A New Tradition Has Been Born: Christmas Gingerbread House Creation!

Yesterday as the evening drew near I grew more and more excited!  It was going to be a night when one more long dreamed of event was going to happen!

Hannah and I were scheduled to attend a gingerbread house decorating class at our local grocery store.  For years and years I had seen other people build these fun, seasonal creations with their children and I longed for the day when Hannah and I would do it together!  Last night was that night and to make even more special Auntie Norma was going to be there with two of her grandkids who Hannah knows from daycare at Bonnie’s.  An evening of fun was guaranteed as we shared this special evening together!

Our adorable little chefs.

All good chefs require a personalized chef’s hat!

Checking out the candies, ‘Pssst Katelyn, Check out all these candies!! Do you think they’ll notice if we eat 1….or 20?’

After a little direction from our 2 head chefs

we were off!  Mommy was responsible to pipe the icing and Hannah was free to decorate any way she wanted! 

Hannah is not a subscriber in the ‘less is more’ belief

I gave no guidance as to what went where and I was surprised to see how organized she was with her decorating.  Once again, a reminder to even myself that she’s only 2 3/4 years old!

The kiddos’ works of art in progress.

Considering her next decorating step

Grandma helping hold little parts that wanted to slide away before drying.

Hannah ‘posing’ with her finished house.  Heh….still not a fan of looking at the camera.  She prefers the more relaxed, ‘Hey mommy, take what you can get’ kinds of poses!

3 adorable kids with 3 awesome gingerbread houses!!  Don’t they look proud?  And so should they!

This sweet house has been dusted with snow and is now adorning our home.  A new tradition was born for sure and hopefully it will be with our friends again next December!