GINGERBREAD HOUSES

This was a fun week for us, on Monday night for family home evening we made a Gingerbread house. Ever year as a family we buy a gingerbread house kit and go to town on it. we let Braydin decorate half and Regan decorate the other half, then Paige puts her mark all over the place...




This is Braydin's side he told me that he was doing a pattern on his, then we go to Regan's side and....


here it is Braydin told us that Regan side was the creative side. He makes us laugh the things that an 8 year old says.


After the wonderful Monday night activity Wednesday at the school the classes were making their Gingerbread houses. It was really nice because the 3rd graders are the book buddies for the kindergarten classes and it so happens that Braydin's class is Regan's classes book buddies, so they put the two of them together.


Regan was so ready to make his house, he hardly slept the night before.

It made me laugh Braydin's teacher told all the 3rd graders to make sure that they helped their book buddies good, and I know that if Braydin would have had another book buddy things would be a little different. But Braydin kept telling him everything that he was doing wrong, just like a big brother would do....

But really Braydin is a great big brother to both Regan and Paige.

I took Paige with us to make the Gingerbread houses at the school, she loved being a big kid. She thinks she is one of them. She has no idea that she is only 2.

This is Regan's finished project from school, he was so proud he brought it home and asked if he could put it next to the family one so that they could be together.

This is our families house, I thought it turned out great.

This is Braydin's house, very simple.

Like I said before this was such a fun week with the kids, I'm hoping that it spills over into the next few weeks. I love this time of the year and I hope that I can show my children that this is a time to celebrate and be excited, and to remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.