Our kids are not old enough to go to the movies yet. Not even close.

This afternoon, we decided to try to take the kids to Transformers 2. Ava hasn’t been to a movie in the theater since she was less than a year old and Kelvin has never been to a movie. So we were cautiously optimistic. We thought Ava would be old enough to sit still and eat lots of popcorn and we thought Kelvin would be young enough to sit on my lap and eat his snacks. But it didn’t quite work out that way.

We got there in time to see the 3:00 movie, but it was completely full, so we had to wait for the 3:30. The kids used up all their good behavior waiting for the movie and by the time it started, Kelvin was fussy and Ava was trying to run away. I tried standing with Kelvin on the edge of the theater near the door, but Ava wanted to be by me, too, and she was really noisy. I ended up having to take them out in the hall before Shia LeBeouf even came on the screen.

Once we got out there, I was sitting there wondering how on earth I would keep them busy for another 2.5 hours. I was pretty sure going back to watch the movie was not going to be in the cards for us. In the end, I decided to just take the kids home and come back to get Chad when the movie was over. Ava was completely in agreement, luckily!

It took about 5 minutes to get them both out to the car and buckled in (we had to park really far away). I got in the driver’s seat only to realize I’d left my keys at home. I had to get the kids out and take them back into the theater and text Chad to ask for his keys (luckily he remembered to turn his phone on vibrate!).

Needless to say, after that disaster, we’ve decided to wait awhile before we ever attempt this again! I can just stay home and get just as much exercise on the treadmill instead of walking back and forth in the hot theater parking lot!