February 1, 1997,
My baby brother Prince is due any 日 now and the anticipation is driving dad crazy! He’s still shopping for some 更多 supplies because he’s been so busy performing shows; he has not had time to. I don’t think he means to forget about me but, lately he does. Sometimes it’s good for me though, because I’m becoming 更多 independent! Plus Grace gives me a lot of attention when dad is busy working 或者 preparing for the baby to come.
It was a half an 小时 before my bedtime and dad was just getting back to our hotel room after his concert. He came into my bedroom and sat on the edge of my bed. He 说 “I brought 你 a cup instead of a bottle because 你 don’t need baby bottles anymore! I asked “why?” He 说 “because 下一个 月 you’ll be three and you’ll have a baby brother to give your bottles to! I 说 “I already let 你 throw away my pacifiers; I don’t want to give up my bottles too! He sounded sympathetic and 说 “listen; I know 你 don’t want to but, drinking from a regular cup is not as bad as 你 think it is!” I asked “can I just use my bottle for one 更多 night daddy?” He sighed and 说 “no, let’s just get this over with!”
When I realized I wasn’t going to get my way, I reluctantly took a drink from the cup. Grace walked in the room and 说 “I’m glad to see that daddy threw away those baby bottles, it’s about time!” I 说 something that pulled on dad’s heartstrings. I 说 “you took away my pacifiers and my bottles; I hope there’s nothing else 你 can take away from me!” He asked “aren’t 你 glad 你 don’t have to be three years old and still look like a baby because 你 still used all that stuff?” I 说 “yeah; I guess you’re right!” He kissed my forehead and 说 “I can’t believe how big 你 are getting!”
February 13, 1997,
When I woke up from my nap this afternoon, I was in a hospital room. I looked around and Debbie was laying in a hospital 床, 床上 with dad sitting 下一个 to her with something in his arms. I climbed off the chair that I was sitting in and once he saw me he smiled. I got onto his lap and he 说 “this is your new baby brother Prince!” He moved the blanket away from the 婴儿 face and that was the first time I saw Prince! I leaned over and gave him a 吻乐队（Kiss） on the cheek. He didn’t look anything like what I expected him to; he was a lot cuter! Dad looked at the both of us and 说 “now I have two beautiful angels!”
Debbie looked exhausted as she fought to keep her eyes open, dad 说 “well; I think I’m going to take Alanna and Prince to the house so 你 can get some much-needed rest!” She waved goodbye as we walked out of the room. Even though dad tried his best to keep Prince’s birth hidden; somehow it got out and the paparazzi had surrounded the hospital! The bodyguards had to carry me to the SUV because if I walked I would have gotten trampled. The flashes from their cameras were so bright that dad could not see where he was going. They even tried to ask me 问题 but, I had been taught from a very young age never to respond to them.
Once we had safely made it home, I unbuckled my car 座位 and hopped out. I walked inside and dad shut the door behind us as he carried Prince in his car seat. I went into the living room and sat on the couch. Dad asked “do 你 want to hold Prince?” I shook my head yes and he passed him to me. Dad 说 “let me help 你 hold his head up because if I don’t he will get hurt.” He helped me support his head and I 说 “he is so cute daddy!” Dad smiled and 说 “you’re so cute too!” I 说 “okay; daddy I want to go in my playroom now and watch a movie! Will 你 help me put a tape in the VCR?” He 说 “I can’t sweetie; I have to feed Prince his bottle but, I’m sure if 你 ask Grace she will help you!” He took Prince from me and Grace and I went into the playroom.
Grace sat down on the floor and asked “you know that 你 have a whole bunch of new 迪士尼 电影院 that 你 got for 圣诞节 right?” I 说 “oh yeah; I forgot about those. What ones are new movies?” She grabbed a stack of five 电影院 off the 最佳, 返回页首 of the big TV that was in the room and put them down in front of me. She 说 “you have Toy story, the lion King two, the sword in the stone, the jungle book, and 101 Dalmatians.” I asked “have I seen any of these before?” She 说 “no, I picked them out for 你 because 你 haven’t seen them yet!” I picked up the toy story case and asked “will 你 watch this with me; since daddy’s busy with Prince?” She 说 “yeah, it looks like daddy has things covered with Prince!”
I guess I am going to have to get used to not having my dad’s full attention when he is home! Ever since I’ve been born he has done his best to teach me everything in life that I learned this far. He’s realized that he can’t be there for every sneeze, crazy dance move, and to run around the hotel room and playing hide and seek 你 with me. I don’t know how this week is going to go because dad is taking some time off to spend with the baby before he has to do some 更多 concerts. He is happy though because he is bringing in so much cash so he won’t have to tour for a very long time.
February 25, 1997,
Grace left for a few days yesterday, so she could check on her sister. It’s been just dad, Prince, and I since she has been gone. Dad is starting to feel overwhelmed, but he’s trying his best to keep his cool. I don’t think I’m making it any easier on him though!
I had just gotten up from my nap and went into the living room in our hotel room. That’s when things started to get on dad’s nerves! He had just put Prince down for a nap in his 摇篮 and went to go get me a snack. The 秒 he thought he was clear to leave the room; Prince started crying! He rushed to put some cheese doodles in a bowl and quickly passed it to me. He picked up Prince and tried to comfort him. Luckily he fell right back asleep but, I wasn’t going to let him relax 由 any means.
I 说 “daddy, I want to play light sabers with you!” He 说 “okay; go get them and we will!” I ran to my bedroom and grabbed them. As we were play fighting with the light sabers I decided it would be funny if I poked in the eye… So I did! He jumped back and asked “why would 你 do that? That hurt really bad! I chuckled as he washed his eyes with a washcloth and he 说 sternly “it’s not funny Alanna, 你 could have really hurt my eye!” I didn’t respond and he started to get irritated. He 说 “you need to at least say sorry to me!” I 说 “okay, okay, I’m sorry daddy!” He hugged me and 说 “it’s all right; just don’t do it again!”
March 18, 1997,
Dad was just arriving back to our hotel room after his 音乐会 and he was clearly exhausted. When he walked in the door Grace 说 “it has been a long 日 Michael!” He asked “let me guess, Alanna isn’t behaving for you?” She 说 “Yep” and picked up Prince. He 说 “I’ll go talk to her in her room!”
He walked down to my room and sat 下一个 to me on the edge of my bed. I 说 “hi daddy!” He asked “hi; how was your day?” He 说 “Grace told me 你 weren’t listening to her at all!” I 说 “you 说 你 are the boss, not her… So I don’t have to listen to her!” He 说 “hey, you’ve got it all wrong! I am the boss but, when I’m not here she is in charge!” I 说 “she can’t make me listen to her!” He 说 “if I hear that 你 are not listening to her and behaving, you’re going to be in trouble 由 me! He asked “why are 你 not being good when I’m working!” I 说 “I just wish 你 were here more, I miss the times when you’re at 首页 with us all day!” 你 could hear the sadness in his voice when he 说 “I wish I could be here all the time but, I have to work!” I rested my head on his shoulder and asked “how much longer till we can go back 首页 and stay there?” He 说 “about a 月 and a half but, I promise 你 after that I’m not touring for while!” I 说 “okay, I just want to go back home!” He 说 “I know; me too sweetheart!” He kissed me and 说 “I want 你 to go apologize to Grace for not behaving today!” I walked up to her and gave her a hug. She asked “what was that for?” I 说 “I’m sorry for not being good and not listening to 你 today!” She 说 shocked “well, thank 你 for saying you’re sorry!”
March 20, 1997,
The phone rang and dad picked it up. He was getting ready to perform a 音乐会 in New Zealand and was wondering who could be calling him at this time. He 说 “hello!” Grace 说 “your daughter won’t go to sleep, I don’t know what else to do!” He 说 “you’ve got to be kidding me; it’s almost 10 o’clock at night! Have one of the bodyguards bring her down here and 你 stay with Prince.” She 说 “okay; I’ll get her ready!” She had no idea what dad was up to but, she was so exhausted she was willing to try anything!
Grace 说 “get your jacket; 你 are going to see daddy!” Dad’s bodyguard Joe picked me up and 说 “we will be back after the concert.” He took me out to the SUV and drove me to the 音乐会 arena. When we walked inside he took me back stage and 说 “wait here; I’m going to get your dad!” There was a mattress set up on the floor and a small TV with a remote. There was also a stack of VCR tapes near the TV. I was definitely wondering what was going on and wanted to know what was taking dad so long!
Dad opened the door to the room and he looked upset. He asked “why are 你 not listening to Grace?” I didn’t have an answer for him and he made me feel guilty. He 说 “you’re going to sleep here and I’m going to take 你 back to the hotel after the 显示 is done! 你 can watch the movie until 你 fall asleep but, I expect 你 to be asleep when I come back here for the intermission!” He put a 星, 星级 Wars movie in the VCR and 说 “go to sleep… I mean it!” When he shut the door I could hear the screams of the 粉丝 and was still amazed 由 what he does! I want to do exactly what he does for a living when I grow up!
March 29, 1997,
Dad had Grace, Prince, and I go back 首页 to Neverland while he finishes his last week of concerts. Grace told me he would be back 首页 one week from today, so I’m just waiting for him to get here. It’s not the same not having him here. I’m not used to him not being around. There have been times when I call out dad’s name and then realize he’s not here!
I was up in my room playing and watching TV when I heard the front door shut. I didn’t pay much attention to it and continued to put my action figures into fighting poses. Grace yelled my name and 说 “come down here, I have a surprise for you!” I walked downstairs and 说 “yeah?” She stepped out of the way and dad was standing behind her. I ran to him and 说 “my daddy!” He smiled as he bent down to pick me up and I asked “are we going to stay here for a long time now?” He kissed the 最佳, 返回页首 of my head and 说 “yes, for a long time!”
After dad had gotten settled in at home, he went upstairs to check on me. He stood 由 my doorway staring at me trying to moonwalk. I didn’t notice he was watching me and he 说 “you’ll learn how to do that; it’s really hard trust me!” I 说 “daddy; I want to be a singer and dancer when I grow up!” He thought about it for 5 min. and 说 “you can do anything 你 want to do when 你 grow up but, promise me you’ll stay my little tomboy for as long as 你 can!” I kissed him and 说 “I 爱情 你 daddy, besides; I like being a kid right now!” He 说 “good” and smiled.
April 4, 1997,
I was playing outside and dad was watching me on the patio while he drank his iced tea. He got up from his chair and looked at something in the garage. He pulled a tarp off my bicycle and asked “do 你 want me to take the training wheels off your bike for 你 Alanna?” I 说 “I don’t know how to ride my bike without them on though!” He 说 “I’ll teach 你 how after I take them off!” I was hesitant to say “okay” but I really wanted to have them taken off my bike. I was scared 更多 than 你 could imagine but, I tried not to let that 显示 because normally I’m very 《勇敢传说》 and fearless!
I watched him take the training wheels off and hoped that something would go wrong so I wouldn’t have to ride my bike. After he had taken them off he 说 “alright; get on your bike!” I reluctantly got on to it and he pushed it to the middle of our long driveway. He 说 “the gates closed and I’m not going to let 你 get hurt so, you’re safe!” As soon as I started pedaling I 说 “daddy I’m scared; don’t let go!” He 说 “don’t worry I won’t let anything happen to you!” He saw my hands shaking as they held on the handlebars!
I started to get the hang of steering the bike and dad had to run to keep a hold of me. I started to laugh because when I looked back at him his pants had fallen down because he wasn’t wearing a belt! He let go of me and I was able to keep control of the bike 由 myself. He blushed as he quickly hurried to pull up his pants because the Neverland staff was staring at his polka dotted boxers! I rode past him and 说 “nice underwear daddy!” He shrugged his shoulders and laughed.
April 8, 1997,
I was just arriving at Neverland after spending the weekend at my grandma and grandpa’s house. I walked in the doorway and grandma followed behind me. She looked at dad and 说 “she had fun!” They both laughed and grandma shut the door as she left.
At 晚餐 dad sat down 下一个 to me and 说 “did 你 have fun when 你 were with grandma this weekend?” I 说 “yeah but; I missed 你 a lot daddy!” He kissed my cheek and 说 “I missed 你 too AJ!” He took a bite of his 食物 and I asked “daddy what does damn it mean?” I thought he was going to start choking when he heard me say that because his eyes widened like I had never seen before! He struggled to say while forcing down his 食物 “where did 你 hear that word?” I 说 “grandpa was really mad and he was screaming it at grandma.” The look on his face was something I’ll never forget. He turned bright red and whispered “I can’t believe he was yelling at her in front of you!”
He got up from the 表 and grabbed the phone off the counter. He 说 “Alanna, go to your room; okay!” He dialed grandma’s phone number and they talked:
Grandma: hello
Dad: hi mother; I need to talk to you!
Grandma: what’s wrong Michael?
Dad: why in the world was Joseph swearing and yelling in front of Alanna?
Grandma: I didn’t even know she was listening!
Dad: I’ll make it very clear to 你 that I don’t want him screaming profanity at 你 while my daughter is around, because of what he 说 she just asked me what damn it means! It’s nothing against 你 mother but I don’t want AJ around that stuff!
He hung up the phone and went upstairs. He walked in to my room and sat 下一个 to me on the floor. I looked at him and he 说 “let’s talk about that word 你 heard.” I asked “what does it mean?” He 说 “well; that is a bad word… Only some grown-ups can use those words. Kids aren’t supposed to say those words!” I 说 “okay; I won’t say that word anymore!” He 说 “it’s okay that 你 说 that word this time because 你 didn’t know it was a bad word!”
May 21, 1997,
Dad was outside with me playing in the pool when he asked “do 你 want me to teach 你 how to swim without your life jacket?” I 说 “no, I’ll drown!” He 说 “you know I won’t let that happen AJ!” He took my life 夹克 off and 说 “don’t be scared!” He picked me up and placed me in the pool. I 说 “I’m going to drown!!!” He laughed and 说 “I am not going to let 你 drown!!!” I walked up the steps and 说 “please don’t make me daddy!” He 说 “alright, but I hired a swim instructor to come tomorrow and teach you, so you’re not off the hook!!!”
July 17, 1997,
Dad was just walking in the door after finishing some last 分钟 work to get all the money he earned on the history tour. He looked around the room and asked “what’s going on here?” Grace 说 “Alanna is driving me nuts!” He asked “what do 你 mean? What is she doing?” She 说 “well; to start off with she was so loud I couldn’t get Prince to sleep!” He said: “I’ll go talk to her!” She rolled her eyes as he walked up the stairs.
He walked into my room and 说 “hi AJ.” I hugged him and 说 “I missed you!” He 说 “I’ve told 你 so many times that 你 need to be good when I’m not here and 你 won’t listen!” I tried to say something and he cut me off. He 说 “since I’m now working for a while Grace is going to go on vacation and I’m going to stay here with 你 and your brother. I’m not going to let 你 get away with this stuff, 你 will be in trouble… No not just standing in the corner!” I asked confused “what do 你 mean? He 说 “I’m going to start taking your toys away and go to you’ll have to earn them back!” He sat down 下一个 to me on the floor and 说 “no matter what I’ll always 爱情 你 though… You’re my first baby and I don’t want 你 to grow up too fast!”
He stood up and grabbed one of my action figures out of my toy box. I asked “where are 你 going with that?” He 说 “I told you, when 你 don’t listen a toy gets taken away!” I looked at him shocked and couldn’t believe that he was actually following through with it!
July 20, 1997,
Dad walked through the front door and looked around for Grace, Prince and I. He went upstairs and could hear Grace say “we’re in here Michael!!!” He opened the door to the bathroom and Grace 说 “I know 你 need to go AJ!!!” He asked “let me guess; potty training isn’t getting any better?” She 说 “listen; I need to go feed Prince….will 你 stay here with her?” He sat down on the floor and 说 “of course!!!” She took Prince downstairs shutting the bathroom door behind her.
Dad asked “what’s up?” I 说 “I’m not going to go potty!!!” He 说 “we aren’t going anywhere until 你 go….I’m getting tired of changing those diapers.” I 说 “I’m still not going to go!!!” He 说 “that’s too bad because I bought 你 something at the toy store.” I got excited and asked “is it the Spiderman web shooter daddy?” He took it out of the bag he was holding and 说 “as a matter of fact it is!” I tried to grab it from him and he 说 “if 你 use the potty 你 can have this!!!” I 说 “but if I do I won’t be your baby anymore daddy.” He 说 “I don’t know where 你 came up with that!!! It doesn’t matter if you’re 3 years old 或者 300 years old you’ll always be my baby!!!” I 说 “pinky promise?” He stuck out his pinky finger and 说 “pinky promise!” I looked at the toy and then looked at dad. He 说 “all 你 have to do is…….” He heard the noise of something tricking and he gasped. I smiled and he 说 “GOOD JOB!!!”
A few 分钟 later we walked downstairs and Grace was still feeding Prince. I was carrying the web shooter and she asked “where did that come from?” Dad 说 “let’s just say I don’t think she’ll be giving 你 a hard time when it comes to the bathroom!” She 说 “wait….she went? No way!!! But how in the world?” He laughed and 说 “don’t 问题 the king; just accept it!!!
July 28, 1997,
Yesterday dad took me shopping because he was able to have the manager closed the store for the day. When we were in the store I saw a toy that I really wanted but; dad told me that I couldn’t have it because he had just bought me a toy last week. I threw myself on the ground and had the worst temper tantrum that dad had ever seen. He had never seen me this mad in my life. He was really embarrassed 由 the way I was 表演 and we ended up having to leave because I kept trying to hit him.
Today dad had a behavioral specialist/therapist come over to the ranch to see if there was 更多 to the way I am acting. He knows that it can’t be me just being the typical three-year-old and wants to get to the bottom of whatever is going on. She told him that after evaluating me that she had diagnosed me with oppositional defiance disorder. That means that I don’t think about something before I do it and that most of the time I get so caught up in my attitude that I don’t remember what I had done wrong. She also told him that there is not much she can do to help the situation and that dad is going to have to be patient but also very strict; especially as I get older because it’ll probably only get worse! All I remember dad saying is that he is committed to helping me deal with this and keeping me out of trouble.
August 12, 1997,
One of the bodyguards let Debbie into the house and she heard me trying to argue my way out of doing something. She walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. Dad 说 “you know it’s not okay to call people names!” He knelt down in front of me and 说 “all I’m asking 你 to do is put your crayons back in their box so nobody steps on them.” I 说 “I don’t care about the crayons 你 stupid head!” He picked me up and 说 “I told 你 not to say that word anymore!” He put me in the corner of the living room and 说 “you stay here until I come get 你 because 你 weren’t being nice!”
He sat down on the 长椅, 沙发 下一个 to Debbie and 说 “that’s her third timeout today and it’s not even noon.” She 说 “well; I have some good news to tell you!” He asked “what?” She 说 “I’m pregnant again!” He 说 “oh my gosh… I’m going to have three kids!” I walked up to dad and he asked “what are 你 doing out of the corner?” I 说 “I have to go potty.” He 说 “okay; but 你 have to promise me not to say stupid anymore because it’s not nice and it hurts my feelings!” I 说 “I’m sorry; I won’t say that anymore!” He 说 “that’s okay; I don’t want to hear 你 say that word again!”
While I was in the upstairs bathroom dad and Debbie talked. Debbie 说 “I found out yesterday that I was pregnant!” Prince crawled up to dad and he picked him up. Dad looked at her and 说 “it’s so unreal; my first baby is pretty much not a baby anymore and my 秒 baby is already seven months old!” Debbie looked at him as tears filled his eyes and she 说 “look at it positively… You’re going to get to have a newborn that is totally dependent on 你 again!” He 说 as he rubbed his eyes “it’s not that!” She asked “what’s wrong then?” He 说 “it hit me yesterday that Alanna isn’t a baby anymore! She hardly ever asks me for help; it’s been like that all week long! It went from her saying daddy I can’t do it 由 myself to daddy leave me alone!” He got up and 说 “I know she’s only three but; it hard to let my baby go!”
Debbie hugged him and 说 “she going to grow up to do bigger and better things than the little milestones she’s reaching now! I know it’s hard but 你 have to let it happen!” I came downstairs and walked up to dad. He knelt down and I hugged him. I whispered something in his ear and he 说 “I’ll help you.” Debbie 说 “I’ve got to head out now; I’ll call 你 when I have my first ultrasound in a couple weeks so 你 can come.” He kissed her on the cheek and 说 “alright; I’ll see 你 then.”
September 9, 1997,
Dad was just getting back to the ranch because he had gone shopping to get some 圣诞节 gifts. He walked into the living room and Grace 说 “listen; I can’t watch AJ anymore!” He looked irritated and asked “what; why?” She 说 “because she will not listen to me! She thinks it’s funny when she doesn’t do what I ask her to do!” Dad 说 “I don’t know what else 你 want me to do; 你 know she has oppositional defiance disorder!” Grace 说 “I know she doesn’t really mean to be so disobedient but; I just can’t deal with her and Prince with Debbie having another baby soon on 最佳, 返回页首 of that!” He 说 “I’ll make a deal with you; if I can get your to at least somewhat behave for 你 when I’m not here will 你 watch her again?” She 说 “I don’t see how 你 going to do that but; if 你 can pull it off 更多 power to you!” He 说 “I don’t plan on going out on any big trips for it while so I won’t let her get away with being disrespectful to you!”
I came downstairs and dad gave me a look that I will probably never forget. I knew that in some way, shape 或者 form that I had done something wrong! He picked me up and put me on the couch. He sat down 下一个 to me and 说 “I know that 你 haven’t been behaving for Grace and I told 你 that I’m not going to let 你 act like this!” I 说 “but daddy; I didn’t mean to!” He 说 “I don’t want to hear it; just remember I’m here all 日 now so I hear and see everything that goes on in this house!”
He went upstairs and came back down carrying the pieces that go on 最佳, 返回页首 of my train table. He opened up the closet door and put them on the 最佳, 返回页首 shelf. I 说 “no daddy; I 爱情 my Thomas the trains!” He knelt down in front of me and 说 “you’ll think twice 下一个 time before 你 decide not to listen to Grace; won’t you?” I stomped my feet and he calmly 说 “that’s enough!” Grace 说 “welcome to my world Michael; this is what I deal with every day.” I tossed a couple of video tapes across the room and he 说 “I 说 that’s enough!” I looked at him as I reach for another tape to see if he would do anything and he asked “do 你 want to watch TV in your room tonight?” I 说 mad “yes!” He 说 “you better not throw that because 你 won’t be allowed to watch 电影院 tonight!” I put the tape down and he 说 “thank you; it’s time for bed!”
I walked up to dad and hugged him. He picked me up and asked “do 你 want to watch 动画片 on 迪士尼 Junior 或者 watch a movie?” I 说 “I want to watch Scooby Doo!” He 说 “okay; go get your pajamas on and wait for me to get your toothbrush ready!” He put me down and for the first time in a long time I did what I was told.
December 25, 1997,
I woke up and walked down the hallway. I climbed onto dad’s 床, 床上 and jumped on him. He opened his eyes and 说 “merry Christmas!!!” I 说 “merry Christmas” and jumped on him again. He 说 “okay; I’m going to get up.” He picked me up and 说 “we can’t go downstairs until Prince is awake.” He carried me into Prince’s room and put me down. Prince was standing up in his 婴儿床 with his hair sticking out in all directions. Dad picked him up and grabbed me with his other arm.
Dad carried Prince and I down the steps and I could see the 圣诞节 tree. He took us into the living room and put of us down. There were presents stacked all over the room and something with a blanket over the 最佳, 返回页首 of it. Dad asked “what’s under that blanket over there?” I walked up to it and there was a piece of paper taped to the blanket. I pulled it off and brought it over to dad. He 说 “it looks like a letter from Santa Claus!” Now that I’m much older; I know that Santa Claus isn’t real, but dad tried to keep the magic alive for as long as possible while I was growing up.
He opened the letter and read it out loud. He 说 “I hope 你 like your 圣诞节 presents and I know 你 tried really hard to be good this year. You’ve grown so much since the last time I left presents under your 树 and I’ve been watching 你 from the North Pole. I do think that 你 need to try harder at being a better listener. Every time 你 don’t listen to daddy 你 移动 closer to the naughty list. I’ll be back to see 你 and your brother 下一个 year. I can’t wait to see if the new baby is going to be a boy 或者 a girl!”
Dad 说 “see Santa knows everything; so 你 better be good!” I had a worried look on my face and 说 “I will try harder!” I pulled the blanket off and underneath was the Jeep that I had been asking for all year! I got in and was about to put the key in when dad 说 “yeah; that’s 更多 of an outside toy!” I went over to a tall stack of presents and he 说 “after we open all your gifts 你 can play with your Jeep.”
After about eight hours of slowly opening each gift, grandma showed up. I was upstairs changing out of my pajamas because I had been wearing them all day. I came back downstairs wearing a pair of jeans and my new red 星, 星级 Wars long-sleeved 运动衫 with Anakin Skywalker and R2-D2 printed on the front. I walked into the 厨房 where dad was talking to grandma and I sat down at the table. She 说 “you know Joseph really want to come here with me. I don’t understand why 你 don’t want him here!” He 说 “now that Alanna is in the room I think we should stop this discussion!” She 说 “you know I want to be here but; I’m going to go back to the house because I don’t him to have to be alone!”
Dad rolled his eyes as she shut the door and left without even getting to say hi to me. He came over with a few plates of 食物 and sat down 下一个 to me. As he was cutting my 食物 for me I 说 “thank 你 for all my presents!” He 说 “you’re welcome sweetheart.” He looked around the room at all of my new toys sprawled out on the floor and 说 “look at all these toys!!!” I 说 “I got so much Spiderman, Thomas the train, and Scooby Doo stuff!!!” He 说 “I think 你 got 更多 星, 星级 Wars stuff than anything else. I can’t believe 你 got six different pairs of 星, 星级 Wars pajamas!!!”
