Tonight we went to a Gingerbread House decorating party with my parents.  Frog and I both love to create and do crafts together, so this was a lot of fun for both of us.  Since Monkey is too little to make his own house, I decorated one for him.  My parents and MM gave me and Frog decorating suggestions and complimented the designs, but they weren’t particularly interested in actively decorating the house.   MM and my father spent most of their time snuggling Monkey:

We were given huge bags of Royal Icing (the kind of frosting that dries hard) along with blank gingerbread houses.  There were about 15 different types of candy available for use.  I used gumdrops and mints on my house along with a few nonpareils. Frog had a lot more fun with his house, and used a little bit of everything.  He went for a Spanish style, attaching Twizzlers for his roof.

Afterwards, MM and I tried to get a few photos of Monkey and Frog– we’re still working on our Christmas card photo, and we’re running out of time.  Monkey had patiently waited for 2 hours while we worked on our houses, so he wasn’t in the best mood for taking photos.  We’ll have to try again later in the week.  Unfortunately Frog’s sweater has Royal icing and is back in the wash.

Of course, the best part of the party, besides the two nice houses sitting in my kitchen, is the fact that there was absolutely no clean up for me.  All the dried frosting, chocolate smudges and peppermint crumbs were cleaned up for us after we left!