We knew we wanted to do something special with Grayson before Makenna was born. We want to make sure in all the craziness of bringing home a new baby he felt extra loved and important. We planned quite a fun afternoon for him. We started by packing a bag of popcorn and cookies. Two of his favorite things that he doesn't get on a typical day. Then we took him to his first movie at the theater. We saw Finding Nemo in 3D. He loved it! About half way through the movie he no longer wanted to wear the glasses (and he needed a bathroom break) but he still loved it. In fact, he made us all stay seated until the very end of the credits. I can honestly say that I've never sat through the entire credits of a movie until that day.
It's so much fun doing things like this with him because he finds joy in so many things. From being the one to hand the ticket to the guy checking us in, to choosing our seats, to eating cookies mixed with popcorn...he just loves life.
After the movie we took him for his first trip to McDonalds. We let him get his first happy meal which he thought was great, but the highlight was the play area. It was the first time we had let him go into a play area like that on his own. He was SO excited! I was ok with it until I realized that he'd climbed to the top and Adam was too big (as was my belly) to climb up to get him if we needed to. He was fine and kept playing until a soccer team of big kids took over and we decided it was time to go.
We all had such a great time, and we were hugely successful in making our boy feel loved!
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