Gingerbread house

It all started innocently enough when Miss Lori got us a gingerbread house kit to make with Lolli and Poppi...

...what kid wouldn't have all kinds of fun getting to touch, hold, smell and even eat candy while putting it all over a huge cookie?!

And to have undivided Lolli and Poppi attention...could it get any better?!?!

There's just something about being able to squish a big bag of frosting.

I'll let these smiles speak for themselves

They had so much fun putting it together.

And the finished product was quite cute...definitely not what this perfectionist mother would have chosen, but there is something so wonderful about letting your child be creative.

Unfortunately, as I joked later, we were unaware that we had purchased the "California" edition of this particular Gingerbread house. It didn't stay up for long. And then there was a complete renovation before half the roof slid to rest of the sleigh. I think it was all those gum drops I added to the mix that weren't included in the kit. Poor Poppi spent quite a while trying to get it to stay in place:)