With the boys away for the week Chris and I took advantage of a dusk to dawn showing at a local-ish drive in. We are about one hour drive from three different drive ins. We absolutely love taking the boys. It is so much fun to pile everyone up in the back of the car with blankets and pillows to watch movies on a huge screen. We used to all fit in the car but this year it was apparent that the boys have outgrown that, with Seamus very quickly reaching my own height we just don't have the room.Chris and I have been pushed outside with lawn chairs. Zero gravity lawn chairs are an incredibly comfortable way to watch a movie under the dark summer sky!!
Being that the movie list is limited to the boys ages and appropriateness we don't always get to go when the line up doesn't work. Flying solo, or dual I suppose, meant that we could go and watch movies Chris and I had been looking forward to. On top of that we could go to the all night quadruple feature! All for $24, you cannot beat that! The boys actually would easily make it through a dusk to dawn event but the movies after 2 am aren't usually directed to them. It is not so easy for Chris and I, but we did it. We made it through all 4 movies (The Change Up, Crazy, Stupid Love, Bridesmaids, and Bad Teacher) and home before we crashed. Once our head's hit the pillow however we were out.
I was a little worse for wear the next day. I didn't get to sleep in as long as I would have liked due to our dog needing some care. She didn't really sleep much during the movies but that didn't seem to phase her at 9 am when she wanted breakfast. It didn't matter to her that we had only got in less than 3 hours before. It was worth the sleep deprivation though. Cuddling together under the stars is so much fun.
How long has it been since you been to a drive in? Find one and go! They are perfect for families with babies and toddlers. Parents with tiny ones get to watch what they want while their little ones sleep. They are none the wiser as they doze in the back. Babies are portable they can go almost anywhere. For that matter I used to take the baby to the theatre too, we watched while the baby nursed and slept in the sling. If they got fussy I just walked out in the hall until they settled. Actually Eoin has been to concerts too. He took in a Great Big Sea Concert when he was just 5 months old, we just made sure he had the added protection of ear plugs. You don't have to limit all your activities when children arrive or leave them behind with babysitters....although that is nice at times too ( I write as my children are gone visiting for a week without us ;) ). The more we start including our children in social activities the more normalized it will become.
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