The Gingerbread Incident 2010

This year in order to make the Christmas season seem less overwhelming, I decided to simplify. One of the areas I did this was holiday activities. I wanted to cut back on the amount of "things" that we did. But I want to make sure that we didn't skip something that one of us really wanted to do.

I asked the boys to list a few of their favorite activities that we usually do in the days leading up to Christmas. They both instantly answered, Build a gingerbread house. My heart was filled with nostalgia and pride for my boys wanting to do such a wholesome project. Mr. A wants to major in Engineering and G-Man shows an interest in architecture. I imagined the gingerbread house to be the link to their childhood for years to come.

In fact, I pictured a scene just like this in my mind...

That's Miss K in the photo above. Mr. A was able to solve his two girl problem by asking Miss K out.

As I've done in years past, I purchase a gingerbread house kit for the kids. When I found out that Miss K was coming over I bought a package of four gingerbread men. Unfortunately, two of the men were broken. But it was enough to spark the imagination of three teenagers.

Now I debated with myself whether or not to share the following photos with you. But I was finally able to justify it this way... If you have ever seen the movie Steel Magnolias and you thought the armadillo Groom's cake made out of red velvet was funny, then you will find this funny (and hopefully won't judge me as a parent).

The gingerbread man was the victim of a freak skydiving accident.

Angry Eyes Gingy

DJ Gingy G