Last week, Laura and Jay were visiting with a friend downtown and asked if we could look after the kids. We were so excited to have them over for the day. We thought it might be fun to do something special all together so we decided to build a Gingerbread house. Off I went to the Bulk Barn to pick up a variety of candy to add to our kit that we had bought.
It would be too much to bake the house first so we opted for a preformed house. We just had to glue it together. This was Ralph's job as the girls and Brody decorated the Gingerbread men.
The kids were so excited to have Papa help build the house.
The girls were very proud of the gingerbread men that they had made. With a little help from Oma, the eyes were glued on and the decorations added. Once the house was put together, it was time to figure out what to put on the roof. Smarties were the shingles of choice and the seam on the top would be covered with sugar candies.
At times things got very intense as we planned each part of the house. The girls did a really great job while Brody made sure to "taste test" all the candies. It was really fun doing this all together.
After about 3 hours, the house was finally done. We packed it up very carefully for the drive home so that they could enjoy it during their Christmas festivities.
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Looks like it was loads of fun! It turned out terrific!
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