Sunday, December 23, 2012

Gingerbread Houses, 2012

We bought a kit containing 4 miniature gingerbread houses from Michael's. It always takes me a while to figure out how to put the houses together without making a huge mess. This year, we had a new saving grace. Nolan's 60 cc feeding tube syringes make excellent icing delivery tools.


Matt was very excited to decorate his house. He lined up all of the candy and got straight to work.


Nolan was really excited about decorating his house, too. He was primarily interested in sneaking pieces of candy into his mouth. He has a penchant for gumdrops!


I decorated two of the houses, because the boys were really only "up" for decorating one house each. I have decided that my talents lie in the realm of science and not in baked goods. At least my house remained standing - I consider that a success!


Matt was a good big brother and helped Nolan apply more icing as it was needed.


Matt's house when it was nearly finished. He did everything by himself, including the "Christmas Tree" in the front of the house.


Nolan's house, also nearly completed. He was applying icing for a path to the front door.


The first three houses, done and ready to display. Matt is in the background, working on the fourth house.


I love Christmas traditions. Especially the sticky, gooey, sweet traditions. We're in the final countdown to Christmas now - tomorrow is Christmas Eve and the kids are beyond excited!

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