Gingerbread Houses!

My (Sarah's) brother, Nathan, made homemade gingerbread to make some gingerbread houses out of. He really wanted to make them with the girls, so, the other morning we went to my parents' house to make the houses. I did NOT think it would be fun at all. I just thought we would be constantly trying to get the girls to stop putting candy in their mouths, plus, I didn't really think they would get the concept. But, as is often the case, I was wrong. It was so very fun. We did spend a lot of time trying to get the girls to put the raisins in their mouths instead of candy, but they did GREAT! Rayley and I were totally on the same wavelength, and every time I would squeeze out the icing, she would grab the exact candy that I was picturing putting in that spot! That made it super fun for me. Carey and I couldn't really stop. We just kept wanting to put on candy, just like the girls just kept wanting to eat candy!