Making gingerbread houses after Thanksgiving is a tradition from the Watson family. Growing up, I always remember doing it right after Thanksgiving and this year we were in Washington to do it, and so was my cousin Chris and his girlfriend Cecilia. It was so fun! We did it the day after Thanksgiving! I made a lot of the gingerbread the night before and we bought a few kits.
This year I decided that I was bored of the standard 4-wall houses, so got online and downloaded a patter for a "farmhouse"...it turned out to be HUGE! I was so proud of myself for doing it by myself! Arrian has never been a huge fan of gingerbread houses, but he liked it this year and after seeing that "our" house was cool he came and saved me by helping me figure out the roof configuration. Thanks babe!
Ben's friend Gabbi ( I can't ever remember if she spells it with one or two b's....hmmmm) came over and made one with Ben too.
Our aunt Celeste sent this adorable cardboard house for the girls to decorate! They had so much fun with it and Brielle loved it too! She giggled everytime she went in it!
My dad has been dubbed the icing king since he is usually in charge of the Royal Icing, and he does a good job of it! Thanks dad!
One of the kits my mom got was a little village that had like 5 little houses. Arrian put one together and decorated it with Brielle. It was so cute watching him help her to put candy on it. She got the hang of it and had so much fun spreading frosting on it and then grabbing candy and dumping it on! We put it in the front lawn of our house.
Cecilia and Christ were so artistic with theirs! They were so good!
Josh's friend Caitlynn (sp?) from down the street came too...it was a party!
My mom's turned out as a masterpiece!
Good job guys! I am so glad you could come!
Our house, complete with Brielle's play house in the front! The window with the F is stained glass, made with melted candy to be see through, but it is hard to see without a light behind it.
Yay! We will definitely be continuing this tradition!
The girls made some cute little houses!
So fun! We missed you WATSONS! We always think of you when we do this! Love you!
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