If You Let a Wallace Watch a Movie

If you give the Wallace crew the "okay" to watch a movie, it's going to take forever to make a choice. KtB wants adventure and suspense, CT wants comedy and laughter, Manytory wants romance and the life of a queen, and EmmyLou wants to watch Barbie Island Princess again and again and again.


Once the movie has been chosen, the DVD player started, the previews skipped, and the action packed drama has begun, then they're ging to ask for a soda.


So they'll pause the movie as they hunt for their favorite drinking cups.

"I want the pink princess cup with the purple straw," Mandytory proclaims.

"That's mine!" EmmyLou shrieks.

"I don't want the Rugrats cup! It's for babies!" CT bluntly states.

"Bob the Builder?" KtB huffs with hands on her hips, right foot poised, and a full head bobble.

Oh boy, here we go!



So if you give them a soda, they're going to need a top and straw, an impossible feat to find in the cavernous depths of the kitchen junk drawer.


But, once the beverages have been poured, the cups properly sealed with their tops and straws, and the movie resumed, FINALLY I sit down to watch the movie holding my breath waiting . . . . waiting . . . .


"Mom, can we have some popcorn?" The next question I dreadfully await.


Once again they pause the movie as the hunt for the popcorn popper, measuring cup, oil and popcorn kernels begins. No microwave fancy stuff for us, but the old fashioned style prepared on the stove.

If you make popcorn the old fashioned way, they're all going to want to help turn the crank.

So each one will take a spin while the rest hunt for the perfect, popcorn bowl.

Once again I'll need to mediate a debate because, "I want the blue one."

"You had that one last time. It's my turn!"

Oh the joys of watching a movie!

So once the popcorn has finally been popped and distributed to everyones favorite bowl, then they're going to want to spread a blanket on the floor. What would a movie be without a popcorn picnic?

So they'll find the perfect blanket, large enough for all, spread it on the floor, jockey for the best spot, situate that popcorn and drink, and FINALLY once again resume the movie!

At last, I sit down with my own popcorn picnic and a sigh of relief. Who needs previews when there is the great popcorn, soda debate?

So next time you give the Wallace crew the "okay" to watch a movie be prepared for the popcorn, soda debate.

Note: I fashioned this story after one of our favorite books If You Give a Mouse a Cookie written by Laura Numeroff. At each request to watch a movie, I jokingly started saying, "If you let a Wallace watch a movie, . . . " and the story remains!