Since about December when we purchased Ratatouille for B and J, J has been obsessed with Wall*E. I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but the child of constant motion would actually sit still when he heard the music. He would watch the trailer on the computer over and over and over again. He would melt down when we said last time, like we took away his best friend. B has Lightening McQueen. He was this way when we brought home the movie CARS. B was a little bit older, but we thought that Wall*E would be J’s Lightening.
I am okay with this. I love PIXAR movies. They tell great stories, they have great dialogue. I enjoy watching them over and over and over again. I really don’t get tired of them. Which is great, since I have children and that makes them happy.
Today was THE day. We are home from a wonderful vacation to the beach. Both boys took naps. Granted J was so excited he didn’t sleep very long. Only about 2 hours. Which sounds like a lot, but I have serious napping children. He usually sleeps 3. J woke up calling for me as loud as he could. I walked in the room and he is sitting in his crib with Blanket in his lap. And says, “Wall*E, Mommy, Daddy, Bobby and ME!” which translates to, “We are going to see Wall*E!” He was sooooo ready. He got his shoes, he got Bobby’s shoes, he got my shoes and Daddy’s shoes. He ran to his car seat. He sat still to get buckled in. He pointed the way to the movies.
We arrived and the posters are hung, the huge display Wall*E is in the lobby. He says “Hi Wall*E” to all of them. He gets his kiddie popcorn, drink and Skittles. We walk in to our seats just in time for the the previews. He is absolutely still in my lap. The movie starts. Giggles, smiles, cries of Wall*E, Eve! For the first 10 minutes. Which is longer then any of the previews of the this movie.
Then he discovered the flip up seats. When I was a theatre major and in a children’s show or two at Longstreet, I would remember seeing these tee, tiny little children in the audience. One second they were sitting fine and then, Whoosh, all you could see were heads and feet where their ears were supposed to be.
Apparently, this is great fun. Much more fun then watching a movie. Also slightly disruptive especially when J starts yelling “NO! Seat! Mine!” as I tried to stop him. So T had to take J out and they spent the rest of the movie walking around outside. Luckily B was entranced. He loved it. I loved it. I want to go back without the “target audience” to actually watch the movie, but seeing as how we will watch it a bajillion times when we get the DVD around Christmas I think we might save our money.
By the way, I love the picture of the boys at the top of your blog.