When Lauren and Megan were still at home, we began a family tradition of decorating gingerbread houses. Joe would bake the Gingerbread and mix up the frosting. I bought candy to decorate the houses. Our girls really enjoyed the creative process.
This year we wanted to start the tradition with Caleb and
Charlotte. Jeremy and Megan picked up prefabricated houses at Walmart. I bought
extra candy. Megan bought a stadium gingerbread kit for herself.
Tonight, we were able to finally sit down as a family and
decorate the houses. Joe and I were the official encouragers. Megan built her
stadium on the kitchen island while the rest of us sat at the kitchen table.
Jeremy sat next to Charlotte and helped her when she needed assistance. His job
was primarily to make sure the Scottie dog did not keep falling off the roof
while Charlotte continued to decorate. Jeremy is also an expert frosting squeezer. Caleb independently decorated.
Caleb went with the minimalist approach at the beginning of
the process. About 30 minutes in he announced he had finished. There were about
twenty pieces of candy on the entire house. Megan and I let him know that he
had just started. I showed him photos of decorated gingerbread houses and
explained the idea was to cover the house with candy. We also threw out the idea that
decorating the gingerbread house helps us all to get in the holiday spirit. Megan
tossed in how she used frosting to make snow on her house and the grounds
around it.
Ultimately what appeared to motivate Caleb was the idea that
Megan would get his left-over frosting for her football stadium project. At
that point Caleb decided he was going to use every drop of frosting on his
house. Which should be a clue that Megan knows this kid! Add a bit of competitiveness
and Caleb is in the game until the very bloody end.
I will let you judge for yourself how tonight’s masterpieces
turned out.
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Oh yes, and we did have fun!
Happy Holidays!
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