I will get the embarrassing part out there at the start: We went to see Transformers on Wednesday. I knew we were going to have to do that because very early in the day, Dan started going around the house singing the part of the Transformers cartoon theme song about "more than meets the eye." Once he starts singing, you're pretty much going to have to cave in and do whatever he wants. I'm just telling you this in case Dan ever starts trying to persuade you.

So we went to see Transformers, which was good because the air conditioner was not working so well in our house and the movies are nice and dark and cold. And the movie really wasn't bad. In fact, it was pretty good. The only bad part about it was that everyone else and their mama went to see that movie on the 4th of July. So we got to the movie early, got our popcorn and settled in for some pre-previews people watching. And here is what we learned:

There are apparently hundreds and hundreds of people who think it is appropriate to take very small children to a PG-13 movie. I'm talking about kids who needed booster chairs to see over the seats in front of them. Kids in diapers. Really little kids. It was kind of disturbing, especially given the fact that an actual children's movie, Pixar's "Ratatouille," was playing down the hall. But then, I suppose there's no better way to teach the kids about our nation's independence than taking them to watch Decepticons try to annihilate the Earth. Or something. (A note: Originally this sentence read: "... teach the kids about our nation's independence by taking them to watch autobots try to annihilate the earth." Then Joshua, who is set to marry Dan's sister Hannah in two weeks, pointed out to me that the Autobots are the good guys who try to help the earth, and the Decepticons are evil. I have corrected my mistake, and would just like to say to Joshua, thank you for helping me get my Transformer lingo straight and proving once again how perfectly suited you are to join the Wachdorf family. You're going to be the geeky, Transformer-watching little brother Dan always wanted. Maybe at Christmas we can get you matching jammies and you can watch cartoons together. It's meant to be. And you and Hannah are good together, too. I'm getting choked up.)

So was this just an Albuquerque phenomenon or did anyone else see people hauling lap children into this film? Of course, you would have to admit to seeing Transformers to comment on that, but I invite you to just embrace your inner nerd and 'fess up. You know you loved it.