Grandchildren

...................................................My lap will never be too small for my Grandchildren!........................

My wife and I double dated last night with our grandchildren. Went for pizza and then the movie "Monsters vs Aliens". Had a fun time, though the movie was for young children. I almost fell a sleep a couple of times. The evening cost $42.00 and that's with the Senior discount....pizza $22.00....movie $12.00 and....1 medium popcorn and a kids popcorn w/ small drink and a small bag of M&M's $8.00. I know, I know that's cheap compared to many cities. The cost that seemed out of line was the popcorn. If I were to buy that same amount anywhere other than a movie theater, it would have cost $1.25 maybe $1.50 tops. I suppose that the cost to rent the movie is so high they couldn't charge enough for the ticket to cover the cost and still make a profit. Attendance would drop off. The food is where they make their profit. When I was growing up in Nebraska, I would go to the "Pace Theater" on Saturday mornings and for $.15 buy a ticket for a couple of cartoons and a feature movie....Roy Rogers, Gene Audrey, Cisico Kid, etc. We'd get to take half of the ticket stub, leave the theater and go down the street to the "Newsie Nook". There we could buy a small bag full of penny candy for $.10 and take back to the theater. (one small candy bar at the theater was $.10 ) Total outlay $.25! To be fair, our theater has "free popcorn" night on Wednesdays and every now and then the town merchants buy the theater and have free movies for the kids. Another advantage of living in a small town.