Just Us: How Contractors Do Gingerbread Houses

Friday, December 16, 2011

How Contractors Do Gingerbread Houses

Our construction crew.

Hailey came home last week all excited about a PTO night where they would have a Gingerbread House contest.She asked if we could participate and we said sure. I was thinking of something you find at the grocery store. Something easy. Not Brandt. He had me make four batches of Gingerbread dough which was then rolled out to create a 2 ft. by 3 ft two story Gingerbread house. Complete with gingerbread furniture, gumdrop chandelier, and gingerbread landscaping. It was fun until Brandt got all critical about support beams and codes...

Hailey and Brianna decorated the roof.

Hailey made a dog house and dog.

Brandon's snowman

Brandt's santa.

I made all the trees in the house and in the yard. Brianna converted this one to a Christmas tree and Sam and Brandon made the presents under the tree.

2 comments:

Linsey F said...: That is about what it's like making GB houses with my dad!! We make ours with graham crackers but like yours, it is quality craftsmanship that is sure to pass city inspections!; December 16, 2011 2:45 PM
lindygirl said...: Awesome!; December 19, 2011 5:02 AM

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The Things Kids Say...

Sammy's favorite saying is "Cause I say so." It can be used to answer any question such as, Why aren't you eating? Why are you crying? and my personal favorite Why are you naked?! Oh, did I forget to mention she loves being naked?

Brianna was crying because Brandon pushed her. I asked why and he said "Cause she's fighting with me. She's trying to kill me!!!" Brianna only got out "nu-uh," before Brandon blurted out "Liar, Liar, fur on fire!"

Last night in family prayers, Brianna blessed Spirit Week at school.

We were outside when I saw a lizard, and pointed it out to Brandon. I asked what it was and he responded a lizard. I told him he was right and he promptly asked, "Can I kill it?"

Sam and Brianna were taking a bath when I heard Sam start to cry. I asked Brianna what happened and she said, "Sam was trying to get out of the bath and she hurt her VIRGINIA."

Brandon told me he loved me so, I told him I loved him too. "No, I love you more," he says. I laughed and said "Brandon, you're a good boy." "Yea," he says.

I told Brandon & Sammy that they were going to have friends over. When I told her it was Brandon's friend Sam and Sam's little brother Max. She complained that she didn't have a friend coming and I told her she was. I said, "What about Max? You are in the same preschool, he's your friend." To which she replied, "Nu-uh, I hate that guy."

Brandon is very eager to grow up. We've had some very odd conversations with him as a result. Most recently he's begun showing us his armpit and asking if he has any hair there yet. The other common occurrence is for him to ask his dad to spray him with "man spray" aka cologne.

At Brianna's birthday party this year I told her to be sure and introduce her school friends to her church friends. She went in, sat everyone down, and told them to go around the room and say their name and one thing they like about her. She's insane!

We always make our kids try a couple bites of something new before they say they don't like it. One night as I am insisting Sam try some new food and she is protesting adamantly, claiming it was disgusting. Eventually, she took a bite and then exclaimed, "Hey, mom! That disgusting stuff tastes good!"

We adopted a friend's birthday tradition this year. We each went around and said something we liked about the birthday person. Sammy liked everyone's eyes (It was kind of random). But my favorite was when Brandon told Brandt that he liked that his Dad farted a lot and picked his nose. We all died laughing!

At dinner we were discussing the origins of Halloween. Hailey said that it used to be a celebration of the dead and that we still do that. As I was thinking, trying to figure out what she meant when she said we still do that; Brianna scoffs, "Yeah, right. Like we would be like, It's Halloween, let's go to the Seminary." I nearly died laughing. I know she meant cemetery but I went to early morning Seminary and I know I have seen the walking dead there!

Okay, this isn't really something my kids said, but a kid did say it, so it qualifies...

There is a boy at Hailey's school that likes her and she likes him. They've been texting and talking a lot. One text he sent her said, "I have to tell God that he's missing an angel." SIXTH GRADE!!! And so it begins...

We were in the hardware store and got Brandon two of the 5 gallon paint stick stirrers. He loves using them as swords. He handed me one and says, "Here Mom, now we can have an epic battle!"

Hailey is lactose intolerant. She has become a bit dramatic over it. So, an ongoing joke in our family is quoting a movie line wherein the Dad calls for his kids to come and yells, "kids, come and get your flan!" When we yelled this the other night to call Hailey, Brianna quickly adds, "come and get your lactose free flan!" We died laughing!