Ginger Bread House

I went to Emma and Chris's for Thanksgiving last night. Chris cooked, as usual, and made a delicious feast of chicken, stuffing, and lots of yummy vegies! Mmmmmmm. I tried to be a good guest and brought this fun-looking gingerbread house. We all admired its beauty and then dug in.






The only problem was that the house was as hard as a rock. We all managed to wrestle off part of the house, take one bite, make a face, and give up. Emma and I decided to go to the closest store and buy stuff to make a house out of. Dessert AND a fun activity!




The pickings for house-making were slim, but we managed. We used waffles for a base, held it together with icing, and Chris suggested Nutella to make it brown.




We even used a paintbrush to paint on the Nutella. Those walls were hard to stick together, and once we added the roof, we thought it might collapse! For extra support, we added a sort of buttress waffle on the back.

Then we made a garden and put bears and figurines in it. Emma added the snow. This was Emma's first ginger bread house ever, and by golly gee wizz, I'd say she did a marvelous job!

Doesn't that look delicious and like creative genius-ness?




Mmmmmmm.




Please notice the historical significance we included in the artistic house and surrounding area. The big figure is our "Soviet Santa". Do you see how he looms over the common folk and watches their every move? Do you see the little green bear outside the wall trying to get into the West? As the end of the evening neared, we freed the bears and removed Soviet Santa, and little Green Bear was able to join the happy West, and all celebrated a Happy Thanksgiving. I love happy endings. : )