Merry Christmas

Gingerbread House

I bought this kit to make a gingerbread house because it looked fun and fairly simple. I opened the box and thought why are the directions a booklet? After we finally figured out the basics we started to mix the concrete, oh I mean icing. Putting it in the bag to spread was not easy but it was still easier than trying to spread it from the bag. Assembling the house while using the icing as glue sounded so much easier than it was, I finally left the room for my sanity. The children eventually got a tub of frosting from the cupboard to use instead of the concrete. The final product turned out well but it was quite the path to get there.

Snow

Today was a very nice 70 degree day but it has been cold here for about 10 days. At the start of this cold snap we had some surprise snow. The weather man said that we would not get any rain or snow but we woke up to big fluffy flakes. Since this is about a once a year happening the kids went outside to check it out before school. I was nervous about Stephany driving but it didn't stick to the roads so we were okay. It was all gone by the afternoon but it was pretty to see for a little bit. My favorite kind of snow it leaves quickly.