Continuing our annual Gingerbread House tradition...Although Mom put the house together and whipped up the frosting, the rest is a 2-5yr old (William, Calvin + the help of a few friends) masterpiece. I love how it will change over the years as they grow older (o;
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| I think the boys enjoy playing with the dough and cutting out the pieces just as much as decorating it. Of course, I let them play with the dough like play dough since we don't eat it (o; |
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| Calvin in all his goofy glory...Not sure what he's cutting out here, BUT he's having fun! |
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| William takes his work very seriously...Meticulously shaping his gingerbread man. |
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| This was just pure, crazy, super fun, chaos (with WAY too much sugar consumed)! |
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| The goofies and their final product (Josi-4, William, Jaclyn-5, Trent-2 & Calvin) |
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| Don't you just love their touches...we helped intertwine the pretzels so our fence wouldn't fall down. Then they got tired of putting it up about halfway through (o; Also notice the sagging roofline...note to self-bake the gingerbread longer next year! I think it adds a nice tough (o; |
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| And we can't forget the back of the house...Jaelynn had fun setting up our tootsie roll wood pile. |
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| William was VERY proud of his gingerbread man (o; Honestly (no mom bragging here), it turned out pretty awesome in comparison to the others that were decorated. He's such a little meticulous, detailed worker. |
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And apparently, a gingerbread house is just WAY to tempting just sitting on the counter to look at...I started noticing evidence of house damage (o;
Now they can't wait until they get to take hammers to it after Christmas.
Boys...They just love destructing things.
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