Movie Night With Our Little Beggar

Sometimes, especially during the cold, dark, winter, we have a family movie night like we did a couple of weeks ago.  We watched Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'hoole, which was excellent all around.  We all enjoyed it.  Ashley swooped around the house like a mighty owl for days afterwards.

The kids especially enjoy the snacks.  Joel took them to the grocery store and let them each pick out a kind of candy.  William went by color and chose orange Reeces Pieces, Ashley chose sparkly Sweetheart candy, and Everett chose Jolly Ranchers.  (Needless to say, I banned William from the choke-able Jolly Ranchers.)

The kids love sitting by Joel, especially if he is holding the popcorn bowl.

James, if he is awake during the fun, goes nuts trying to get ahold of the snacks.  He tries his best to climb up onto the couch, but he is just a little too short.  Mostly, he just gets ignored.

But William seems to feel that James gets too close for comfort.

This is what James looks like from my side.  Here, you can clearly see the five stages of begging:

1.  Hope

2.  Indignation

3.  Desperation

4.  Anger

5.  Dismay

Poor James.  Fortunately he can usually find someone to share with him, and when we get tired of hearing the yells, grunts, and whines, off to bed he goes with a belly full of snacks!

Everett doesn't mind the distracting baby.  He has a weak spot for our little James.

And so does Ashley, but if she is interested in the movie, no one and nothing can break her focus.