Let's go to the movies! Let's go see the stars!

Today I took Clara to her first movie at the theatres. They offer these "Reel Mom" movies where you can go and take your kids with you. We went to check it out today and saw "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith". Clara did SO well, she is such a wonderful baby. At first I was not sure how it was going to go because she was so confused and a little scared during the previews. I think the screen might have been a little much for her in the beginning. I held her to me with her face towards me. When she gathered enough courage she turned her head and arm around (I will never forget how that looks, so sweet and innocent) and when she had enough or something on the screen scared her, she turned back into me and hid her head in my chest. And after a few moments or if a sound that she thought was interesting enough to turn around, she would turn and check it out again. It was so nice to know that I was able to comfort her though this new experience but she was brave enough to power through it enough to be comfortable through the whole movie.

She watched the movie for a while in my lap, watching the movie a bit and then decided to turn around and watched all the people watching the movie. Some kids were going up and down the stairs so she had to check them out too. After a while, she got a little bored and she played with her book until it made her angry. I fed her for a little while and eventually got up and rocked her to sleep. She might have slept for half an hour in her carseat until some noise from the movie woke her up. She then watched the rest of the movie in my lap. She was SO good, better than I had expected. The funniest part is she started humming while she was playing with her book again and when the movie was silent, you could hear her :).

I am glad she liked the movies and we will go again next week. Can't wait!

Oh, I forgot to mention that I am a freak and I had to bring the Wet Wipes with me and I wiped down the seat around me before I sat down. I know, I know, but hey, she touched it and I did not freak out because I had wiped it down!