This photo isn't about the photo at all. (Hannah wouldn't sit still long enough to take a decent one.) It's about one of the most fun nights I've ever had.
Tonight, Hannah and I went on our first date. She said she wanted to go on an "abenture" while Mommy and Olivia went to a girls night out with Lori's friends. After a little bit of crowd-sourcing on facebook, the movie, Megamind edged out Chuck E. Cheese's for the destination of choice.
We had "star nuggets" at Carl's Jr., rode the carousel at Hollywood Connection, got a drink, some candy, and a huge vat of popcorn, and hunkered in for the movie. I chose the 2D version at a theater where the 3D version was being shown at the same time. Hannah's probably too young for the 3D anyway and I figured there would be very few people. I was right. There were three other families, all with young children. I think we all felt good about the fact that if someone melted down, the others would understand.
The story was a bit too grown-up for her so she lost interest about halfway in. That was the point where she started trying out each empty seat in our row one by one, just to see which one worked for her. She lost a shoe at some point, spent some time watching the movie standing in the aisle, then finally ended up on my lap for the last 2o minutes.
We held hands as we walked back to the car and I buckled her in. The night ended as I tucked her into bed and got my good night kiss.
This isn't a badly focused, badly angled photo. It's the one and only reminder of one of the greatest nights of my life and by far the best first date I've ever had.
