It had been five years since the marriage of Prince Naveen of Maldonia and Tiana Adams. They had decided to reside in New Orleans, to run Tiana's resturant, Tiana's Place, and raise their family there until the death of Naveen's parents, then they'd have to return his country to take the throne.

They were well-off financially, and lived in a two-story house, and had only one manservant named Theodore. They also had three children, twins named Raymond and Odie; although the children weren't fond of their names, they never once asked how their parents came up with them. Then there wa James, the youngest child at three months old, so he didn't really care at all what his name was.

One morning, Tiana was cooking breakfast and feeding James, when Naveen came into the kitchen. He kissed Tiana & James, and then took his seat at the breakfast table.

"You were doing an awful lot of tossing in your sleep." said Tiana.

Naveen yawned. "I was?" he asked.

"You've been acting nervous all week."

Tiana turned to Naveen and folded her arms. "What aren't you telling me?"

"N-Nothing. I'm just excited about the restaurant's anniversay, that's all."

"That's not until next week. What's going on?"

Naveen seemed reluctant to speak, but knew he had no choice upon noticing the crossed look on Tiana's face.

"My parents are coming for a visit."

"Your parents?"

"They wanted to see the children, and to celebrate the anniversary of Tiana's Place."

"What's the matter with that?"

Naveen sighed. "I'm worried that they'll judge us. That they'll want to see how we'll handle being the King and Queen of Maldonia."

"We'll handle it just fine when the time comes. We have survived a Voodoo spell and swamp gators, haven't we?"

"That's different, Tia. This is our duty. What if my parents find one little flaw in us? We'll be exiled from the kingdom, and the throne will go to my brother, who won't even be able to wear his crown!"

"Oh baby," Tiana kissed Naveen on the cheek. "everything will be just fine."

At that moment, Theodore came walking past the kitchen, when Tiana walked over to him and grabbed him gently by the arm.

"Theodore, will you wake Odie and Raymond? I have to finish feeding James." said Tiana.

"Of course, madame." said Theodore.

Theodore went upstairs and to Odie and Raymond's bedroom. He pulled back the curtain to their window and allowed the sun to shine into the room.

"Wake up, children. It's time for your breakfast." said Theodore.

Raymond yawned and he and Odie crawled out of bed, and began to drag their tired feet downstairs, with Theodore following close behind.

"Theodore, can we have ice cream for breakfast?" asked Raymond.

"You know that's only meant for dessert, young sire." said Theodore.

Raymond moaned, and Theodore knelt down to the childrens' level. He pulled out a small photo, but didn't show the young royals.

"I know that you two are rather fond of sweets, but if you have too much of them, you might end up like my dear ol' mother." said Theodore.

"What happened to her?" asked Odie.

Theodore showed the two a picture of his mother, who had nothing but two front teeth left in her mouth. The children screamed and rushed downstairs to the kitchen, instantly taking their place at the table.