First movie - July 10

J has been obsessed with the movie Cars lately. He had no idea there was a Cars 2 coming out, but we've been watching Cars once or sometimes twice a day now for probably 3 weeks. 
I don't understand the fascination but it still works as a nice downtime for J as he is long done naps. 
Auntie C, Uncle K and cousin E were going to Cars 2 as E's first movie too and were were invited to join in. Our little E wasn't feeling well and so Daddy stayed home to look after her and I took J to the movies alone - not alone, with my sister and brother in law and nephew! 
We had't intended to see it in 3D but it was only available in 3D here in the Park, so thats what we saw. 
I explained to J what we were going to do and he said "no thanks, I'll just watch Cars at home on my tv." Oops. I was hoping J would understand as I explained we were "going to see a Cars movie on a tv as big as our house." That got his attention. 
I was a bit worried about the 3D glasses and rightly so. He kept them on long enough for me to take his picture and that was it :) 
We arrived nice and early and got great seats but unfortunately for me, I think I used a lot of my "still child" time waiting for it to start. J filled up on popcorn and sat so nice and still but was a bit bored by the time the commercials, previews (there were way more than normal!) and short Toy Story cartoon were done. 
He sat on my lap most of the movie, fidgeted almost the whole time and I completely lost him for about 30 minutes in the middle where I was literally holding him onto my lap to stop him from walking away. 
He's still only 2. I think, looking back, he did great for a 2 year old. Because really, as often as we watch Cars at home, he maybe actually watches about 30%, the rest of the time he is usually colouring, or spelling, or playing with E. 
We had a great time. I hope he remembers this... it'll probably be another full year before I try again. 

Cheese!