the lorax

we had a family date to the movies tonight to see the Lorax. Grandma and Auntie joined us and we had a great time. Butterfly has been to the movies a few times but still gets so excited. She eagerly got her bag of popcorn and sat between Grandma and her Auntie and watched the movie with perfect attentiveness. But tonight was kind of a first for Ladybug. She tagged along as a baby but wasn't old enough to actually enjoy a movie and usually spent the last half terrorizing the lobby. But tonight was a lot of fun for her. I went into the theater first to pick a spot and watched as she tentatively poked her head in through the curtain. She took in the huge screen and the colorful animation for a moment and then her face split into a smile. It was adorable. We settled into our seats, AngelBaby promptly fell asleep in her carseat and stayed there for the first half of the movie. When she woke up, it was with happy little coos. The she sat contently on my lap for the rest of the movie being a perfect, quiet little angel. Meanwhile, Ladybug insisted on standing in the space between my legs and Daddy's legs. There she could watch the movie, turn to talk to us and steal sips from Daddy's soda. (Daddy liked this because she was his gofer and would take her little paper bag over to grandma and her auntie for popcorn refills which she happily shared with Daddy.) She had to announce to us each time the "monster" came onto the screen and identified "daddy, that's you!" in the movie (the hero of course). But the very best part was when I leaned over to Daddy and whispered "I think this is the brainwashing crazy liberal propaganda part." Ladybug heard it and immediately repeated by shouting "CRAZY LIBERAL PROPAGANDA!"

awesome.