Popcorn Rules!

Popcorn is delicious. Obviously. Both the boys and I enjoy it. If we go to the theater, we always order popcorn. Spencer's strong preference is that no popcorn be eaten until the movie, or at least the previews, begins. This is reasonable I think. At home, other guidelines have emerged. Spencer believes popcorn should be eaten one kernel at a time. I do not think that is unreasonable. It is preferable to the handful of popcorn shoveled into the mouth approach. However, I do not care to be reprimanded when I take a handful of popcorn from the bowl, which I then eat one piece at a time. Spencer thinks this is unacceptable because it is harder for him to monitor if I am following the one-at-a-time rule. He does not want to watch me eat popcorn. He wants to watch the movie. To counter what he apparently sees as my all-too-quick consumption of the popcorn, he periodically, probably once or twice before all of the popcorn is gone, removes the bowl of popcorn, places it out of reach, and declares "it is time for a break."