it looks like some elves threw up around here...
i hope my kids' memories work the same way mine does. i don't remember specifics as much as generalities, especially when it comes to holidays and traditions. i'm sure my mom didn't bake all 12 different kinds of yummy cookies that i remember every year, and i'm sure there were years where other traditions just didn't come together or were missed or forgotten. i have five siblings, so how the hell they pulled any of it off is a mystery to me.
anyway, i try to remember this on years when we don't get around to taking a carriage ride downtown or get to the nutcracker or whatever it is my kids will hopefully remember fondly as something "we did". this year we haven't done either of those things, but we did make gingerbread (ok, graham cracker) houses together last night which i don't think we've ever done as a family before. it was fun!
wowzers that's a lot of sugar.
happy thursday!
I love the graham cracker idea. The pretzels look so cool, like logs. I have logs on the brain, though, because we've been watching our Twin Peaks box set. :)
Posted by: futuregirl | December 20, 2007 at 05:03 PM
I LOVE them all and hey...you can't do everything every single year. We haven't baked anything yet but plan on doing it next week...yep after the holidays...weird I know but Memphis has the whole week off. I have been super busy and being pregnant and X-mas shopping is really hard. I had no idea.
xoxoxo Happy Holidays!!!!:)
Posted by: Dawn | December 20, 2007 at 05:18 PM
you guys rock on the house construction! ours always fall...could be the second story everyone tries to build. anyhow...these are all lovely.
Posted by: brandie | December 20, 2007 at 05:35 PM
looks like so much fun. i've been wanting to make one with my kids, but the gingerbread part keeps getting in my way (ok, the frosting seems to be an obstacle, too). maybe we'll do graham crackers instead. did you make the frosting? anything to recommend?
Posted by: emily | December 20, 2007 at 09:30 PM
i have the same hope! love the houses - really a great family activity.
Posted by: erin | December 21, 2007 at 08:19 AM
Beautiful house! Happy holidays and best wishes for wonderful memories!
Posted by: Jade | December 21, 2007 at 11:29 AM
Can I live in these houses? I could be happy there forever, I think...
Awesome houses! Graham crackers is a great idea!
Happy holidays Meg :)
Penny
Posted by: Penny in VT | December 21, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Can I live in these houses? I could be happy there forever, I think...
Awesome houses! Graham crackers is a great idea!
Happy holidays Meg :)
Penny
Posted by: Penny in VT | December 21, 2007 at 12:34 PM
this is crazy familiar.
happy new year!
Posted by: prairie daze | January 02, 2008 at 11:02 PM