Austin Goes to the Movies!

So it's been snowing for what - a month straight? Although the idea of a white Christmas sounds good, it actually has been somewhat of a pain. I've been excited to enjoy this holiday season with Austin now that he's 2 and is super fun, but we haven't been able to do all the things we've wanted to do because of the weather. Today we were going to go to The Lights of Christmas at Warm Beach (rescheduled from a different snowed-in weekend) but the snow was still on the ground so we decided to go to the movies with Austin for the first time, which is very exciting for us. I got nervous beforehand because I thought of all the ways it could go wrong. However, we had two free passes and Austin was free so we really didn't have anything to lose. Once we got there I realized that I had nothing to worry about. I underestimated Austin's love of watching TV. He sat in my and Brian's lap almost the whole time, captivated by the movies (mostly the dogs and babies). We saw Marley & Me. He loves watching dogs on TV so that was a better bet than a cartoon, and more fun for Brian and me anyway. He did great, better than we could have hoped. When a scene would fade out, in the seconds before a new scene would begin, Austin would say "More?", scared that the movie had ended. He got up and walked around during the last 15 minutes of the movie, but that's fair for a 2 year old. When we left the movies, it was snowing big flakes once again!