Friday, December 28, 2012

Gingerbread Houses

One Christmas tradition we have started is doing a gingerbread house at some point in December.  We decided it would be a great activity for the extended family to do on Christmas Eve at GaGa and Grandpa's.  I bought 3 kits and we divided into teams. 
 
Camden selected GaGa, Emily and Haliana for her team.
 
 
Aunt Tammy took the remaining teen girls (well, Tara might be 20).


Amanda, Dalton, and Preslee represented team 3.  Grandpa excused himself to the other room!


These kits were not as user-friendly as we had last year and GaGa had to rescue a falling wall several times.  Having two pre-school/toddlers on her team probably didn't help.
 
 
Everyone worked well together, even though Dalton had to leave when Preslee had a coughing fit...Amanda was left all alone.  




 
Preslee made it back in time to help her mom put on the finishing touches.
 


The teams and their final creations:




From left to right:

House that survived the most disasters:  Team GaGa
Best use of product:  Team Teens
Neatest decorations:  Team Amanda
 

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