Gingerbread House

This year was the first year that I have attempted making the gingerbread house on my own. It has been a tradition of my family to do one every year, but either my Mom or Annie makes the gingerbread and then we all get together to put it all together. This year Annie and my family got together to make the gingerbread and then decorated separately. It was a really good learning experience for me to help cut out and bake all of the gingerbread so that I can feel more confident doing it by myself in years to come.I was a little nervous about decorating the house with our kids. I knew that they would love it, but I also didn’t know if they would demolish it while putting the candy on. They actually did great with it. Ellen and Trevor each worked on their own side and were very precise with where they wanted to put the candy. Levi, didn’t really care about decorating it, he just liked eating the candy and watching what was going on. It worked out perfect!

Our masterpiece turned out well if I don’t say so myself and it was a really fun family evening together. It also was really yummy eating. This is the first year that we ate the entire gingerbread house and it only took us about a week. The kids loved not only the candy but the gingerbread itself. A very successful activity.