Let's All Go To The Movies!

Remember Daddy Warbucks? He was the bald millionaire who adopted orphan Annie in the movie named after that cute little redhead. Arguably his most famous line was when they zoomed in on his animated face and he proclaimed "Let's all go to the movies!". The clip oftens plays during previews when they show the long nostalgic montage showing the best lines from movies of yore. Its such a vivid image, I often dream about Daddy W. and Mr. Clean fighting over who has the balder head. Where am I going with this post you ask? Well its not where I'm going, its where we went. If you didn't figure it out from the title, the Sivitz family ventured out to the movies for the first time this week. But wait, a 3-month old in a quiet movie theater? That doesn't sound like a good idea. True, but we thought the same thing too so we stepped back in time and went to the Drive-In. Yes, San Jose has a Drive-in theater. Complete with a covered concession stand and staggered large parking spaces that not only create a better view of the movie, but offer a much bigger buffer in case your car should turn into a screammobile. Our little Claire did scream a couple of times but overall she was pretty good. In fact, I think she only screamed when we forced her to watch the terrible movie on-screen. We saw "Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past", which Sarah had no trouble getting me to go see because of my deep down infatuation with Jennifer Garner. However, it really wasn't a very good movie and I'd reccommend you save a few bucks and go stick your head in the freezer for 2 hours if you want a similar experience. The best part about the whole experience was the satisifcation that Sarah and I got from looking over at the car next to us at the end of the movie and seeing a couple strapping their young twins into car seats and driving off. At least now we know where to go if we're looking to meet other parents in the future.