little drummer boy

the kids' school's church had a family movie night screening of the little drummer boy - aka the new veggietales movie.  we actually have a copy that maddux got for his birthday, but we have waited to watch it at this event.

it was cute.  they had all the kids make 'drums' on their way in (styrofoam sandwich containers covered with Christmas themed stickers) and then had them 'drum' while we sang "the little drummer boy" Christmas carol before the movie.  then they explained how the drummer boy isn't in the bible, but that it uses Jesus' birth as its inspiration.

everyone is invited to wear pajamas to the movie.  here is our crew waiting for the show to start.  mason is in that squinty, nostril 'smile' phase that makes a good group picture difficult to come by.

and i was there too...

i wasn't sure how maddux would do during the movie.  i actually thought that he might fall asleep.  he wasn't noisy and didn't cry, but he kept touching the lady in front of us so i took him out to walk around.  mason kept switching back and forth from walking with us and sitting with matt and madelyn.

after the movie they offered a 'bed time snack'.  there was more sugar than we would normally let our kids eat that late, but let them have their treats since this was a special outing.  mason wasn't looking for the first picture, so he requested to have his picture taken again once he was ready to 'smile'.  madelyn leaned in at the last second which is why she looks surprised.

i think that we would do this again if the movie was something of interest to the kids.  it was a nice family night out and i think we all enjoyed it.  the best part was that we were home only a few minutes past bedtime.  love.