Gingerbread Success

Another fun family tradition that we won't be able to participate in this year is decorating Gingerbread houses with my family. My wonderful mother gave my sister and I the same gingerbread mold that she has for Christmas last year, and I was SO excited to try it out! MAN they take a long time to bake, but they sure were fun! We had a few friends over for a little bit of soup, and then some gingerbread house making, and it was a great success! We had such a fun time. I wish that we could have had tons more people over, but just not possible you know?! It was a little bit hectic to say the least with four 2 year olds and three under (or slightly over in Paytons case) the age of one! There was a lot of time out happenin at our house:) I was hoping that the children would really enjoy this exercise, and Lincoln didn't disappoint! He LOVED it! He really enjoyed coming every now and then, eating a few pieces of candy, and then putting a few more onto the house our the grounds surrounding. Here are a few pictures of those involved, and their marvelous houses.
The boys muchin on some Mac n' cheese. We were missing Carson, but that's because he only ate like 2 bites. Better than nothin eh? Warren, Calvin and Lincoln
HIM on the other hand...He ate more than all 4 boys, maybe even combined! Maybe it's because of his cute little hippo pegs! Can you spot them?




All the loot before we started the construction process.

Lincoln and Cole getting started. If you can't tell, Lincoln's mouth is CHUCK FULL of candy!Our finished productJonny and Lindsay Moss contemplating where to go from there.
Hello...sweet little Edy didn't make a peep the whole night! SO CUTE!

The Moss's finished product. Taylor and Steph Dix- Taylor couldn't (wouldn't) look at me because he was focusing on the walls:)
Finished product...They even had a guy roasting marshmallows in the front yard, AND a llama!
What the boys did most of the time. Bless this train table!Anna was flying solo that night because Chris had to go and study for his finals! Thanks for coming Anna!

Picture of perfection-as always!
Tim, Laura and Carson Cronin getting started. Carson had a mouth full of candy as well! They were all bouncing off the walls!Thanks for the sweet smile Tim! Told you it would make the blog:)
The ladies with the finished products. We all decided that they were much like our own houses in some ways! Mine being cluttered, and with WAY to much on it!:) Well, that's the way I roll I guess! Thanks for the INCREDIBLY fun night guys! You are all the best.