gingerbread houses

We bought, constructed, and decorated the Trader Joe's gingerbread houses again this year. It's one of my favorite traditions - the scramble to secure a kit (they sell out by early December), making the icing and plastering the thing together, and then going all out on the decorations. I always either raid the Halloween stashes or buy additional candy in order to add more pizzazz to our houses. And I buy two, so the kids each get their own. And then of course, we all look forward to the annual smashing of the houses during January.

 

We had another somewhat quiet weekend. Liesl was sick again, and it was blustering and freezing outside, so we stayed in and played. I took a photo of our living room, with evidence of a painting project, puzzle, snap circuits, latch hook craft, remote control car, Mancala, and of course many books. We were busy and mostly happy.

 

Liesl beat me twice at mancala and then twice at this memory card game. She won by a lot. She was super delighted with herself.

 

What would a cozy weekend be without baking? I made a sticky cranberry gingerbread and it was delicious.