*(my last minute attempt at catching up on all our Halloween posts before Halloween! and there's still more to come)...
Last FHE, we made one of those Halloween gingerbread houses....oh man. I won't let these pictures fool you, sure it looks like we had a great time...but lets be honest, the first half an hour was nothing but frustration! The dang house had four sides that were all entirely different shapes....not an architecturally sound design that's for sure. Then once we finally got it together, you were supposed to let it dry for AN HOUR before adding the roof and decorating. Well it was almost bed time, and the kids were too anxious to wait for a whole hour to decorate, so I tried to just build it all and the dang thing crumbled. I wanted to scream and throw it in the garbage, and then call up Wilton and give them a piece of my mind. After some deep breaths, and sticking the kids in the bath, I gave it another try. Finally it came together, but the kit came with about 1/4 of the icing that was needed, about 5 candy corns, 5 gumdrops, and some itty candy balls that were flying all over the place. We improvised with our own candy, extra frosting that I already had, and random sprinkles and other crap I had lying around...including some Christmas candy...oh man by the time we were done, we had ONE UGLY house, but we were all laughing hysterically. Phew. Just take a look at the hideousness....(oh dang, you can't see it in the picture, but there are about 3 Santa Claus faces on the roof)!
Last FHE, we made one of those Halloween gingerbread houses....oh man. I won't let these pictures fool you, sure it looks like we had a great time...but lets be honest, the first half an hour was nothing but frustration! The dang house had four sides that were all entirely different shapes....not an architecturally sound design that's for sure. Then once we finally got it together, you were supposed to let it dry for AN HOUR before adding the roof and decorating. Well it was almost bed time, and the kids were too anxious to wait for a whole hour to decorate, so I tried to just build it all and the dang thing crumbled. I wanted to scream and throw it in the garbage, and then call up Wilton and give them a piece of my mind. After some deep breaths, and sticking the kids in the bath, I gave it another try. Finally it came together, but the kit came with about 1/4 of the icing that was needed, about 5 candy corns, 5 gumdrops, and some itty candy balls that were flying all over the place. We improvised with our own candy, extra frosting that I already had, and random sprinkles and other crap I had lying around...including some Christmas candy...oh man by the time we were done, we had ONE UGLY house, but we were all laughing hysterically. Phew. Just take a look at the hideousness....(oh dang, you can't see it in the picture, but there are about 3 Santa Claus faces on the roof)!YOWZA!
11 comments:
The house looks great after you all decorated it, even though you wanted to throw it through the window. It's good you can laugh about the frustration, a good family memory!
man oh man, i had some posts to catch up on!
first off- brayden is adorable. he is going to be such a ladies man, i can't believe those eye-lashes.
can't wait to see halloween pictures.... fall is my favorite time of year!
lol! good times. at least you can remember the laughter at the end of it all. that is hilarious. and note to self: next gingerbread house, just prepare the house the night before, that way all you have to do with them is decorate it! and now i know to get more candy for decor! i think it turned out awesome.
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look up the september 30th shot of michael and emi... gorgeous couple!
I love this, so cute! I'm sad I missed your talk, Glenn told me it was great. Brayden is so sweet. (Yes, I'm a little behind!) Happy late birthday to him... What a handsome boy!
so cute... you are such a fun and creative momma!! Halloween has got to be so much funner when you have little kids to enjoy it and have fun with, I can't wait tell Brax is a little bigger!!
I'm supposed to be making party food, dinner, getting the kids ready for tonight but I'm blogging instead. So, I think your Halloween house is awesome, and real, (and haunted by Santa). That pumpkin carving was great too! That web must have been difficult to carve...
Ha! Ha! Atleast you could laugh about it, that was the last thing I wanted to do after our pumpkin carving extravaganza!
Look how freaking cute you and your family are. I soooo kept procrastinating on building one of those with the fam- gosh dangit...well there's always Christmas!! Cutest pics- your kitchen is so pretty.
This is hilarious! And thanks for the honesty because it makes me realize that nobody has that perfect night like we all imagine in our heads! But, it sure sounds like it ended up being fun and sometimes when it turns out crappy it's somehow more fun! I love all the Halloween pics. I am way behind on mine...hopefully they will be posted by Christmas!
hahahahah i love your house!! my attempt would have ended up in the garbage can like you wanted yours too!!!
Good job!!
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