Outdoor Movie

Last year I began to see people posting on blogs about doing outdoor movies. It sounded like so much fun to me and I was determined to put one together. I put it on our Summer Bucket List this year and finally planned it for last Friday (the night before Palmer's friend birthday party...not my brightest planning moment. Last week was CRAZY busy!!!) We sent these little invitations to the houses in our neighborhood.

Wouldn't you know it, it rained and rained and rained the day of the movie. We were so sad that we might not be able to do it. Luckily I have some pretty cool and determined neighbors and everyone agreed that if it even cleared up just for the movie, we were in. Guess what? It cleared up about 1 hour before the movie!!!  I have to mention that just about as soon as we had everything packed inside, it started pouring again!
Most of the neighbors showed up and the movie was on! The grass was totally swampy, but most of the adults just pulled chairs over and the kids thought it was just fine to sit in a puddle of water...gotta love kids. Hunter started getting cold toward the end, but we wrapped him in a blanket and he was happy as a clam.

Our next door neighbors got their popcorn machine going and brought everyone fresh, warm, buttery popcorn. I think it was a highlight for some (me).
I didn't take that many pictures because I didn't want to annoy anyone (ya, big moment for me...since when has annoying people with my camera ever mattered before :) We had quite a big group.

We had a screen to show the movie on, but then we happily realized that our house was a much bigger screen.  It was perfect!
Even McKay joined in the fun having had a really good nap during the day. I snuggled him up in warm jammies and a blanket and he sat on my lap eating popcorn and treats and watched the whole movie. It actually surprised me! It was so much fun and definitely something we will do again next year.