Movie Night

We decided to reinstitute Family Movie Night tonight. Before Jayden was born and when he was younger, we always ate pizza or something like that on Friday night and watched a movie. It's been pouring rain all day, so we decided to do that again tonight.

We went to Blockbuster and rented Madagascar. We got Jayden in his pajamas and all washed up. Then we made some popcorn, got drinks, and sat down on the couch. Jayden thinks he's really big when he gets to eat popcorn from his own bowl, so he was grinning and looking at us like it was the best thing in the world.

We watched the previews, and that went well. He was excited until...Alex the Lion came on screen. He screamed. Then they went to Marty the Zebra, and he seemed okay. But when Alex came back on, Jayden started screaming again. He jumped up and started hugging me. He had these huge tears rolling down his face. It was so pitiful!

We turned off the movie and watched the penguin special feature they have on it. He liked that, and then he went to bed. We watched the movie. I'd seen it, but Brian hadn't. I guess next week we'll get something less scary for him.