It’s movie night tonight and Paige picked Princess Diaries II.   It’s a really cute movie.  There’s a handsome love interest, there’s a palace and royal clothes and there’s a really cool remake of an old song.

It’s Norah Jones singing Love Me Tender.  The song is playing while the Princess is dancing under a midnight blanket of stars with her forbidden love.

I won’t tell you how the story ends….but if you haven’t seen a good fairy tale in a while, you need to watch it.

When I was a little girl, my favorite picture to draw was of princesses.  I knew just how to draw their tiny waist, their long flowing gowns complete with their royal robe and tiara.  I would pretend at night sometimes that I was a princess going to sleep in my bedroom in the castle.  I would even pretend that the lamp beside my bed was a candle and I would blow it out and pull up my silk bedspread to keep me warm on a cold night in the castle!

Doesn’t every little girl dream of being a princess just once?  Is it the gorgeous royal clothes or the hope of finding Prince Charming?  Or maybe it’s the tiara? 

I remember watching Paige and her little friend Emily play princess dress up when the girls were around three years of age.  It was so cute to see them dress up and the princess outfit was never complete until both girls had found a tiara.  They would enter a world of white horses and glass slippers….a world of silver trays and tea parties.

If I had my way, we’d never grow completly up…….you know, we’d hold on to enough of the fairy tale to still enjoy dreaming!  Growing up shouldn’t mean the end of tea parties and tiaras!  Maybe I should polish my silver tray and send out some invitations!