Regal summer movies have always held a special place in my heart.

I have vivid memories of my grandma taking me with my siblings and adopted aunt and uncle since something like middle school. She would always bring blankets for everyone because it was always freezing, she’d always buy the huge bucket of popcorn (and divvy it up into bowls she brought from home) and afterwards there would always be a Domino’s guy selling pizzas in the parking lot for $5 – we’d take one home for lunch, then spend the rest of the day in her pool. What I wouldn’t give to spend another day like that.

Unfortunately, we stopped going as much as we all grew older, my grandma’s pool fell into disrepair, she has since passed away and her home was sold this past year. But the memory is still there and it’s something I enjoy sharing with my kids now; I don’t think there’s a year that goes by without them having to muscle through me reminiscing about those long gone summer days.

So imagine my excitement when I learned that Regal still does summer kids movies! I guess it had always remained in the back of my mind in the form of those memories with Grandma but since I didn’t have kids that were old enough to really go to the movies it just got lost somewhere in the back of my brain. But ever since my oldest, Elias, turned four we have tried to hit the movies every week during the summer.

All that to say I have acquired four (mom) years worth of summer movie experience and have put together a list of my favorite tips for saving money and tricks to make it easier on the moms and dads braving the theater with their brood!