Always live up to your standards - by lowering them, if necessary. ~Mignon McLaughlin
Isn't that the truth. I was lured into buying a gingerbread house kit this year after seeing the beautiful gingerbread house picture on the box. I thought "Oh, how easy they make this for someone like me!"
Hmmm. Well - turns out our house doesn't look anything like the one on the box. One side of the roof broke as I was holding it in place for the icing to set. So we took it off to make a "cool convertible house". (Good thing I have boys who think those kinds of modifications actually are cool.) We placed candy canes down the sides to make it like a sled because, well, why not? We began decorating the other side of the roof and discovered that it was slipping down. Hurry! Break some candy canes and we'll make a "fence" that just happens to hold up a roof! Ahhh, catastrophe diverted. So we got to decorating the rest of the house and the icing didn't seem to be holding anything in place. Gumdrops, gumballs, and other sugary pieces were slipping and sliding faster and deeper into misfit gingerbread house status.
We were thrilled! Laughing aplenty, renaming the icing "dork glue", licking fingers (and washing hands), and making a deck for the house using the broken roof (after sampling it, of course).
I think it's the most fantastic misfit gingerbread house I have ever laid my baby blues on. And the boys think it's "the best gingerbread house ever" (from Nathan) because "it has a convertible roof" (from Scott). So thanks for the picture, Packaging People. But we did just fine on our own.
Merry Christmas and have a great season doing things your own way!
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