I love Christmas time. Not the "shop for ridiculous presents that no one needs and fight the crowds at the mall and park half a mile away and wait in line for 30 minutes" part of Christmas. I love the "do fun things that you don't do at other times of the year" part of Christmas time. Things like decorate gingerbread houses from little kits. Thankfully, I am married to a creatively-inclined husband who knows how to work an icing tube. Because I am woefully incompetent when it comes to icing tubes. (Remember my Halloween cookies?)
The boys had a great time decorating, and Aidan had a great time eating half the candy as he was putting it on. Then after all the house-making, they decided to eat the finished product. Not a great idea. You wouldn't think it, but gingerbread house kits that were prepared in a factory out-of-state months ago and shipped to your local grocery store just in time for the holidays and decorated with pre-made icing and stale candies, well, just ain't that tasty.
Gingerbread house decorating also gives me great opportunities to take pictures without a flash. And I just love taking pictures without a flash. That's why they're a bit blurry, though. Since I have no idea how to actually work my camera, my low light pics are always a bit blurry. (Please don't tell my professional-photographer father and brother that I have no idea how to work my camera. They would be so embarrassed. And might take my camera away from me.)
Behold, the finished product (before the eating part happened. I did the windows on the front):
Have a very Merry December!
2 comments:
The tattoos really set the mood.
I think Dane shows he's from the "hood" in the Woodlands with all those tatoos...he walks on the wild side.
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