Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Gingerbread House



This is the "gingerbread" house we made with the kids at work. It's actually artfully-crafted graham crackers, not real gingerbread, but it's just as well as it's not for eating anyway. It's our preschool's contribution to the gingerbread village display down at the local museum.

Boy oh boy, were those children drooling! I thought they showed enormous self-restraint(for four-year-olds)in not tasting the candies.

There are some things in life that are difficult to resist. Gingerbread lattes at Starbucks are one of them for me. It is perhaps good that they are only available at this time of year.

Actually, gingerbread people are also quite tempting. I always bite their little heads off first so they don't suffer much.

11 comments:

x said...

humane killing of gingerbread men? Spider you are so sensitive!

Anonymous said...

Dear Spider:

You will go to heaven, I am sure, the gingerbread people are building a statue to you in the gingerbread land.

Marcos

nicki said...

wow, that looks really great :) the kids showed WAY more restraint then i could have...EVER..haha..and i'm with you on the gingerbread lattes from starbucks..AND the pumpkin spice lattes...mmmmmm happy day :)

Grant said...

Neat. How did you keep the kids from sampling? Did you tell them something like "For every candy that you taste, God will set fire to an angel."

Josh said...

Very pretty and colorful. I want to eat the stepping stones. Just one missing won't be noticed.

Wendy C. said...

Lovely! I make mini-versions of those with my kids each year...they usually last just long enough to snap a few pictures, then they're nibbled down to crumbs!

Skye said...

Ohhhhh so hungry must have graham crackers and gum drops....:)

JM said...

I love Gingerbread houses!

Admin said...

Love your blog, and I love the intro you wrote about yourself. You are full of opposites and contrasts. So awesome.

PBS said...

That's a great looking gingerbread house. The kids were so good--did you bribe them?

Puggyspice said...

Very cute house! And the gingerbread latte sounds delicious. Are they as good as their pumpkin spice latte?