Do we have a budding actress in our midst?

In the past couple of weeks, we have heard Eliana dramatically exclaim, "Now I will never be a princess" or "Now I will never be a big girl" and several other phrases that have started with that very dramatic, "Now I will never...". We have wondered where it was coming from and just figured it was some stage she was going through. She would make the phrase acting all sad and exasperated, and then a few minutes later she would be fine.

Well, tonight we discovered the culprit! In the mornings when I run, Eliana gets to pick a movie to watch and lately her favorite has been "Gigi, God's Little Princess." I am usually on the treadmill with my ipod on and so I don't pay that much attention to the movie that she is watching. Tonight we decided to sit down and watch this particular Gigi movie with Eliana. The character Gigi thinks that she needs some sort of royal thing to do in order to be a better princess, so her and her best friend sign up for ballet. Only her first day of practice goes horribly and she comes home very discouraged. She goes straight to her room and hides under her covers loudly exclaiming, "Now I will never be a princess!" I almost fell off the couch laughing when I heard it and made the connection. But the real thing that made both Jon and I shake our head in wonder, was later on in her playroom when she acted out that entire part of the movie, including the part where her Dad comes in to talk to her. She had Jon come in and talk to her about how upset she was and why. I wish that we would've had the video camera handy! She has interacted with movies before but never have we seen her reenact one!:) It was so cute!! And now we know why there is all the drama behind her "Now I will never..." exclamations!