Gingerbread lane~ 2009!

Continuing our tradition that got started last year, we had our cousins come over and decorate gingerbread houses yesterday. It was fun, messy, and tasted good! Thanks everyone for a great time.

Colby started off a little rough, I think having a sleepover the night before with cousins was not a smart idea.... there was very little sleep happening! He just kept getting frustrated when the 'glue' wouldn't hold the candy on the roof, but being the smarty pants that he is it didn't take long for him to figure out a way to make it work. Way to go son!

A.J still liked to resort to the old 'lick it before you stick it'! He was hilarious how many times he would lick the candy before sticking it onto his house. He also had to point out to me a couple of days before hand that he did not need ANY help this year with his house.... point taken, I didn't help at all (not too much anyway)

Hunter made a train this year, which I found out was a mistake of mine to get something different for one child only.... You'd think I would know better by now than to do that! I've been told that next year they all want to try making a train.

Rachel had help from Grandma, but had to tell her mom after every candy she attached that "I did it, mom!"

Too sweet!

After about 2 hours of working, A.J announced he was done and started eating his house decorations. I told him to eat the ones out of the bowls and he told me ,"No ~ that's what I put them on the house for!"

Duh......