The Princess' Darling Adventure

Once upon a time, there was a darling Princess who lived in a darling home in a darling suburb of a darling city. This princess loved her life dearly, although recently it had been turned upside down by the arrival of her darling baby sister. Still, the Princess had a wonderful mommy, the Queen, and a devoted daddy, the King, and they all enjoyed their darling life together as a growing family.

One morning -- after many days of being cooped up in their darling house -- the Queen decided that the Princess needed a special day. The Queen had been feeling sorry for the Princess lately . . . what with all the change she had been enduring with the arrival of darling baby sister. The Queen knew that the Princess would appreciate some very special time . . . an adventure of some sort was certainly in order. After much pondering over coffee and cereal, the Queen decided to take the Princess (along with darling baby sister) to the Mall.

Oh, how the Princess loved the Mall! The Mall was a virtual palace of playgrounds, carousels, fast food, and many stores that held anything and everything a young Princess could desire. When the Queen told the Princess about the adventure, the Princess was beside herself with joy. She could not wait to get into the car and head to the Mall. She was ever so patient as they dressed for their trip and readied darling baby sister for the outing . . . then she was an angel in the car as they drove from their darling house to the oh-so-fabulous Mall.

The Princess had a wonderful time at the Mall. The Queen did not subject her to the torture of the dreaded stroller . . . she was allowed to gallivant and gallop throughout the Mall at the Queen's side. The Princess played with many other princes and princesses at a wonderful fairy-tale playland . . . complete with slides for sliding and animals for climbing. The Queen and Princess (and, of course, darling baby sister) ventured from the wonderful playland to the fantastic 'Mickey Store' (aka The Disney Store) to gaze at toys, games, dolls, and clothing . . . all decorated with many of the Princess' favorite storybook and TV friends. What a glorious day!

After playing and gazing, the darling Princess and her family had a wonderful lunch of the Princess' choosing . . . chicken nuggets from the darling Chick-fil-a. What a meal! And they were able to eat their wonderful entrees near the magical carousel, which they planned to ride later that day. Lunch was followed by a bit of down time . . . seeing as how darling baby sister had to eat, too . . . but the Princess was again as patient as could be as darling baby sister ate.

As their adventure was drawing to a close, the Queen knew that they must ride the magical carousel before returning to their darling home . . . for the Princess had been such a wonderful girl all day, the Queen felt like rewarding her for her darling behavior. The Princess was overjoyed at the idea of riding the carousel . . . although, quite honestly, she had NOT enjoyed her first (and only other) carousel ride. She was still excited to try again, this time with her mommy and sister by her side.

They boarded the carousel -- the Queen, the Princess, and darling baby sister -- and the choices of which festive animal she could ride overwhelmed the Princess. There were zebras, giraffes, tigers, horses . . . so many animals that the Princess knew, recognized, and adored. So what did the darling Princess choose to ride? The 'seat one' -- a bench seat -- because then, as the Princess said it, the Queen and darling baby sister could 'ride wif me.' All three rode tucked in together, arms around one another, smiles on every one's faces. (It was enough to make the Queen cry!)

The carousel ride was spectacular . . . three or four minutes of spinning around, well worth the token the Queen purchase so they all could ride. After the ride was complete, the Queen, the Princess, and the darling baby sister journeyed back to the darling car for the drive back to their darling home. The Princess had such a wonderful time on their adventure, it completely wore her out and required her to sleep the entire ride home and most of the afternoon that followed. While she slept, she had darling dreams about the time she spent with her mother and sister . . . and she was proud of herself for being such a 'good girl' and making the Queen so happy.

And, at least until another darling adventure . . . they all lived happily ever after.