Gingerbread House

Saturday after our vacation we made our annual gingerbread house. It is a yearly fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. This year was especially fun because we had friends come and decorate with us. You arrive and get handed a giant pre-baked gingerbread house and a sack of icing. Once you find a table you get to go peruse all the candy offerings for decorating. Max loves getting his bowl and choosing all the candy that will go on his gingerbread house. There are also yummy snacks available in hopes that the kiddos will not eat all the candy that is supposed to go on the houses. Max usually eats a little of the candy but not too much. Once you are done you get to take your gingerbread house up to Mrs Claus for a picture. My favorite part of the whole process is once we get it home, it usually keeps our house smelling like fresh gingerbread for about a week. A great way to get the Christmas season rolling.