Is it possible to 'cheat' at Gingerbread house making? Yes, it is, just ask Shane who was frustrated with the frosting's drying time, so he busted out the glue gun!
Mitch, before the plane crash...
And After...
Christian was much more interested in the toy bus than building a house.
Doug kept frosting smarties for 'The Boy'
Austin was thrilled with the whole thing.We had a "Gingerbread Party FHE" the other night (I know, you're thinking, do the Sommers EVER have an actual lesson???? - Not really, now that the kids are grown, if they didn't learn it yet, it's probably too late). Several of our own kids couldn't make it, so we invited the Macfarlanes to join us. They brought some candy and their cute kids and got right into making their masterpieces. Mitch was making an Eiffel Tower, it was gorgeous, until the plane crash (or until it got too heavy to hold all the candy he was piling on!). Megan's was so nice, it had perfect icicles and everything, we don't know if she is going be invited back. Ben made a quite a passable imitation of "Big Ben", of course. Shane just couldn't get his to set up the way he wanted, so he zipped downstairs and grabbed the glue gun - and 2 sticks of glue later, he was finished. He had a wall of smarties, a "hot tub" filled with hot glue - it actually melted the gummy bears he popped inside of it - and other features that would be physically impossible with only candy and frosting. Everyone else made a cute house (mine collapsed early in the game and became a sleigh, sort of). Since we have very little counter space around here, they are lined up on the carport wall outside, but I don't think the snow is doing them any favors. If you happen to see them on your way to church and want a taste - don't eat Shane's, you'll break your teeth!
