the prince saves aunt randa

the memories i make with my niece and nephew over facetime are priceless. truly, precious moments.  this evening may have surpassed them all.  as is customary, daniellah and gabriel were reading me stories.  oh, the imagination of children!  tonight's story began something like this:

daniellah:  there was a scary dragon.
aunt randa:  that blue dragon looks really scary.  will someone save them from the dragon?
daniellah:  the prince saves the princess.

press repeat for this story about four times.

aunt randa:  where is aunt randa's prince?
daniellah:  (points to prince in the cardboard storybook)
aunt randa:  can you send the prince to aunt randa's house?
daniellah:  the prince goes to aunt randa's house.
aunt randa:  how does he get here?
daniellah:  on a horse.
aunt randa:  i can't find him.  where is he?
daniellah:  he's right there.  (points to the empty couch beside me)

story continues

daniellah:  there was a scary dragon.
aunt randa:  that blue dragon looks really scary.  will someone save them from the dragon?
daniellah:  the prince saves aunt randa.

aunt randa:  (melts with love for her niece)

how brilliant of her to substitute aunt randa for the princess!  sweet, sweet moment.