Gingerbread Houses Can Say Alot About a Person

The Finished Villiage

Ian enjoying the trimmings.

Ashlyn has an appetite as big as a house.

What joyous holiday fun!

For Family Home Evening on Monday, we decided it would be a great time to decorate some gingerbread (graham cracker) houses. After watching each individual in my family decorate his or her house, I decided it tells alot about each of our personalities, what do you think?

Ian: Ate most of his decorating candy before Family Home Evening began... I couldn't talk him into waiting. He then devoured his house scattering it from room to room throughout the house. And ended by eating Tanner's house a couple of days later.

Ashlyn: Was most concerned with color coordinating the pink and purple m&m's on the rooftop and adding some adorable hearts. When the roof was all cuted up, she called it good and ate the house.

Tanner: Spent some time observing each member of the family before really getting down to decorating. He took some of everybody's good ideas and combined them to make the best house possible. He was the last one to finish and wanted his house to last forever (until Ian got to it).

Mom: was ready for the gingerbread houses to be done by the time they started. She had tried to spend 20 mintues that morning making fudge, but ended up boiling the darn sugar and milk over the stove, which quickly fused to the glasstop and she spent the entirety of her day trying to clean the gunk off... then remembered that she needed to hurry and put gingerbread house structures together, make frosting, and gather up candy. She tried to use as little frosting on her house as possible because she knew she didn't make enough and wanted to give her extra to the kids. She finished as fast as possible so that she could help Ian frost his, help Tanner affix Kix panelling, and help Ashlyn find m&m's anywhere we could round them up.

Dad: was very into this project, though he was not satisfied with the materials at hand. He spent his first 10 minutes rounding up more "realistic" looking building supplies and then had to intricately cut candy's to size so that everything could meet code when the inspector came for the walk through. The little weasel kept stealing frosting from the kids everytime they turned their heads. But of course when his masterpiece was all done, it could have sold on the housing market for $200,000 and would have sold before our actual house.

All in all we all had a great time. It has become a family tradition that we look forward to every year. Now, I need to start saving up Valentines, Easter, and Halloween candy for next years extravaganza!