I was at Target the other day spending way too much time just perusing the Holiday aisles when I ran across a gingerbread set. The 'cracker' house was already built, and the kit included everything you'd need to decorate. Perfect. Sometimes I get annoyed at how lazy we've become as a country, but then I spot this and for a split second, I'm glad. Sure we could have built the house ourselves and just bought piecemeal frosting, gumdrops, etc, but why? My toddler would last 15 minutes decorating and be ready to move on anyway. This house-in-a-box made our life just that much easier this week and for once, a lazy consumer product was what we needed.
Drew absolutely loved selecting and placing each piece onto the house. His concentration levels were out the door and his extreme patience was something we really hadn't seen before. It was so adorable watching him figure it all out and making his house exactly how he wanted.
.... and then he got a taste of icing. Funny how each piece thereafter was pushed in a bit harder in order to get more frosting on his fingers.
... and then I got a taste of the icing. And proceeded to make 6 vanilla wafer cookie sandwiches with the last of it. Don't judge.
SO much fun!!
ReplyDeleteNice! I may need to see if they have a kit here for Emma to decorate!
ReplyDeleteVery cute, looks like Drew was really into it!
ReplyDeleteHow fun!!!! :) It turned out great.
ReplyDeleteLol, at lease you didn't just devour the house! That's probably what I would end up doing.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute and such a great memory for the photo album.
No judging here :) Great job on the house Drew!
ReplyDeleteHow cute!!!! I wouldnt have thought he would be so into it!!!!!!!! Adorable!!!!
ReplyDeleteI saw those too! I'm glad y'all had fun doing it. We attempted to build one last year & it was a disaster & we ended up giving up. We will definitely try this this years:)
ReplyDeleteI looooove that he concentrated on it. Go Drew! It turned out awesome.
ReplyDelete(I'm currently dipping Taylor's mini graham crackers into leftover frosting myself. Definitely not judging!)
I was just talking about this with my husband tonight!! Too funny. I really want to do this with Reagan. I think it would be so much fun!
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So cute how into it he is! When we did our houses there was frosting and candy everywhere! haha!
ReplyDeleteMy sister does a gingerbread making party every year at her house...it's not for another week, but it's always tons of fun! As long as we can keep the kids from eating the candy all up! Ha ha!
ReplyDeleteOooooh....there is a kit for that? It is not going on my Target list, lol! I have avoided making one of these because I just can't do it from scratch with two toddlers...but with a kit? THAT I can do:). Thanks! Oh, and yours looks adorable (kid and house of course:)).
ReplyDeleteA kit is a great idea! I only made one (I did make it from scratch, but only because I was making ginger cookies anyway) and it was fun but a lot of work. Making it from a kit is great because it's not exhausting! Glad your little guy loved it! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit. :) We did go to the rain forest. Most of our stay was close to the Aranel Volcano. We visited the Pacific side and went to the beach only for two days. Looks like you went there back in 2007 and your blog doesn't go back that far. :)
Oh and it looks like my youngest and your son are only a few weeks apart. She turns two the first week of Feb. :)