Ginger to Graham

When I was still working we had a slow winter and we created a gingerbread village.

We went all out - the gingerbread was from scratch, our house patterns were created from scratch, we had stained glass hard candy windows, an ice skating pond and frosting snowmen - trust me, it was really cool.  We put xmas lights inside to make the church glow.  Last week I got inspired to decorate a ginger bread house with Elizabeth, but wasn't looking for quite so much work.  I also have to admit that I had a team that helped me build the village, including a pastry chef, so I was not going to be able to recreate this at home with my 3 year old!    

Gum drop lined border

Turn your head sideways to truly appreciate this church

So we hot glued graham crackers together and used leftover Halloween candy to decorate our "graham cracker" house.  We had fun and that's all that matters!  I only burnt my fingers three times and I didn't eat any frosting, so I saved a few calories!  I have fallen from an entire gingerbread village to a simple graham cracker house, but the time I spent with Elizabeth I wouldn't trade for anything! (Grant was napping)