Because of the upcoming Christmas holiday, Ian an an early dismissal today, which worked out fantastic for my master holiday baking extravaganza plan! I had never made any sort of gingerbread house before and I saw a way to make them out of graham crackers instead. It looked pretty simple, and I'm usually incredibly crafty, so I thought that we'd give it a go.
My mom had seen a kit to make them out of rice krispie treats, and snagged that one for Michael. We all had a blast making them!
I think that Ian's turned out to be the best of them all. Mine had quite a bit of "structural damage" as I was calling it.
Im almost certain that Ian ended up eating just as much candy as he used for his house! (Thus the blank stare in the picture!)
After the houses were finished, and Michael and Isaac were down for a snooze, I went baker bananas! I made candy cane brownies, peanut butter cookies with hersheys hugs, and three batches of sugar cookies, all decked out with cinnamon dots and colored sugars of course.
Since I'm still at war with my baby weight, I will be giving, sending, throwing these goodies at anyone who comes close enough. . . watch out!
Ronda, if you zoom in on the picture of Ian standing next to his house, you can see BK's birth announcement on my fridge!! Don't mind the fact that the calendar still says May, I've been busy!!
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