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Gingerbread Mania

I bought a gingerbread house kit. The kids were so excited to put it together. We got the house assembled and the kids went wild trying to stick, no stick isn't the right word, it was more like slam and slather icing and candies on it. The poor little house couldn't stand up to all that pressure....besides the instructions said to let it dry for an hour before placing candies, but they couldn't wait! Within minutes, it was all Jay and I could do to hold up walls, the roof, etc. The kids couldn't even stop long enough to let us fix it. They just kept putting things on and the more it fell, the more they laughed. Obviously, the end result was a pile of rubble. Everyone had fun though.

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Anonymous said…
I'm laughing only with you because I had the exact same experience with a spooky house for Halloween!
December 6, 2008 at 8:13 PM
M3 said…
Funny!! We had the exact same problem. Who can hold the kids off for an hour? Not us, that's for sure. We ended up sticking pins in it to hold it all together while it was drying and getting loved half to death by the girls.
December 6, 2008 at 9:15 PM
The Stanley's said…
The best part is lickin' your fingers anyway!!

We had such a great time yesterday. Thank you for hanging out with us!! We love you.
December 7, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Anonymous said…
REAL moments :)
December 7, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Joey/Denny/Emma said…
Put together the very same house just this afternoon. It is quite structurally unsound but our little one had a blast.
December 7, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Anonymous said…
You have so much fun at your house! Good luck with everything through the holidays:)
December 7, 2008 at 10:10 PM
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