THE FAMILY. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

Saturday, December 19, 2009

GingerBread House

Here are my tips for successful gingerbread house decorating.

#1. DISTRACTION: You must distract the little one. Luke was given Mia's Leapster, and that kept him busy for a good 15 minutes.
#2. ALL IN ONE GINGERBREAD HOUSE KIT: What a great invention. No hassle on my part. The kids know what they have to work with. They just need to use their imaginations to make it look special.
#3. A GREAT LEADER: In this case, Mia was a great leader. She and Cole worked together to make the house look ultra charming.



Distraction only works for so long. Luke discovered the yummy house. Mia and Cole did a great job making it look beautiful, and the house lasted a good 12 hours, before Luke pulled it off the counter the next morning and ate half of it. Ahhh, Christmas memories.

3 comments:

Esther said...

So funny. I am glad you got pictures before the demolition.

Cailleau Family said...

That is so funny. I wish we had gingerbread houses here. That looks like fun to make. We have lebkuchen though. That is kind of similar but they don't make it in house shapes. Maybe we can spend a Christmas in the U.S. one year and do this project. That would be fun. I don't think ours would last much longer than yours did though.

Jill said...

Way to go Luke! I think gingerbread houses are meant to be eaten!