Gingerbread house 2011

I wanted to save the construction of our second annual gingerbread house for the week of Christmas. I thought it would give Reyna something to look forward to. Believe it or not, we had a TON going on two weeks before Christmas, but not a lot the week of Christmas.

Instead of destroying our kitchen like we did last year, we went to Nana & Papa's and messed their counters up a little bit. lol. Luckily, I learned a little and this year was smooth sailing.

Things I learned making our second second gingerbread house:

• When I packed the gingerbread house to go to Nana's, I also packed my hot glue gun. I will NEVER rely on frosting to hold this house together EVER again.
• Ruby was still too young to help. I saved it for Reyna while Roobs napped.
• After mixing the frosting, I packed it into the plastic baggie. Reyna wanted to frost, but it kept leaking out of the top. I emptied the frosting into a bowl, gave her a spatula and let her go to town.
• I wanted to have an adorable house like the Wilton samples last year, but this year, I wanted to have a "Reyna original" more than anything. I stepped back and let her do her thing. Didn't she a fabulous job??? I think so.