Movie Monday

Our first full day with Daddy at work and both Grandma and Grandpa helping out at home.  Jeanne decided we should celebrate with lunch out at La Cannelle, a neighborhood restaurant.  Really not even a "neighborhood" restaurant as it is located in the same block as the apartment and a number of other shops.  An excellent lunch; the proprietor and waitress are enamored of Juliet, the food is terrific, and we get to take turns holding James.  I'm glad Jeanne is able to get out of the apartment as that is so important for a new mom's mental health!

Juliet is able to squeeze in a nap between 2 and 3:30.  She is a little tearful setting off for the movies without her mom.  Even Grandpa is a little new for her, so she clutches Grandma's hand tightly as we leave the apartment complex.  However once she realizes that with both Grandma and Grandpa's hands she can swing like a monkey, she gets friendly again with Grandpa very quickly!  We wend our swinging way to the Metro and into Paris.

The movie is "Turbo", about a snail who dreams of racing, and the theater is near the Palais Guarnier at Opera.  The Palais is absolutely gorgeous and I remember how spectacular the interior is; I saw it after it had been renovated a few years ago.  The movie theater is quite nice inside also, with lovely plush red seats.  The ticket seller asks if Tom and I are seniors.  We say no since the sign says "65 and older"; she presses us again and I answer that we're 63.  Later when we check our ticket stub we discover she charged us the senior rate!  Guess we should be grateful and not wonder whether we look older than we are...

There are about a half dozen previews for kids' shows before the feature starts.  Juliet is rapt watching those previews.  When the film starts she pays close attention.  I notice that she reacts to the surround sound by turning her head toward the sound as it comes from the side of the theater.  Some parts of the movie are a bit scary for her; I can't remember at what age children are able to differentiate between reality and what's on a movie screen (or an Ipad these days).  The last half hour of the film Juliet asks several times "Is this the finish?"  and I tell her it's coming soon.  Overall she is very good and very patient.  We skip and jump and swing our way home again, and at the dinner table she announces, "I'm just going to play a little bit and then go right to bed!"  Three firsts today:  James is four weeks old, Juliet sees her first full-length movie in a theater, and Juliet readily admits she's tired and will go to bed without prodding!  What a day!!