This year we started a new tradition at our home of making a gingerbread house and then decorating it as a family. Our friend Nicole taught me how to make the gingerbread and let me borrow her pattern that she does with her family.
It was a long process, but it was so much fun to decorate as a family. It is a three day event where you make the dough the first day, roll, bake, and cut it the second day and then assemble it the third day.
Everyone got in on the decorating, well eating too. It was nice to have no plan for the design and then it just started to have a life of its own. Here are some of the pictures to show the process. Alex was all about adding sprinkles and was very good at unwrapping the mini Santa Claus candies. We almost didn't save the last Santa from being eaten. Sarah was just content to sit in her high chair and let Alex hand her candy to eat. It was a fun time to be together and to do something as a family. 
But as all good things come to an end so do our kids patience as witnessed below. Sarah was ready for bed and Alex wanted to take a shower. I guess all of the creativity really drained them. 
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5 comments:
SO fun!! What cute pictures!! :) It looks like you guys had a great time. :) It's so much fun to see everyone & the house came out so cute! Thanks for posting these.
SO cool. We have the same tradition and this year they didn't work. I worked, a 3 day process, but the all colapsed in the end. Glad you had better luck. Your house turned out very nice.
I need to get that recipe. I have thought about doing it for 3 years now and I think it's time. Good job on yours! Congrats to Alex on graduation!
Your houses make ours look lame.Way to go. They turned out GREAT!
Wow! Such creativity. I am impressed. I have never tackled making a Gingerbread house. You are all so talented and I am sure Sarah enjoyed being the "test taster" to make sure all the candy was good. Loved the pictures. Alex can always mail himself to Gramma. Love you all so much, hugs and kisses.
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