Movie & Fireworks

Today we met up with some friends to see Madagascar 2. It was the first times the girls have ever been to a movie theater to see a movie. They were excited to go to the movie and to go to the movie with their friends, Vivi & Michelle. I decided to make it a full movie experience for them and bought them popcorn and a soda. They have had popcorn before but have never had there own soda. There have been times when I might have given them a sip of my soda so this was a big deal. I got them Fanta (which is what orange soda is called here) because Sofia has been asking for Fanta for a while since her friend Anna apparently loves Fanta. The girls did great in the movie and we only had to go to the potty once which wasn't surprising given the soda drinking that was happening. They were very sad to leave the theater but perked up when we told them we were going to see fireworks. On January 1st Prague puts on a huge firworks display from Letna Park so you can see the fireworks from all over the city. We hopped on a tram after the movie to get to a good viewing location and we were going to meet up with friends at the determined location. Our plans changed when our tram ended up taking a detour b/c of the fireworks. We were a little disspointed at first but then realized our good fortune. Our tram was empty (except for 2 other people) and heated and stopped in the middle of one of the bridges crossing the vlatva for a PERFECT viewing location. We couldn't have asked for better luck. The kids loved seeing their first fireworks display and we didn't have to worry about them being cold. Once the fireworks were over the tram continued on its way and we hopped off at the metro and came home. It all worked out great.