Could It Be? Look At What Came Around the Bend...

Joseph recently latched onto the fun tradition of building gingerbread houses and then slowly taking them apart and nibbling on them over the holiday season.  He then had the awesome idea for us all to make a gingerbread train together.  I cook, but I don't often bake, so I shortened the gingerbread construction process and used graham crackers instead of actual gingerbread.  This hastened us on to what I think the best part of gingerbread is - the decorating part!

The night before, we made the royal icing…

Put the trains together…

And the kids helped me clean up…

The next day, Joseph was so excited to decorate the train (especially the engine), he got up a little after 5am! Finally, after hours of breakfast and getting dressed and preparations, we were ready to go!

Joseph worked hard on his engine…

Esther helped out with the caboose work…

And then Glen made the nicest engine tender...

Here is our completed project!  What fun!

Now...it's time to eat!  We hope that you are enjoying your Christmas seasons!