I thought it would be "fun" to do a gingerbread house together with the bad weather. I've never made one before. I'd bought a kit before Thanksgiving. I got it out after dinner. I was shocked to find that if you add up the wait time it's like 4-5 hours not including decorating time. We put the first parts together and started a xmas movie (The Search for Santa Paws--cute family movie) right after an early dinner. An hour in, I put the roof pieces on. I had the icing made, and I new it would harden, so after C went to bed I told Scott I was going to go ahead and decorate it. I'm glad I did. I can't imagine a 2 yr old doing it. It was hard. I know why we never did one at home. It made such a mess and was stressful. I followed the directions on one plan mostly. Scott thought that was ridiculous. 75 minutes later I was done. I would have wanted to staple my head to the floor had I tried to do this with C. It would have been an even bigger mess and held his attention for all of 90 seconds. Lesson learned. But it did turn out cute. My icing bag popped, so I couldn't get the pretty swirls.
C didn't even make it this far
If I'd followed their instructions completely, I bet it would have taken me 2.5 hours to decorate.
And just b/c they're cute! Cosmo as a statue. Try to ignore our hoosier purple towel/mat to wipe their feet. Classy!
Look at that sweet Kona face.
Oh, and ignore the tiny shoes in the middle of the floor and the coupon on the floor. AAARRG--Scott really knows how to frame a pic. I usually try to hide my mess.
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