december 14

december 14th:

make a gingerbread house



beth was excited

 step 1 - start by gluing the pieces together and hope they all fit somehow... i have yet to make a gingerbread house (using kits even) that don't have to be "jerry-rigged" together with ample amounts of glue...i mean frosting

step 2 - give toddler smallish amounts of candy to decorate each section so you don't end up with one side of the house decorated and the rest plain, brown gingerbread

 step 3 - ask toddler to smile at the camera and show off her finished gingerbread house.

 step 4 - slightly monitor the amount of frosting and candy consumed by toddler in place of afternoon snack (but mostly spend your time blogging and facebooking...)