Date Night With My Boys

I have been wanting to go to the drive-ins for awhile now, especially before we move to Utah. I still remember my first time going to the drive-ins when I was about 5. We went to see Arachnophobia with some friends. I really don't know how I didn't think that was a scary movie at the time. I remember having to put the speaker on the side of the car window and setting up lawn chairs and sleeping bags outside. I don't remember what the double feature was, but since then, my family would go occasionally and we always were able to bring friends. Jed and I have only gone once or twice, so it'd been years. We thought it would be fun to take Elijah with us. Jed wanted to take Elijah to see Kungfu Panda and it was playing at the Drive Ins, so we thought we'd make a night of it. We went to this super yummy Korean BBQ place (and it's all you can eat...score!) that we went to the last time we went to the Drive Ins. We thought Elijah would like it since you get to grill your own food, and we went to one in Japan and he really liked it.

The night started out great, and Elijah was so excited. He took a long nap and so was wide awake and he was just so excited for the movie and the prospect of "sleeping in the car". We hit a snag in the night though, when Elijah wanted to stay in the car instead of go into the restaurant for dinner because he wasn't hungry and he just wanted to go to the movie. Jed told him he needed to go inside, because little kids can't stay in the car by themselves, and if they do, the the police would come and have to take him back to us anyways, so he should just come in with us... yeah that was a HUGE mistake! After that, Elijah was so freaked out that the cops would come and take him away. He stayed in my lap throughout dinner and started to cry a few times at the thought that the cops were going to come to take him away. Poor little guy!

But as luck had it, there were some police officers having dinner at the restaurant and so Elijah went up to say hi to them. They were so nice and gave him a couple of stickers. After he met them, he was so much happier and he was excited again for the movie. He was still a little worried about getting taken away but by the end of the night he was over it. He loved the drive-ins. He wanted to sleep in the car and he totally got into the movie and the characters. He was cheering and loved the movie. It was a fun night out with my boys. 

I love my boys!