All Things Gingerbread

Pine, peppermint, cinnamon & home made gingerbread are smells that remind me of Christmas. When I was little we decorated gingerbread houses the first Monday of every month. We also had gingerbread people hanging on our tree. And my mom has the softest & tastiest gingerbread cookie recipe- not too gingery & not too sweet- it's perfect!

On Saturday we got together with our Texas cousins to decorate homemade gingerbread houses at grandma's. The girls enjoyed choosing their candy, squeezing the frosting & carefully placing the candy.

Look at these adorable girls, and one handsome David!! (If you look carefully you'll see that Brooklyn was there, too. She enjoyed from her usual perch.)

(Yes, that's red snow by Madisen's house.....)

On Monday the 14, we had some friends over for dinner and FHE. The kids got to decorate their own gingerbread cookie for dessert.

This afternoon we rolled out the rest of our dough- in our gymnastic outfits, of course.
Well, Madisen & I were rolling out the dough. Caitlyn decided the flour looked more interesting than the dough. And it lasted about 4x as long! Madisen joined her for a few minutes, but Caitlyn was in heaven!
In fact, it snowed before we were through! It's not often that I 'allow' my kids to make this kind of mess. But she as so delighted today & was even quite helpful when it came time to clean up!