Construction Projects

I've done a few construction projects with my boys over the years. We've built a barn, built an addition to the barn, done numerous things to our house, renovated a large 100-year-old house, and restored a car, to name a few. Now that I have a daughter, it will be interesting to see what we can get involved in together.

Deb found one of those things a few days before Christmas, on sale at a local grocery store. It was a gingerbread house kit, complete with everything needed to make a gingerbread house. It became one of the gifts that Abigail opened on Christmas day. She was thrilled.

We set up a table by the woodstove and spent a few hours on it on Christmas day. I had to remind her many times that the ingredients were not to be eaten yet as they were needed to build the house. She managed to snoop more than a couple gumdrops, mini-jawbreakers, and colored sprinkles before the project was done. She also wanted to begin eating the house as soon as it was done and I had to convince her that Grandma needed to see it before we began eating it.

I did most of the icing as the bags were rather large and difficult to squeeze, but Abigail dictated where all the candies were placed. The two gingerbread people almost didn't make it as they were coveted by a girl with a newfound taste for candy.

We did have enough ingredients to complete the house. The leftovers strangely disappeared over the next day or so. There are other candy lovers in our household.