Gingerbread House decorating party

The kids were eager to invite some friends over to decorate gingerbread house like last year. I agreed to bake all the houses again, regretted it when it took forever and then was very happy about it agin when my house was completely permeated with the home made gingerbread smell for a week.

Excitedly waiting for their friends to arrive

Bruce somehow snatched the beaters off the counter when I wasn't looking and was so very pleased with himself.

Ellie and her best friend Alexia

Isa and Alexia

Sugar sugar sugar

This is a very serious art

Ellie playing the piano for her friends // Bruce was elated when we gave him his own gingerbread house

It turned out he really just wanted to eat all the candy, not actually decorate a house.

The sanders // Kenny's friend, Brad

Cayson was a very dedicated decorator

 

Gingerbread house decorating party

I've always loved the idea of making homemade ginger bread houses for the kids but had never done it. I decided his year was the year! We invited the Tanners and Acostas kids over and got to work baking before the big night. Our house smelled sooo Christmassy delicious while I baked all the houses that morning. They were kind of a pain to assemble but I'm really glad I did it he morning before the guests arrived so the icing had time to harden for the kids. The kids loved decorating and put lots of thougt into their decor. The house still smelled amazing the next couple days and every time we walked past the kids houses we got another whiff of the gingery goodness.