While Grandpa and Grandma King were visiting at the end of March, I took advantage of their expertise (and a bunch of extra grownups on site) to try our hand at creating a gingerbread bird house (a cute idea I saw in a catalog). I was really pleased with the results! but couldn't have completed it by myself with the kiddos!
We used an old pattern I had on hand for a traditional gingerbread cottage.
But decorated it with bright spring colors and jelly beans, instead of peppermint sticks and icicles.
Unfortunately, I have no pictures of the actual decorating process. Which is always the most fun. but grandma and I had FOUR preschoolers helping us that day, and there were no extra hands or eyes behind the camera. We had great help and it shows in the cheerful and sweet finished product!
The only thing that competes with the fun of decorating is eating it!
Because it is such a small house we were able make it with a soft delicious cookie dough instead of a stiffer, tougher dough we use for the big houses. YUM!
A couple days ago, Liv woke up from her nap and told me this long story about making a gingerbread bird house. Rolling out the dough, using yellow and purple (her favorite!) frosting, and Jelly Beans! And stars on the roof, Jeremy decorating the roof, with purple (her favorite) and yellow stars, and grandma making it pretty with (lots of hand waving here) yellow criss-crossing frosting. And the windows, and flower sprinkles that grandma made (??) and put in the little jar with the red screw-on top. And then we ate a hole in it. And then we ate a BIG hole in it!
Fun to share her memories.
1 comment:
Wow! That brings back such warm memories of Christmas past. I have such great memories of the wonderful gingerbread houses you and your family made back then. If anyone who is reading this doesn't know, the Kings made magical gingerbread *scenes* not just houses every year. I remember the anticipation of the unveiling. I LOVE the picture of Grandma, Olivia and Emily working on the house. Precious.
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