Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Movie Night

When Darrin and I first found out we were having a little girl, I immeditely started dreaming of the days when we would go see silly chick flicks together. I would take her to the El Capitan Theater, spending a fortune to watch a Disney movie and do the Princess tea afterwards. I dreamt of snuggling on the couch, eating popcorn and laughing at whatever movie we chose that night. And tonight....I got my first glimpse that the dream is turning into a reality.

We recieved Tangled today via Netflix and I was SO excited. We've been wanting to watch it for awhile and were excited that it finally arrived. I asked Rylee if she wanted to have a movie night tonight once Daddy got home. I told her we could get all the pillows and blankets out, pop popcorn and watch Tangled. She was so excited about it. But late into the evening, we found out daddy had to work late and couldn't join us. Rylee was so upset. She pouted and (pretended to) cried and said "That makes me SO SAD!!!!!" :) It was cute, but a bit heartbreaking at the same time. We didn't let it stop us though and went full force with our movie night plans! Together, we popped popcorn on the stove, grabbed blankets and snuggled up on the couch.
See our freshly popped popcorn??? YUMMY!!



I put in the movie and she giggled as the Disney theme scene flashed across the screen (you know, the one with the blue background, the castle and the fireworks). She ate popcorn happily .......and about 20 minutes into it she was sound asleep (on me, no less. She never falls asleep on me.). :) At least I got a little bit of snuggle time. :) This just reminds me how much I'm loving each stage of her life. When she was an infant, I would catch myself dreaming of these kinds of moments...when she was older and we could do fun stuff together. But I had to quicly pull myself back to reality and not foget to cherish the moments we were in. I didn't want to look back and be disappointed that I spent time dreaming of days to come, that I missed the present. And I'm doing the same now. I'm not thinking about the future, I'm just enjoying the little things: a movie, a bowl of popcorn and my sweet baby girl.
Oh and PS -- the movie was AMAZING. So cute, so classic.....and yes, I cried. :)

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