The Princess and the Pea

If you have ever read the Hans Christian Andersen story The Princess and the Pea you know that it is about a prince who wants to marry a princess but can not find a real one to marry. One day a young lady seeks shelter from the storm at the Prince's castle claiming to be a real princess. To test her, the Queen puts a pea under the girl's mattress and piles it high with quilts and feather beds. In the morning the Queen asks the young lady how she slept. She replies that something hard was under her mattress and that she could not sleep at all thus proving that she was a real princess, for only a true princess would be able to tell if something as small as a pea was under her mattress.
Sophie is not exactly a pea under a mattress, but she is as small as one, so the title seemed fitting. Actually, I woke up this morning and found Emma Caroline already "dressed for the day" in full princess attire, crown and jewels in place. She and Sophie are the "true princesses" of the Avery House. I often imagine that it would be truly wonderful to wear a princess dress and tiara and be "dressed for the day".
So here's to the princess that lives in all of us. Put on your imaginary tiara and hold your head high!

The Queen Dog

Reading stories.


Twirling!

Princess Emma Caroline

On her royal coach

The Pea pushing the Princess