Maddie handed one of her five year olds the bowl of popcorn and smiled at her. "Carefully take that out to the living room," she ordered Danielle.
"I will," she promised, trailing behind ten year old Jee-Yun and her twin, Leigh.
Maddie watched them go with a fond look on her face, grabbed some drinks, and then followed them out to the living room. "No spills?" she questioned in surprise.
Chimney laughed. "Surprise!"
She chuckled even as Danielle glared at her. "Sorry, baby. Mommy had faith in you," Maddie lied.
Danielle clearly didn't buy it but she didn't hold a grudge and happily turned her attention back to the TV. "Can we please watch the movie now?"
"Movie time!" Leigh agreed.
Chimney grabbed the remote, turned the TV, and immediately toggled over to Netflix. "I hope it's good," Jee muttered under her breath, not trusting her sisters' taste in movies.
Maddie snickered. "Be nice, sweetheart," Chimney gently scolded.
"Sorry." Jee turned the other direction to hide rolling her eyes.
Maddie and Chimney only glanced at each other, shaking their heads in amusement. "Kids," she mouthed at her husband.
Leigh reached towards the table to grab some popcorn and promptly accidentally tipped the bowl over. "Uh oh," she muttered as it spilled all over. Fortunately, not much landed on the floor.
"It's okay - Mommy was prepared for this," Maddie assured her as she sprung up and headed towards the kitchen to grab some paper towels and a bag to clean up, realizing she should have brought those in with her to begin with. She quickly fixed the situation, threw away the rogue floor popcorn, and then returned to the couch.
Chimney finally pressed play. "Any more crises in the works?" he double checked, chuckling when all his girls shook their heads.
Maddie inhaled. "Wait, does somebody need a bathroom break before we get into this?" She knew and didn't trust her children with this at all. Maddie one hundred percent knew better.
"I'm good, Mom." Jee had been through this so many times she knew what to do, unlike her younger sisters.
"Me too!" Leigh agreed.
Danielle thought over it for a second. She looked at them all chagrined, and Chimney hit pause, knowing what was coming next. "I have to go potty," she admitted before running off towards the returned less than ten minutes later.
A frustrated Leigh sighed. "Can we pleased watch the movie now?" she demanded hopefully.
"Nothing else?" Chimney checked. Their daughters all shook their heads in union, which was pretty adorable.
"We sure about that, Danielle Evan and Leigh Etta?" Maddie just wanted to make sure so they didn't have to pause the movie again. She still wasn't wholly convinced when the three of them insisted they were fine but her husband pressed play again anyway.
The Han family tried to do this as often as possible, rolling with every issue that cropped up. This was a tradition they intended to keep up, dragging others in whenever they had free time and wanted to come over. This was a fun little thing the family of five loved when they had free time.