Gingerbread houses and frosting cookies

annie1992

4 years ago

OK, so I like to do things that make a mess, and when you have grandkids, well, you can blame them.

Madi and Maci came to spend the night with me a few weeks ago, and they made a gingerbread house. We only made one, so Madi got to decorate one side, Maci got the other. Yeah, I should have covered the tablecloth. and I noticed this was before Madi got her red hair for Christmas, so now you know what her hair REALLY looks like...

This side was Madi's, she just turned 10:

This is Maci's. She's 8, but has much less "focus" and a lot of energy....

While they worked diligently with frosting, I made Diane/CraftyRN's cucciadati, (which is a very adult fig newton, and one of Elery's favorites), some cherry shortbread and a batch of peanut butter kisses with the flourless dough, so Amanda could have some cookies too.

Then we rolled, cut and baked. Let the sprinkles begin!

Please overlook the Minion there on the left, Madi just had to use that tube of decorating gel that The Princess brought. Nasty stuff and it never sets up, so of course we had to use it, LOL.

And then we ate cookies, drank hot chocolate and watched The Christmas Chronicles with Kurt Russell as a car stealing, rock and rolling Santa...

Annie

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lisaam
4 years ago
I love the 2 different sides of the house. You 3 were very productive. And that pretty red hair makes me wanna go there too—- what a fun times and beautiful memories you are making Annie.
Rho Dodendron
4 years ago
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That is a great photo of two very cute girlies. May you enjoy all the messes made with them.
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plllog
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Ah, the other shoe drops. I knew it would be worth the wait! Fabulous house and cookies! I love the wild abandon of childhood. :)
annie1992
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4 years ago
Wild abandon of childhood? Oh, wait, you were talking about the helpers. Yeah...

Lisa, that hair is crazy, isn't it? It suits her, though, and I like the shorter cut.

Rho, that's what we do best, we make delicious, crazy, big, sweet messes! Unfortunately, their idea of helping clean up is eating as much of it as possible, LOL.

Annie
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I especially love the one with the multiplicatous googly eyes. Is that the stay-wet minion? And also Maci's dada-esque interpretation of snow on the housetop.

I kept looking for excuses to play with frosting over the holidays, but with sequestering, and requests for pie, I had no excuses. I don't really like eating it, so needed your kind of helpers, especially in the cleaning department.
Jasdip
4 years ago
Wild abandon. I love it!!!

You are such a kid at heart yourself, anything goes when it comes to your grandkids. Hey it's only a mess right? Easy to clean up, nothing to get all worked up over. No one hurt, nothing broken and a whole lot of laughter. You are a true grandma.

PS I watched that movie earlier this year. I loved it. Part 2 wasn't nearly as good.
lizbeth-gardener
4 years ago
I love the shared gingerbread house and their different takes on decorating! And those cookies look like so much fun. I can see that you're a grandma that lets them do it their way and isn't hung up on perfection. Such a gift to them!
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I love the common gingerbread house imarku their various takes on adorning! Furthermore, those treats look like such a lot of tomfoolery. I can see that you're a grandmother that allows them to do it as they would prefer and isn't hung up on flawlessness. Such a gift to them!

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