Home made Paper mache princess castle

At first sight it looks like a cottage. If you squint it looks like a castle.

Here is the paper mache princess castle. When my daughter saw it she said, "Oooooo!" with her eyes wide open. So she liked it and thats all that matters. I know it doesn't look professional but I'm pretty proud of it and saved some cash on this fun little project.
When the kids were trying to knockout the candy from this castle it took a while. I thought this thing was so fragile it would break at the first whack. Not so. After 3 swings from 3 kids about 3 times and a few whacks from my mother in law, the pinata finally let all the candy out. Good fun! I'll post some more about the princess later.

Princesses?

I have a bunch of random thoughts that are circling around in my head. From paper mache to princesses to Google reader and so on. Last night I made a paper mache castle pinata for my daughter's birthday. Paper mache is easy to do but takes forever to dry especially because in Hawaii it is so humid. The castle turned alright. It took a lot of time making the frilly paper. I used streamer paper and had the help of my wife to cut the little strips. I could not do this in front of the kids because they would want to help and it would take twice as long also I guess I'm a control freak with art. I don't know if making paper mache pinatas is art but it took a couple of hours putting it all together. The whole reason I decided to make a pinata castle was because at Walmart they were selling it for $15.99! Ofcourse because it was the Disney Princess Pinata castle it should be worth that amount. Anyways my daughter is totally into Disney Princesses. I thought it was a phase because that was the theme of her little birthday party last year. And it is the same theme this year. I was thinking why princesses? Why does my daughter love Disney princesses? She has never seen all the movies that feature the Disney princesses. She somehow remembers and knows all their names. I don't mind it for now. I think of it that she wants to be a princess and thats okay. She won't be a little girl for long. Next year she goes to school and thats it. Shes going to school for 13 years straight and for 4 more years in college. And maybe more. I guess the feeling of my little girl is going to have to grow up. We don't always get along, she doesn't like to listen to me all the time. I guess its because she has a strong personality. She has a long Hawaiian middle name that means "to honor truth and light." There is a double meaning of the word of "light" in Hawaiian that we used. It could mean "the glow" or "the glow, the light that comes from fire". My wife and I joke that our daughter has the "fire" within her. We love our little fire princess.