Baby Jane decorated her first gingerbread house!! It was a lot of fun! She really really really wanted to eat all the candy but did a really good job learning moderation (that's her newest word). It was so fun watching her little fingers push candies onto the house and the excitement in her sweet little face. In college I took a baking class and built a huge, real, fancy gingerbread house with stained glass window candy, icicles and a picket fence to boot! It was awesome. I even cut a round hole in the board it was on to insert a candle to have it glow. This house went down in history as we took it out to an open field in Idaho and our guy friends shot it with a gun. It took 8 bullets to really break the thing apart, so so fun! But making the real deal can be pretty time consuming and especially with little ones, not worth your time. Someday I would love to create another masterpiece but for now using the classic Graham's works just great!
My dear friend, Jessica, gave us a gingerbread kit to build one and it was he perfect thank you gift. Jane was so excited as he candies were pulled out and now chocolate crackers are her favorite ;). It was a blast and super simple. What a great little gift to give to someone with small kiddos, or for you to pick up supplies and do it yourself with your little family. All you need is;
Graham crackers (chocolates pretty fun)
Icing
Candies
You're set for a fun filled evening building little mini candy homes. It's fun how we decorate our real homes on the outside as well. Driving around so many homes look like little gingerbread houses with candy lights and icing on their rooftops. The home really is he coziest place on earth. Well it should be. I feel so sad for people who either have no home, were driven from their homes, or don't have a peaceful home. Home is truly the fundamental piece of a persons life that can make all the difference in their future. A good home is priceless, and all other successes in this life are minuscule compared to that of success in the home. As I think of Mary and Joseph traveling that night so long ago in Bethlehem I can just imagine how they yearned to be in a home. To feel safe, warm, comfortable and protected. How difficult it would have been to knock and knock and knock and not find room at any inn. A humble stable was quite the start for such a humble man. How courageous Mary and Joseph were! Make sure you make room at your "inn" for the Savior to be welcome.
