THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE OF HORRORS!!!!

   So, this past Saturday, Amy, the girls and I constructed a gingerbread house kit that my aunt send us for Christmas.  This is what came in the kit:

   So we started things off by kneading the frosting for a couple minutes to warm it up a bit and then cutting a 1/4 inch off the edge of the bag.  The first parts to be frosted were the walls and the trench  in the  plastic stand it would sit in.

We had to use some of the frosting as glue to mend one of the roof pieces that had broken in half.

   So, after the sides were frosted along the edges, we put them into the trench and connected them together.

Next came the roof pieces...

While we did this part, Amelie and Audrey decorated the gingerbread men...

  And Amelie got hungry and ate part of hers...

  As a result of the girls' munching on half of their gingerbread men, this resulted in some very macabre results when placed by the house...

We had a gingerbread man who looked like he was buried head first in the snow!

So here's what the box example looked like...

And here's our final result...

OH GOD!!!  THE HORROR!!  THE GINGERBREAD MAN IS UP TO HIS WAIST IN SNOW!!!  THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS COVERED IN GUMDROPS!!! THERE'S A CREEPY FACE-LIKE THING WITH A BINDHI ON THE FRONT DOOR!!

Actually, I was pleased with the end result.  Amy even added some cool icicles on the sides along with a half-melted snowman...

   So after it was finished, we had a bunch of frosting left which naturally got put to good use...

    Of course, the beauty only lasted for about three days...then this happened.

Looks like Hurricane Andrew hit it...this was promptly followed by a Godzilla-style attack by Davetron and Mecha-Amy

Then the girls joined in...

Overall, fun was had and food was consumed.

I leave you with one image that will certainly brighten MY holiday!

GROOOWWWLLL!!