What more getting into the Christmas spirit that Guitar Hero? My niece and my mom came down for the weekend. Briann & Allison were battling it out. I can't make it much past Slow Ride by Foghat, where as Allison is unlocking songs, battling Slash and winning $$. Something is wrong with this picture.
I alsways love it when Brianna and Parker come to visit. parker had a hockey tournament in Roanoke so he couldn't come this time. He did win his game 10-6 I think on Saturday and he scored his first goal and won the game 4-0 on Sunday. Not too bad for a 5-7 year old group. We had fun here through. We baked cookies, played, made gingerbread houses, which was an event in itself. We walked the dogs, cleaned the house, did some Christmas shopping and listened to Christmas music.
We had to prepare the icing and then put the sides and front and back of the house together. The girls put them together and then had to hold them for about 10 minutes before they could let go. I don't think they knew this part. ha ha
Lauren got to do a Gingerbread Tree. She wasn't too happy about it at first, because the houses were bigger, but after she saw how difficult and how long it was going to be, the tree tured out to be the perfect thing.
After the sides dried for about an hour, the next was the roof top. Allison, Luaren & Brianna loved licking the icing as much as caking it on. The roof tops were going to take 2-3 hours to set.
Even with all the icing packs and all the candy to place on the gingerbread house, it was too much. We had a ton of candy between the 2 houses and the tree. It looked more like a candy store than a gingerbread house.
Allisons finished house is below. I had already put Briannas in her box to take home, and didn't want to attempt taking it out so I didn't have a finished photo for Briannas.
Throughout the process of placing the candy on Briannas roof top, she would drop one every couple of minutes. I was round so I would hear it hit the floor and roll, and it became a joke. After fnishing and we were cleaning up, Brianna dropped the dish of 200 candies on the floor. I laughed from the other room as I knew what hit the floor. It was like small beads rolling everywhere in the dining room. I laughed this morning when I told Brianna that I would be finding those candies everywhere until I sold this house. Im sure some rolled under the china cabinet as well as the buffet.
I wouldn't trade this time for anything. I love all of us being together. I hope one day that we are closer and that they live here. It would be wonderful!
After the sides dried for about an hour, the next was the roof top. Allison, Luaren & Brianna loved licking the icing as much as caking it on. The roof tops were going to take 2-3 hours to set.
Even with all the icing packs and all the candy to place on the gingerbread house, it was too much. We had a ton of candy between the 2 houses and the tree. It looked more like a candy store than a gingerbread house.
Allisons finished house is below. I had already put Briannas in her box to take home, and didn't want to attempt taking it out so I didn't have a finished photo for Briannas. Throughout the process of placing the candy on Briannas roof top, she would drop one every couple of minutes. I was round so I would hear it hit the floor and roll, and it became a joke. After fnishing and we were cleaning up, Brianna dropped the dish of 200 candies on the floor. I laughed from the other room as I knew what hit the floor. It was like small beads rolling everywhere in the dining room. I laughed this morning when I told Brianna that I would be finding those candies everywhere until I sold this house. Im sure some rolled under the china cabinet as well as the buffet. I wouldn't trade this time for anything. I love all of us being together. I hope one day that we are closer and that they live here. It would be wonderful!
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