Gingerbread House

Emily had been asking to do a gingerbread house since way before Christmas and we just couldn't do it all. So, I dug out the mold on snow day #2 and we finally made one! This time, Carter and Casey helped too!

When Casey put these animals on the chocolate bars I asked him if they were taking a nap and he said, "No they're dead."
"They're mummies, you know all wrapped up in white stuff. They're dead."
Here's the aerial view...Emily likes her heart shaped pond and flower/vegetable garden.
Carter added a nice skittles path around the back of the house to his animal pen and other stuff. The kids each had their own area to decorate. That way no one "wrecked" anyone else's masterpiece.

It's no fun to move pics around, so here's the beginning. Al always jumps in and saves me when it comes to actually making the house stay together. Although, I must say, I did a much better job on the frosting this year. It was so stiff, it was hard to squeeze out, so that baby's not going anywhere.
This picture I accidentally moved the camera right when I was taking the picture. Like I changed my mind mid click or something. Anyway I thought it was kind of cool. People spend time trying to acheive this affect you know?
Funny, I finally printed my blog after 2 years, it's been 2 whole years already!! I've never kept a journal this long before!! Wow! Anyway, a gingerbread house was how I started it. In January too.