Bungled Movie Day

I took the kids to see The Princess and the Frog today and it was a disaster. Here is the story-

I have a friend, K, who also has a two year old, E, and E has never been to the movie theater. K has been asking me to go with her and E as she was thinking that having Corbin there would show E how to act. Since we have all been snowed in we decided to go today with all three kids. I should have known that the churning in my stomach was not hunger but my instincts saying "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!!” We got to the movie on time, a miracle, and we went to some good seats. We went to a 12:50 showing on Sunday thinking that it would not crowd, we were wrong. Everything was good through the previews. I was so proud! I had packed both kids blankets, snacks, and two Sippy cups each. Corbin ad Caura were sitting like angles watching the screen. Caura was even falling asleep! About thirty minutes in to the movie, a great move by the way, Corbin stands up as begins to announce the theater that he needed to poop. He said "I need to poop! I need to go potty! The po po is coming out of by bottom". I almost laughed at myself because here I was thinking "Oh this is a great example for E and K to see how it is done", what do they say something like pride comes before the fall. Well we fell and we fell fast. Also Corbin is NOT potty training right now. I mean sure he has been wearing for pull ups for almost a year and we have a small plastic potty in each bathroom but he does not go in the potty or even ask to go the potty on a regular basis. So, K said she would hold Caura, I gathered up the diaper bag (not knowing what to expect), and Corbin and I maneuvered our way through the innocent bystanders and to the restroom. To my ultimate dismay there was NOT a changing station in the bathroom. I panicked and checked the door, maybe I was in the men’s room, but there was a neat little woman shape on the door but no changing station inside. OK so I went in the handicapped stall and began to peel off Corbin's pants. There was NOTHING in his pull up. He wanted to sit on the potty, so I put him up there and he did NOTHING. He said he was done and we headed back to the theater. When I got in to the hall way I found K standing there holding Caura and E, with a defeated look on her face. She said that E did not want to stay after Corbin left and now E wanted to go home. She asked me if I could go get her stuff. I, not wanting to face the other movie goers again, said that I would stay with the kids while she got the stuff. While in the hall way E said he wanted to go into the theater, so we went in. K sat with him by the door and we went back to our seats. OK now we could relax and enjoy the movie. It did not take long for E to decide that he did want to go home and I saw K take him out the side door. It was not long after that when Corbin got the urge to poop again. (OK so yesterday I bribed him with candy to pick up his toys; maybe I am paying for that tactic now!) and he once again announced it to while theater. Now I was done. I began packing up ALL of our things, suddenly feeling like I have over packed for a 90 minute movie, and trying to get us out of there so others could enjoy the, Oh so good, movie. In this process Caura hit her head, Corbin was screaming about poop, and I was franticly trying to cram all our stuff in the bags. When we got out of the theater Corbin began crying for his cup. I looked for the one that was out, the other one was at the bottom of the overflowing bag, and realized that I had left it in the theater. The cup had to be sacrificed! We made it to the car and home. By the time we got home both kids were asleep and I was able to relax with a Dr. Pepper and expelling this story on my blog. The moral of this story is that you should never think that you are the best mom in the room because your toddlers will surely put you in your place and you should always have one adult for each toddler ANY time you go in public. For anyone who would have gotten annoyed by our children in the theater today then SORRY but it was a kid’s movie and it WAS during the matinee.