The Play

One of my kids' favorite things to do when cousins come to visit is put on a play.  This year's production was "Once Upon a Princess."  Things went big time this year--costumes, long rehearsals, a written script, and even a program for the performance.  The actual play was about 45 minutes.  Sarah and Abigail wrote it, with imput from the others.  They practiced for days and hammered out the plot as they went along.  Surprisingly, only a few disagreements (aka fights!) broke out (they often start out doing a play, but can't agree on portions of the story, so the whole thing gets thrown out the window).  In the end, it was a wonderful production.  And the best part--they were having so much fun--they kept breaking out into giggles during the show.

This play had it all--dragons and knights, kings, queens, knights and princesses, tragedy and romance, and of course a good battle scene. 

The play began with the death of the King.  The Queen could not rule alone, so the princess must marry a prince who will inherit the kingdom.

In this picture the Queen is interviewing possible suitors as the princess (and the maid in the background) look on.  (Doesn't their food-color-dyed water look a little bit like something else?...)

Here, the princess, on her wedding day, is having second thoughts about her future husband.  Hmmm....I wonder why?

Sarah loved being the evil villain, who charmed the Queen into choosing him as the future King, but was only in it for the power. 

The princess backs out at the royal wedding.

Luckily, the knight (who used to be a peasant, but had slain the village dragon and earned knighthood, and also happened to be the love interest of the princess) came to save the day.

 

A battle ensued.

The knight was victorious!

Then of course, the Knight proposed to the very surprised and happy princess.  And, as they said in the last line of the play, "True love has no ending."  (Happy Sigh!)

After the Knight is crowned king, the entire cast posed for the audience and cameras (all two of us).  Aren't they fantastic?