here's a short video of Rylan in the swing and grunting (you can also hear Carter in the background over the monitor as he was trying to settle down and fall asleep) ...