The Clever Princess

I just heard Annabelle yell, “Don’t take your cape off Henry! You’re my prince!!” When I looked at Henry, he had a baby blanket tied around his shoulders as a cape.
“Darlin,” she said like a country singer, “keep your cape on!”
Henry is usually thrilled to play any sort of game with Annabelle. He calls her “Babelle.” He rarely makes a peep, just looks around with his big baby eyes and smiles. He’s learning so much from her and I’m so thankful that he’s got such a great role model. Sometimes Annabelle’s cleverness amazes me. Last night she started whining over and over that she wanted to watch a movie. I kept telling her she could watch five minutes after dinner. She kept whining. Finally George snapped and said, “If you ask for a movie one more time, I’m throwing the tv out the window.” (I keep wondering if he will really do this someday when he’s forced to follow through on his threat.) 
Annabelle went quiet for a minute. Then she said, “Mom? I Really want to do something but I can’t tell you what it is. It’s the thing I was talking about a minute ago?”I laughed so hard I spit out my water.