R Street Castle

This past weekend, the fam and I took a little road trip to the land where nuggets of gold are safely hidden in silky husks and they are EVERYWHERE!
Yes, indeed, we were surrounded by the bountiful goodness as we enjoyed the company of each other in the car for five hours.  I'm positive my parents would say the same.
Singing, crying, screaming, laughing, sleeping...
oh wait, I think they were hoping for the sleeping part, but why on earth would we deprive them of our lively sweetness???
We love them, so we didn't.

Anyway, back to the nuggets of gold...
We have some family friends who we don't see often enough in person (we do however, look at their blog and pretend as though we're looking in the windows of their house!) and so our travels led us to their castle.

Here's a little nugget of gold for you:
Kids love presents;
Boys love anything they can fight with;
Girls love anything that is pretty.
(That's actually three little nuggets of gold for you... you're welcome.)

My mommy somehow already knew this.  So, we were prepared and I have to say we definitely scored.

The Knights and Princess of R Street Castle did not disappoint.
In fact, I was immediately asked to wear the crown so I could be protected, but...
that's not really how I roll.
I kind of play hard to get, so I took my time.
And then once I did put it on, I only wore it for about 10 seconds and then ran off to be chased once more.

R Street Castle

Sir Drew

Sir Isaac

Princess Ella

Who wouldn't want these knights protecting their honor??

We played, played, and played some more!

We had breakfast at the Donut Professor before we journeyed through a shark tunnel, The Kingdoms of the Night, and a butterfly garden (just like in my Fancy Nancy books!!).

Ate lunch.

Napped.

Played some more.

And more and more.

I was WORN OUT people!

However, I set aside my desire to sleep and stayed quite alert almost the entire drive home to give my parents ample opportunities to be thankful for me... the sis did as well.

Like I said, we love them.

Here are a few more nuggets for you:

Five kids under five will provide hours of entertainment for my mother who laughs at pretty much everything they do.

The Donut Professor actually IS something special, Mr. Swanberg... I mean Garrett.

(My mommy wanted me to tell you that.)

At five years old, Drew is a gentleman beyond his years.

Parents, on behalf of all of us little ladies out there,

train your little men to protect and honor us.

It's not that hard, and it's well worth it.

Elly loves an adventure.

That's not really a nugget of gold for you, just a daily observation.

Round Baby (who isn't so round or so much a baby anymore) is always a good note to end with.

Thank you family of R Street Castle for a spectacular time.