Gingerbread Demolition

We set out to construct gingerbread houses on Christmas Eve morning to help pass some of the time... They apparently did not want to be constructed. Each kid had their own little kit to construct and try as they may, the frosting would just not hold anything in place. We'd get the walls all stood up and add the roof, thinking that maybe it would hold... and for some it did, for a moment or two, and then inevitably the roof would slowly slide down or one of the walls would fall in. It was madness!! We decorated with all our might whilst holding the roof together. Here are their master pieces, and sadly their ultimate rubble.


Here Tate is holding his together, and Kyndi is shrieking because hers is sliding too.

Tyson is holding his together here.



This is Tate's in progress...he spent more time on his house and less time under the table than he did last year - so that's good.

This is Tate's a few moments later, all the gumdrops fell inside...
This is Kyndi's the picture isn't so lovely, but if you look at the left side of the roof you'll see a crack down the center of it... zapparently I was putting a little too much pressure on holding the roof together... Oops!

Morrissa's looks great here, right when she got done, the right wall fell in and the roof soon gave way.

Here's Oaklee's (with daddy's help)

The roof is slowly sliding here...

Tysin seemed most frustrated by the whole experience. He spent the majority of his time holding the house together and then rushing to decorate while it stayed in place...

Here's his final masterpiece..