Many design entries were submitted for this years gingerbread house extravaganza. Due to lack of time, none of them were accepted and the resident architect wanna-be came up with this. The girls were not sure about it until they realized it looked like Rapunzel's tower. I was not sure about it because it just looked really top heavy. I am sure if this was constructed of anything edible it would have failed, but cardboard and hot clue are powerful building materials and they stood strong under the weight of their sweet load.
Let the decorations begin. It took 18 egg whites and 6 pounds of powdered sugar to attach all the candy. Tanner consumed as much candy as he applied.
My role in the gingerbread house has evolved over the years. In the beginning I was in control of design and decoration. Now that my kids can wield their own decorating bags I play a support role-make frosting and sweep. The more the kids are in control of the decorating the more sweeping and frosting making is required. This is my favorite part of the holidays, can't wait to do it again next year.
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