Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Ingredients for making a gingerbread house

1.....excitement and patience (I love how Bella always sits on her feet)
2........lots of squishing and squeezing done by man-hands
3.........giggles and smiles
4......four sides and two roof pieces of gingerbread (direct from Walmart, of course)
5..............lots and lots of candy to choose from6..............a couple sneaks of something sweet
7...........a little of this, a little of that....some extra icing here, some extra candy there
And viola our very own ghetto-fied Candyland house (as Bella so lovingly refers to it as...not the ghetto part...the "lets go play Candyland house" part)!
And don't forget a little tagging to mark territory Ü...........
I see a new tradition in our future....this is the first year we've done this, other than drooling over Uncle Larry's fabulous creations in years past. Bella had a smashingly good time sneaking candy when she thought we weren't looking....the Screaming Banshee was safely tucked away for the night....of course, she bit the gingerbread guy's head off in the morning to make up for it.

7 comments:

Krista said...

Ahhh! That looks awesome! I've never had the guts to even try something like that!!!

Jennifer said...

Thats so cute!! I love the sitting on the feet picture!!! :) Totally says "waiting patiently.." So cute!!!

Colton Anne said...

Looks like lots of fun!

Anonymous said...

You should post the picture of the gingerbread man with his head bit off too. I thought it was funny that he's still standing in the yard, even with no head.

Kelli said...

That picture of Bella's feet is one of the cutest dang things I have EVER seen.

Julie{isCocoandCocoa} said...

Bella sitting on her feet is adorable! And what a fun tradition to start. My kids do gingerbread houses every year, but just using graham crackers.

Jenny said...

Those look awesome! I gotta go to Walmart.