A few weeks back we brought Ryan to the movies for the first time. He didn’t have a clue what a movie is, neither did he understand what cinema meant. But all that was before he stepped foot into one.
When we saw that the final Shrek was showing at the cinema, we thought it was a great time to start introducing him to the movie. Before we brought him there, I made sure to expose him to some Shrek movies in case he may not like the show after all if he watched it for the first time at the movies.
So I bought him the first Shrek movie on CD and he totally enjoyed it. Thanks to his aunt, he also has a Shrek figurine from McDonald’s Happy Meal 
It’s a really precious toy to him.
He was captivated by the beautiful Princess Fiona but at the end of the show when she chose to be an ogre forever, he was a little upset and said he didn’t want to watch it again because the pretty girl turned into the green thing!
In any case, I didn’t give up and bought him the second sequel and he watched it anyway. When asked whether he preferred the first or second Shrek, he still liked the first one. Actually, so did we. The only thing that was funny in the second one was Puss In Boots.
So after we have gauged his interest in Shrek, we finally told him that we will go to the movies and watch the final one. We skipped the third sequel actually. But it didn’t matter, we enjoyed ourselves anyway.
Ryan was quite anxious about going to the cinema since we spoke so much about it. The day that we had the movie date, he even told his babysitter that he wanted to take his nap earlier that day because we were going to pick him up early so that we can go for the movie Good boy he was!
When we got there that night, he was treated to some popcorn for the first time too. He sure did have the full-fledge feel of being at the cinema Throughout the movie he sat still and comfortably (we brought his favourite bolster and a small blanket to keep him warm and fuzzy). He asked some questions once in a while and he laughed often too. There was one particular part that he laughed so loudly and quite long too, that someone from the front seat turned around to see the kiddo who was laughing so hard. Real cute.
It wasn’t just him who enjoyed the cinema experience, I think we all did. Not just the show, but seeing how he enjoyed himself too. He wants to go again and we’ve agreed. The next show we will bring him for is Toy Story 3. I think he’ll enjoy that one as well. I know I will
