Gingerbread Mania

Jake has been begging me for a couple weeks to build his gingerbread house. We bought the kits at Costco a while ago but I wanted to wait until it was closer to Christmas to make them. So they've been sitting on the counter, taunting poor Jakey for days and days.

Today was the day! While Joshy was having a nap, the munchkins waited impatiently at the table as I scurried around and assembled the houses and went back and forth drawing on all the white frosting lines. The kids meticulously placed each little candy wherever they wanted. Jordan just started piling them on top of each other and it wasn't long before they started falling off. Jakey very carefully placed each piece and would periodically ask me to add a dab of frosting here or there so he could add his own artistic flair. Takes after his mommy.

Before...

During...

And After!


Jake's is on the left, Jordan's on the right. Didn't they do a beautiful job? And somehow I completely resisted directing their placement in any way. That's really hard for a control freak you know.