Gingerbread

Over the Christmas break we came down to Cedar City to spend the Holidays with the Miller family. It has been a lot of fun as all 6 siblings were able to make it into town and we've been spending a lot of time hanging out, playing games and watching movies.


On Monday we made Gingerbread houses. I found a kit at the store with some egg-free royal icing so Corbin got to go to town decorating however he wanted. Being the perfectionist, control freak I am, I was seriously close to a stress related anxiety attack when he started randomly sticking pieces of mismatched candy haphazardly all over the house, but after a few deep breaths I succumbed to the joy of 3-year-old creativity and allowed him to direct the decorating efforts on our house.




My favorite was when Corbin kept taking the licorice ropes and twisting and tying them up into little balls, which he called, 'timmies' he would then point out where he wanted to place his 'timmy' on the house and you would make a glob of icing for him to stick it to. He was so fun to watch.


Corbin's favorite was consuming a massive amount of sugar after insisting he taste every variety of candy in front of him. (Including a chunk of the house itself.)


Jenna was overly joyed to be partnerless and get to help Celeste and Josh make their house. By the end theirs' looked the most like a typical holiday wonderland with nice patterns, lamp posts, and overall well put together.


Jake and Ashley's house was half cutsie and traditional and half Catholic/Ancient Greek gummy bear wars. You can probably guess who contributed to each area of the house :)