On the 1st day of Christmas my true love made 200 gingerbread men for me.and you.
and you.
and you, and you, and you.
And while we're at it, how about 4 dozen sugar cookies!
I had some help from the kids with these.
Then after they were in bed, I realized all of my gingerbread men were homeless! Oh no! So that led to the not-so-brilliant idea to "whip up" a dozen graham cracker gingerbread houses.Mistake.
FYI- making homemade royal icing after midnight calls for disaster...
...which I had. (FYI-don't try to reuse the Wilton Royal Icing containers for homemade icing unless the result you seek is concrete hard icing splattered all over your microwave.)Icing batch #2 was usable and I constructed little shelters for my gingerhobos until 3am relatively disaster free.
I said "relative" because having let the kids help earlier in the day put us in a state of disaster throughout the entire kitchen.
As seen here.
and here.
aaaaaaaand here.(Mmmmm confetti cupcakes and sugar cookie snowmen)The frosting explosion pushed me over the edge and I cried.
over frosting.
I've gotten so soft.
I also saw a hearse today and cried again.
I know. Sleep deprivation makes me weepy.
Eventually, I got everything put together and I crashed into bed.
Question. Was it worth it?
This morning when Reese woke up she was serenaded with a harmonious (harmony meaning I am in one key and Aaron is unknowingly in another), rendition of the Birthday Song. When she went into the kitchen for breakfast, she saw this:
and before I even made it out of my room, she had RUSHED back down the hall to tell me,"MOM! The ELVES came to our house last night and they left us candy and GINGERBREAD HOUSES in the kitchen!!!"
Her excitement was priceless.
Absolutely, it was worth it.
7 comments:
That looks great! You're amazing. How was the party? Your kids are going to have such fond memories about their childhood being full of love, joy, and gingerbread people in cute condos. :) I would've cried about the frosting, too. Disasters, no matter how minor, feel epic after midnight.
i have decided that my children will be extremely disappointed in their mother's lack of creativity and craftiness! you are one awesome mama meg!!!!
You are so amazing! I want to be you when I grow up... :) Ok, really I will just need lots of advice as Koree gets older.
Ah, the things we do for our children. The instant reward/gratification of their excitement keeps us doing all those crazy things. For sure Reese will remember that moment for a very long time.
PS Amy's story of helping the cambodian kids in Sacramento had me bawling. No fair.
Once upon a time there was a mother, who was also an over-achiever. The End.
Seriously though, SO cute!!
Have you all come down from your sugar high, yet?!
You're such a good mom. I need to take lessons from you some day
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