Up

We took Carson to see his first movie this week - the Pixar film "Up". We had no idea how he would do - he doesn't watch much TV at home and sitting still isn't really his thing. But he did do really well. He seemed fascinated by the big screen, although a little weirded out by the dark and other people. But the bag of popcorn seemed to seal the deal. For the first half of the movie, he happily watched the movie, munching on popcorn and pointing.

Enter the mean dogs. Every cartoon movie has it's scary part. Up has scary, mean dogs. This totally freaked Carson out. First he climbed on Daddy's lap and when the mean dogs didn't go away, Chris took him out to the hall. We tried unsuccessfully to bring him back in, but everytime the dogs came on or there was a loud noise, Carson got upset. So we had to leave. It was a bummer, but totally understandable. He just didn't get that they weren't real. We'll give him a little more time and then try it again.