Our First Gingerbread House

We purchased our first gingerbread house today. Or, rather, Buddy, our elf, brought it for us. Chris was especially excited because he had never decorated one.

The kids anxiously looked on as Daddy put the house together.

The hardest part wasn't the waiting for the frosting to harden. It was trying to refrain from eating the candy in front of them!
They were pretty good about getting most of the candy on the house. Each sneaked only a couple of candies.

The finished product. Truly a work of art!
Can you tell who the automatic focus was on?
Chris told the kids to point to which candy they put on. So proud!
Jack asked if we could eat the house because of the candy. I told him he had to wait till Christmas was over. Maybe next year we will get 3 houses to decorate.