...to recap our night

...at the drive-in.

What fun we had!

love the view

Mark had a long weekend this weekend and we took advantage of the extra day by staying out super late on Sunday evening!

There is a drive-in movie theatre in Black River, NY.  They play a double feature several nights each week and it is less than a ten minute drive from our home.

We Mark loaded up sleeping mats, sleeping bags, chairs, and bug-spray into the back of the truck and we all climbed in so excited to see not only one, but two movies!  Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days of Summer and Ice-Age 4 Continental Drift.

Abbey finally fell asleep near the end of Ice Age.

I am not certain the kids realize how special it was that they were able to experience this activity.

Some things I learned:

• That Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days is actually a pretty funny movie.
• That as much as I love Scrat...it is time for the Ice-Age franchise to be complete.
• At one time there were over 4000 drive-in theaters across the country and now there are less than 400.
• This was a surprisingly inexpensive family evening.  Snacks AND sodas AND admission:  $35.  
• AND there are no germy movie seats involved!  (This is a special note to my friend Beth)
• A family of six can lay rather cozily in the back of a pick-up truck together.
• It isn't all that comfy to lean against the cab of the truck for the duration of two feature-length movies.
• A sleeping little one in my arms made it all much more bearable.

Will took this picture during intermission:  Audrey never moved.

I hope there is something playing again soon that we'll all enjoy!