Cartacarizza's castle

Last night Julia and Ethan built a castle out of wooden blocks, and it became the palace of Cartacarizza, Project Daddy, and their daughter, Princess Maggie. Despite the magnificence of the architecture, they preferred spending their time outside of the castle:




Maggie tried to get adventurous and go inside, but she was scared of the spooky dark in there, so she didn't want to linger:



Then Cartacarizza had to go looking for her daughter, because she was concerned:



After which she reported back to project Daddy:



In Julia's own words, "Maggie went into the castle, then got out, Cartacarizza got up to see if Maggie FINALLY went into the castle, but she didn't. She went off to the North Pole."

Phew. Good thing Maggie was in the North Pole and not the castle when this happened:



And on a new topic, Julia, Madeleine and I took a trip to the Party Store shortly before school today to buy goody bags and party favors for her upcoming birthday party. Afterwards, I suggested we swing by the nearby toy store to get a gift for a party she's going to tomorrow. After sitting in traffic at the very first light we hit, I began to rethink things, leading to this conversation:

ME: Julia, I don't know, I'm starting to think we should turn around and go home because I'm afraid we won't make it to school on time if we try to go to the toy store now. What do you think, honey?
JULIA: Um, I think... if we all work TOGETHER, we can make it really quick!


We were late for school.