Our First Gingerbread House

Hayden and I had some Mommy and son craft time while Evan was taking a nap yesterday. We put together our very first Gingerbread House! Those kits you can buy in the store are great. I really must preface this by indicating there is no way I made this thing from scratch! However, I highly recommend having your own icing piping kits because squeezing the icing out of the provided plastic bag was quite a mess. Hayden of course did not mind the mess one bit. He kept calling the icing glue because he could not fathom how icing was able to hold together the magnificent construction of this wonderful little house. He finally believed me when he ask me why I was eating the glue off my fingers and I convinced him to try it.

Just getting started with the trim...
Hayden in the midst of our decorating blurted "Run, Run - as fast you as can - you can't catch me - I'm the Gingerbread Man!"



A little Gingerbread Man decor

Coming along nicely

So proud of my Gingerbread House!

All I Want for Christmas is a Cardboard Box !- Everyone sing....

So you might remember back a few weeks back when Hayden told me he "already had 1,000 toys." He apparently is already bored of them all because he and his brother have resorted to fighting over the small space in a single card board box. The living room was literally filled with wonderfully fun toys (so we thought) and this is what they want to play in. They are both quite upset here. I initially wanted to rescue but knowing they were safe from harm Steve thought thought this to be a great "Kodak moment." Well, here you are folks - a beautiful Kodak moment. Is it safe to say our Christmas shopping is complete? Who needs more toys when you got boxes in the attic?

"The Best Gift of All" - Christmas Program

These are the pictures from Hayden's Christmas musical at his preschool. The children were so precious to watch and did a great job. I kept asking him about the program leading up to it and he didn't seem to want to tell me anything about it or sing any songs from it so I wasn't sure what to expect from him when we arrived. However, I guess he was hiding the surprise for us because he sang his little heart out and even threw in some of the moves. You can view the below post for a few video clips I put together.

"The Best Gift of All"- Christmas Program

brief clips from Hayden's preschool Christmas program - too cute!

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