We went to a Gingerbread Decorating "event", that is what you have to call anything that gets you out of the house in the evening when you are a parent of small children. Makes you feel a tad "fancy", even though you are in a church basement, making memories with your littles, instead of dolled up and having dinner & catching a show (gasp!). A fun tradition, that we hope to be able to accomplish every year. I remember one year, as a child, instead of going the candy/cereal route. The twin and I decided that it would be a G_R_E_A_T use of Mom's spices to decorate our giant house with what we considered "dried, old, and un-used" spices. The house looked amazing, smelled great and I'm sure carried an expensive mortgage (bling-bling). Knowing now what some spices cost... yikes. Good thing Mom was such a good sport about it, sealed another wonderful memory for us all. We opted for the candy route this year... more toddler friendly.
Daddy's idea to put their letters on the roof.
I was impressed, xxoo.
Look at the placement focus...
The little little wanted a taste too!
The fam. Lookin' a little frazzled, but festive!
EXCITED!
Red, green, red, green.
Oh yeah. A good tip: if you are going to a similar "event" or hosting one at your house. Make sure you pre-build the houses with icing and let them dry or do it the easy way and hot glue the pieces together in advance. No little that I know is patient enough to watch you struggle to secure a gingerbread foundation, walls and roof line, while there is icing and candies to be had!
Happy Decorating!
Sending Love,
Twin A
You're not kidding. I learned my lesson with our Halloween gingerbread house that collapsed 12 times. This time I built the house and waited a couple hours to decorate it. Next time I might let M decorate the panels and then put it all together.
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