Friday, December 05, 2008

A Norman Rockwell Afternoon

There was a chill in the air and the fireplace was ablaze. Nat King Cole was singing The First Noel. West and I were having a wonderful time decorating our gingerbread houses.
West did a great job. I gave him a tube of royal icing (which should have warning labels like that of superglue -- It is edible cement) and bowls of candies. It wasn't until he completed his creation that he began gobbling candy.
We may have found West a career in this. He was good at it.



And here is my creation. Not bad for a first time. I know I have another Christmas tradition to add to the list. This was a lot of fun.

3 comments:

cheryl said...

So cute! Did you use a kit for yours? What are the windows and door made out of?

Old DAN AND Little ANN said...

We are doing gingerbread houses for Nat's b-day party. Yours is beautiful! You didn't use graham crackers for yours did you? What did you use? I would love to have as good of success with ours on the 19th!

Old DAN AND Little ANN said...

Thank you for the tip! I went to her website and there was a ton of gingerbread house ideas, tips, and recipes! I'm all set now. Thanks again!

Now then, STAND STILL, and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your very eyes! 1 Samuel 12:16