Cry Session

Dear Connor,

It began innocently enough. We have "Movie Night Fridays" in our house and the movie this week was Boss Baby. We had seen the commercials when it was in theaters way back in March and it looked really funny, so we were excited to finally be able to rent it on Netflix. During the first half of the movie, you, MuiMui and DiDi laughed and giggled and seemed to be enjoying the movie. Fast forward to the climactic chase scene near the end--I kid you not, all THREE of you started bawling, one after the other. First, you started screaming and crying. MuiMui was already whimpering in fear and when you started crying, that pushed her over the edge and she started wailing. The movie didn't upset DiDi but seeing the two of you crying did, so he took his cues from you guys and began sobbing. What. In. The. Holy. WORLD?!?!?

We have watched plenty of kids' movies that had scary parts (the wolves chasing Anna and Kristoff in Frozen, the Beast kidnapping Belle's father in Beauty and the Beast, etc.) but the particular scene that we were watching in Boss Baby when the three of you lost it didn't seem like it would trigger any nightmares. The movie centers around a little boy and his baby brother and during the big scene, their parents are at the airport and about to leave for a business trip. The parents had left the boys under the care of a babysitter who turned out to be mean, so the boys had run to the airport to catch their parents. The boys didn't get there in time, though, so they watched from afar as their parents boarded the plane and the crew shut the door. And it was at that exact point that you started crying, thus setting off the sibling chain reaction.

Of course, in retrospect, Daddy and I now see why that scene would be so frightening for three little kids. Their parents left them! They have to stay with the evil babysitter! I'm so sorry you guys got scared. And I'm also sorry Daddy and I weren't that successful in stifling our laughter as we were comforting all of you. We were not expecting that scene to affect you so much and we were so bewildered when all of you were crying at the same time!

Love,
Mom