THE MUPPETS!

When we were in Brighton for Thanksgiving, we took Charlie to the movies for the first time to see the new Muppets movie. We found out a long time ago that there was a new movie coming out around Thanksgiving, so the build up for it has been substantial. Charlie has been watching The Muppets Take Manhattan and Muppets from Space for the past year, so he is ALL about the Muppets. Every time we would pass the theater downtown Marquette, Charlie would run up to see the movie poster, and don't even get me started on when he saw the trailers on TV! We just had to keep telling him that when we went to Mimi & Papa's house, we would finally see it.

He was super excited the day before and the morning of the movie (we ended up going Thanksgiving Day morning). We got him his little kid's snack at the theater which included popcorn, gummy bears and a drink. He looked SO cute sitting in the seat munching on his snacks. The entire movie he was pointing out the character and saying there names and giggling, all while having a HUGE smile on his face. Unfortunately, we had a late and wakeful night the night before, so he ended up falling asleep on my lap with about 20 minutes left to go of the movie.

Overall we consider it a great success! He still talks about when we went to see the movie, so it's nice to know he remembers it and that we could probably take him again. It's experiences like these that make me feel like Charlie is growing up WAY too fast. He's becoming this big boy right before my eyes, and it makes me sad that I can't slow it down. On the other hand, it's so nice to be able to do things like going to the movies with him now. I'll keep the memories with me forever!

Waiting for the movie to start with Dad.

Munchin' on his popcorn.