“P” is for “Princess”

Little sister has been working on learning the English alphabet this school year, and she is doing wonderful!  Our whole kitchen is now surrounded by letters, taped to the walls.  We have a set of letters we’re using, but we’ve made our own with a few of them, and when we got to P is for pig, we decided P is for princess would be more meaningful.

Mom and I found this cutie while searching for princesses, and she was so pretty I decided to post her:

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But there was one problem with using her for our alphabet: she’s blond.  And blue-eyed.

I have nothing wrong with blond hair and blue eyes (and a good thing, huh? 🙂 ), but Mama wasn’t sure it was a good idea for our purpose, as it makes Lucy a little sad when princesses look like me, not her.

So we e-mailed it to Spencer (our tech-support), and (because Spencer’s magic) he turned it into this:

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Isn’t she beautiful?  I love her new coffee-colored hair, her brown eyes, and that peppermint-candy washi tape!

Our house has gained many more princess in the year and six months (ish) that Lu has been home, and I now I can’t imagine how I ever got on without them! 🙂

Happy Saturday!

“The Sacrifice”: Part six

I promised myself that I would always post something between my story posts.  It’s not really happening.  Oh well!  At least having something I have to post weekly keeps me posting at all!

Enjoy Part Six!

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Part Sixth: “To Save My People”

The royal family rode back to the Castle with the noblemen following while the rest of the people walked dejectedly back to their homes.

“That took a long time,” commented the Queen as a groom took her horse’s reins, trying to sound as if she cared how long it had taken, even just a little. “What a sly creature! Couldn’t you have tried to make things go a bit faster, Cedric?”

“When a dragon wants to go in circles it is often wise to let him. Go to the Throne Room,” the King responded, and no one blamed him if he sounded rather snappish.

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“The Sacrifice”: Part five

This part was the harder one to get right, of the two with that make up the conversation with the dragon, but still fun!  And, for some reason, it’s the one I corrected the most just now, while I was reading through my post!

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Part Fifth: A Princess

A shocked silence followed the demand. The speechless quiet was broken at last by Henry.

“You ask for a girl?” he shouted over the Wall. “A lady? You would have us send a maiden to her death to save ourselves? Whoever deemed you greedy should have—”

Henry—please!” King Cedric interrupted. “There is no call to lose our tempers; that’s precisely what the brute wants. But,” he added turning towards the dragon. “Our answer is no. It is preposterous—entirely out of the question. We should—”

“Father! Wait!” Everyone jumped at the sound of the Princess’s voice.

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“The Sacrifice”: Part four

Parts four and five were all kinds of fun to write!  I love writing dialogue, and all writing’s more fun when a dragon’s involved. 🙂

Enjoy!

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Part Fourth: The Lord of the Skies

So, King of the Valley, you have come out to speak to me.”

“Yes,” King Cedric answered calmly. “What have you to say?”

“What have you to say?” snapped the dragon. “Have you made up your mind to surrender yet?”

“Surrender?” the King asked softly. “Why should I surrender when you have not yet made any threat or declaration of war?”

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All That is Gold Does Not Glitter

So, it turns out yesterday was Aragorn’s birthday, and I missed it.  (Not a mistake I’m planning to make next year!)  And, if my friend hadn’t posted about it, I still wouldn’t know.  Thank you, Ellen! 🙂  So I thought now was a good time to post my thoughts on him.

Warning–there are several story-spoilers below, for those of you who are haven’t read or are reading The Lord of the Rings.  Sorry, I can’t talk about Aragorn without giving things away. 🙂

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“The Sacrifice”: Part three

It’s Tuesday again! 🙂

I did post yesterday afternoon, in case anyone missed it.

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Part Third: The King of the Valley

The news threw the City into havoc. The Shepherds trickled in by one’s and two’s or tens, and then the City Gates were shut and barred. The sheep-dogs sniffed their ways along their masters’ trails and were admitted to the City when one of the Shepherds claimed them, but few of the sheep and goats ever came back from the Hills.

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