Backstage with Melanie

i can’t even tell you how excited my family is that ironman is finally released on dvd!   i guess i CAN tell you how excited they are because my children woke up at 5am to watch it before they went to school this morning!!!!

i KNOW!

i bought it last night and by the time they got homework done it was bedtime so i wouldn’t let them stay up and watch it.  yes! “grown up” melanie shows up every now and again.  i told them we’d have the movie forever and they could watch it whenever they wanted, so go to bed and you can watch it “tomorrow.”

as they “murmured” their way to bed i heard something about “i’ll put toast in on the way downstairs, then you can come as soon as you’re hair is done”   what?!

they decided 5AM would be “tomorrow” and they could wake up, get ready for school and still have time to watch it before they left.  they had figured out who could make breakfast, do hair and how long it would take them to get completely ready, so they’d still have enough time to watch the entire movie before school.

i was impressed with their creativty and goal setting skills, so “cool fun mom” kicked into gear and said they could get up at whatever time they pleased as long as they were ready for school ON TIME!   really thinking when the alarms went off reality would set in and they’d just sleep until i woke them at a decent hour.

when i came downstairs, at a decent hour, there they were all lined up on the couch! completely ready for school WATCHING IRONMAN!!!!    how’s this for a movie review?  “ironman is so great it got my kids out of bed and to school on time!  it’s a must see!”

honestly , we really love this movie and if you haven’t seen it, go get it!  it’s what movies are supposed to be.  fun, action packed, humorous, touch of romance and a really great ride!   oh! and robert downey jr. is perfection!

Tags: Family, Movies

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