So I was thinking that we need more holiday traditions. Apparently the ones we already have do not take enough of my time and sanity. So being the great mom that I am I purchased a gingerbread house from Costco. My husband, ever ready to applaud my motherhood, commented "Your NOT going to bake the gingerbread yourself?"
I gave him my "death stare" and muttered "last I checked this wasn't the 1950's."
But I digress. I bought the kit in early December and on the morning of Christmas Eve my kids asked if we were EVER going to make the gingerbread house. I figured since I had put them off for a month if we did not do it today it might take another month to actually put it together.
So as I made Christmas cookies for Santa (another tradition left to the last minute) I helped the girls make their house. We worked and worked until we came up with this masterpiece:
VIOLA!
Are you thinking what I'm thinking....
IT is uncanny how similar our house is to the one pictured on the box...feel free to do a double take!
And we didn't even use ALL OUR candy!
I guess what matters in the end is that this is what I will remember
happy faces on my little girls!
Any one else's gingerbread look like a fore-closed crack house in Alaska?
Think of it as an artistic commentary on this year's economy!
P.S. I think we totally nailed the gingerbread man's do!
That Santa is real,
that he did read your letter,
and filled your requests.
Discovering that family (even those who are far away) can make your Christmas Dreams come true!
and having a smile on your face for the rest of the day!
I wish I had pictures of all the nativities. There were nativity paintings, nativity ornaments, and sets of every kind. Here are a few of my favorites:
I love this African Nativity with the different animals!
This is Nativity is from Africa.
I thought this Native American one was really different.
But this is my favorite! MY Grandma and Grandpa bought it in Israel on the way back from the their mission!
"Candy!" 
