Now, there is something that needs to be explained right up front about activities like this. Courtney DOES NOT like to have ANYONE help her in these kinds of activities. When her teacher sends home an activity for the entire family to do, Courtney DOES NOT allow us to touch it. I can't help her make it cuter or even see it until she is finished. So much for a family activity. So I was curious as to how this gingerbread house making activity would go.
As predicted, I showed up and Courtney showed me where to sit. She asked me to help her build the house (which we did very nicely) and then she told me that my job was "finished" because she would now be decorating the house. I tried and tried to get her to let me put candy on the house but she would take it away each time I tried. So I sat and talked to the other moms, who were nicely decorating houses with their daughters. But it was a fun activity and Courtney had her house looking just the way she wanted it to. I tried to suggest using the peppermint candies for windows, but she thought they would look better in another place "thank you very much for your suggestion though."
The important thing was that she had fun and I was there to share it with her:
She was really concentrating on getting it just right:
I think she probably ate 1/3 of the tub of frosting just by "accidentally" getting it on her fingers and licking it off:
She was having a great time!
Unfortunately, the house didn't survive the drive home. Courtney said it was because of my "crazy driving skills" but I think it just wasn't a very stable house and the vibration from the road destroyed it. But it was fun while it lasted and I have pictures, so what's the big deal?!
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