family movie night

SJ has wanted us to have a family movie night for awhile.  Unfortunately, soccer has tied up most of our evenings.  Last week, SJ asked again if we could have a family movie night.  Our local movie theater has $4 movies on Wednesday nights.  That is one of Bob's soccer practice nights.  So, SJ did go to see The Three Stooges with his dad last week (Bob and I weren't interested) on a Wednesday evening.  SJ said it was "sort of funny", but my husband didn't enjoy it.  (I guess Bob and I were right to not be interested!) 

He asked again if we could have a family movie night.  Tuesdays are our only free evening.  So, the four of us headed to our local theater to see Pirates:  Band of Misfits.  It is a claymation movie.  The boys love claymation.  Wallace and Gromit is one of their favs.  The movie theater was so dead that night that I thought it was closed.  It wasn't.  I guess Tuesday is a very slow night.  There was no one on box office.  A sign indicated that we were to pay for tickets at concession. 

SJ and I made our way to the concession stand.  I paid for 2 adults and 2 children (really I only paid for 1 child, since Bob's class had won a free pass for a Box Tops prize), a small popcorn, a lemonade, an M & M's and a box of Milk Duds.  The boys had gone off to the theater with my husband and I followed them with their treats. 

My husband hollered, "It may be tough to find a seat."  I saw him laughing at his own joke when I saw that we were the only ones in the theater.  SJ was on the side and Bob was in the same row as my husband (but he was considerably distanced).  After I distributed the snacks, SJ moved to the back of the theater where he remained until the movie was over. 

It was kind of cool to be in the theater by ourselves.  I haven't been in a theater by myself since I worked at a theater during my college days.  The movie was very funny and it held both boys' attention.  The four of us haven't been to a show since we saw The Adventures of Tin Tin.  And I believe it was winter coat weather then.  I am glad that SJ kept insisting that we make time for this activity.  We will have to make a priority to do this much more often.  Soccer or not.