We’re watching The Empire Strikes Back with the boys right now. It’s raining outside, it has been all day, and we have no energy to entertain the boys with anything but the TV. So it’s “Star Wars number 5” (according to Noah) night. Noah and Caden got to watch Star Wars with my parents a few weeks ago. They’ve been asking to watch this one ever since.
Here’s what it’s like to watch this movie with a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old:
“Is Darth Vader in this movie?”
“When is Darth Vader going to be on?”
“What is that thing? What’s a Ton-Ton?”
“What is that spaceship?”
“A speeder?”
“When will the zoomers be back on?”
“Do you mean the speeders?”
“Yeah, the speeders.”
“Where is Darth Vader’s spaceship?”
“It’s Darth Vader’s spaceship!”
“How does Darth Vader talk?”
“What was that thing? A worm in a worm hole? Was the spaceship in that?”
“Who is that?”
“Is that Yoga?”
“Yes, it’s Yoda.”
“What is he doing?”
“What’s that floating?”
“Why is the x-ray so dirty?”
“The X-Wing?”
“Yeah, X-Wing.”
“Is that Obi-Wan?”
“Is Obi-Wan dead?”
“Is he in space?”
“When is the Stormtroopers going to be frozen?”
“Not the Stormtroopers, Han Solo.” (sorry Mom!)
“How did he get frozen?”
“Caden, just stop and watch.”
“Okay, I’m going to watch. Just tell me.”
“They’re going to the Millenium Falcon!”
“Why’s P’s-3’s-P-O all tighten?” (HUH?)
“Is is night time?”
“Caden, it’s space.”
“What happened???”
“He chopped his hand off.”
“Oh.”
“Is he falling off?”
“What happened to his eye?”
“When’s he going to go down?”
“Oh, he fell.”
“Where’s he going? Where is he? Is he in a slide?”
“Is he stuck?”
“JUST WATCH!”
“Where’s he going? Where is he?”
“There’s no way to get down!”
“Just watch, Caden?”
“How did he get upside down?”
“There’s Princess Leia!”
“Is Luke stuck on a pole?”
“They’re gonna get him! Are they going to put out their missles? Their protector?”
“Their shield?”
“Yeah.”
“Where’s Luke Skywalker going?”
“Caden! Just watch!” (from Noah this time)
“Is his hand put back on?”
“Are they friends?” (about Luke and Leia)
“Are they mom and dad?” (again about Luke and Leia)
“Cool!” (Noah after the movie)
The other day Noah got talking about how Luke Skywalker and Han Solo put on Storm Trooper’s outfits. Then Noah started wondering if the Storm Troopers are people in suits, or if they are always like that. I said since Luke and Han were able to put on the outfits, there must be people inside them. He seemed satisfied with that answer.
This is what my life is going to be like with two boys, isn’t it?