Grandpa Hoo and I have a princess staying with us. Oh, no, this is no ordinary princess. This princess has magical powers. She has the ability - with a single look - to melt a heart, change a mind, move a mountain, convince the unconvinced, and get extra hugs and kisses. She can be a mother to a "baby" and ten seconds later organize an event of epic two-year old proportions. Her own person, she knows what she wants and she knows how to get it. She can carry on a conversation with anyone, she can count higher than we thought possible, and she loves goldfish crackers.
Princess Leia has enormous energy capacity. Last evening, she and Grandpa Hoo took her doll for a walk and, he reported, she ran for most of a mile until the last four condo units when she lost her mojo and became more interested in dropping her doll than walking. This morning, she and Ancora Imparo went shopping. Shopping had been mentioned yesterday afternoon and when she got up this morning she informed both of us that today was a shopping day. She is great company and is very independent, indeed. When she and Ancora went into a local department store, she insisted on pushing the cart the entire time......even though she was too short to see where she was going. She tolerated an occasional course correction from Ancora Imparo and was lucky enough to not hit anyone or any display. At the grocery store, she agreed to sit in the special cart but did not like Ancora Imparo pushing the cart from the front. Only the rear handle was tolerated. Princess Leia is a person who does not like out-of-the-ordinary actions.
She is delightful, wonderful, curious, intelligent.......perfect!
Exactly what a grandparent should think!
Ancora Imparo
