Where is everybody?

So Cole and I went to the movies this week. He can barely sit still for a meal let alone for a 90 minute flick so our trip to the theater was his first ever. It was a gamble of sorts as I had taken him to the kid's live theater twice this past winter and nearly 30 minutes in, he was ready to go but with a Groupon to Fandango about to expire, I said to myself, let's go! So off we went to see Kung Fu Panda 2!

Cole was sooo excited as we made our way up the escalator to the fancy schmancy new cinema here in St. Louis Park. It was midday on a Monday (school isn't out yet) and the foyer was EMPTY. He wanted to get popcorn which he promptly spilled as he turned to RUN down the corridor. :-) We made our way into the barely lighted theater only to find that we had the entire place to ourselves. I thought for sure that at least someone else would show but as the initial trailers began to run and the lights dimmed, NO ONE did. I thought it was cool, Cole kept asking "where is everybody?" He was a bit distressed by it but soon was distracted by the booming Dolby Surround Sound. I haven't even thought about the noise/loudness factor which Cole is very sensitive to. He was a bit shocked during the first really loud piece and I became worried that our maiden trip to the movies would be short-lived but he settled in and except during some scary scenes when he burrowed into my lap, genuinely enraptured by the movie screen.

As the movie ended and the lights came up, he seemed a bit disoriented. It was as if he forgot where he was and that he and I were the only ones there. I asked him if he had a good time and he smiled and said "yeah, that was cool, the good guys won, can we come back and see the new CARS movie tomorrow?". I gave him a big hug and told him that CARS 2 would be playing in a few weeks and we would come back with Daddy! He jumped up and down, shedding the tiny little pieces of popcorn that had become stuck to his shirt/shorts. We both laughed and then he then stopped and said "well, I hope there are more people next time we come since there are so many seats!"