Getting ready for Christmas!

This years attempt at making gingerbread houses went much better than last years for several reasons. 1) I found pre-made gingerbread (pre-cut and everything!!) at the store, so I didn't have to bake it myself 2) Emily can actually decorate 3) the candy (decoration) options were much better this year 4) it was actually enjoyable. Here are some pictures.

Em contemplating what to do next.


Emily getting some of the"glue" off of the knife.


Emily Decorating


Most of the candy didn't make it to the house.


Emily carefully putting the Smarties on the roof of her house.



Our finished Houses. Emily's is on the right and mine on the left.



I tried to get a good picture of the 3 kids for Christmas/New Year cards, but they didn't co-operate very well. I did get a couple cute ones though in the few minutes I got out of them.

Emily and Dominic have really cheesy smiles




The finished product! Not quite what I wanted, but with 3 small, very active kids I only got 4 minutes before they wouldn't sit anymore