When the kids got home a few days ago one of the hot topics has been the movie Planes that came out yesterday. Jack was very excited about it. I was given a gift card to the movies for my birthday and decided that I would treat the kids to Planes this evening. It was a good movie and most of us had a good time. I can't quite say that Jack had a good time.
It has become quite apparent to me that Jack does not enjoy going to see movies in the theatre. That really should not come as a surprise as loud noises don't go over very well for him. The dark, probably not the best when combined with loud noises. He was nervous about going but thought it would be okay after Natalie gave him a pep talk - which she is expert in doing most of the time.
Just a few minutes after the movie began Jack started having a hard time and shortly thereafter we were on our way to the bathroom. False alarm. Nothing happened. He told me he was nervous and we should have just watched the movie at home. We went back in. After ten minutes or so we were back out to the bathroom. After that visit we were back inside for a while and then he needed to go once again. We talked about being brave. He said he was really nervous so I asked if he would like to have a little prayer before going back in. We did and then we went back and managed to get through the rest of the movie. There were some arm squeezes and still some nervousness but he pulled through.
At one point in the movie some of Dusty's friends help him. Jack was very emotional at this point of the film. It was a pretty special thing and I enjoyed watching Jack see and react to the goodness of his friends who were helping.
After the movie we were talking and I asked Jack about how he felt. He said he thought the movie was good but he wished we would have waited till it came out on DVD. He mentioned a couple of times how it was loud in the theatre. Then he said "It is quite raucous in there, too loud for me, we should wait for it to come out on DVD". Raucous, really? He is going in to the 4th grade. How many other 4th graders use the word raucous or even know what it means?
Well, grateful for family and for the things we experience together..
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