Dear Matt,

     The 1st movie I took you to see in the theatre was “The Little Mermaid,” with “Ariel,” “Sebastian,” “Flounder,” and “Prince Eric.”  Do you even remember that?  You were about 2-2 ½ years old and fascinated with the enormousity (is that a word?) of the theatre and how many seats there were.  We stayed until about halfway through, then you were done with it.  I bought it on video when it came out, and you got to see the rest of it.  You were a good 6 months to a year older and had more of an attention span.  It became one of your favorites and you knew and sang all the songs.  You watched it over and over again and loved the under the sea...

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