I have a goal of someday taking Costco's gingerbread pattern and then making my own, but that hasn't happened yet. Costco makes this tradition so easy. I have a hard time wanting to put forth the effort when I can buy it for $10. Although, let's be honest, I don't have an ounce of a desire to eat this one. Maybe if I made my own I'd eat it.
Decorating anything is right up Audrey's alley so she loves it. She doesn't care where it comes from. When Audrey was younger I'd find her stuffed animals everywhere and her toys lined up on shelves and counters. She would always tell me that she was decorating. I tried to be tolerant of it and always admire and tell her how beautiful it was before quickly cleaning up. She didn't mind her Mom's crazy, she'd just find another place and start decorating again.
It's been a couple years since she has wanted to decorate every minute of everyday. New things have caught her attention and these days she fills her time with reading, writing, drawing, dancing, singing, and acting (only around her Mom). I look back and part of me misses finding Bubba up on my shelf and her Minnie Mouse figurines lining my counter. Another part of me relishes in every new word written, every new picture drawn, and every time she sings and new song. She still won't miss a chance to decorate though. Every new holiday or birthday that comes around she asks if we can decorate and is always the first one to the box of decorations or in this case the candy. :)
In December Audrey's class did a reading of a play and then afterward Paul and I stayed and made gingerbread houses with the kids. It was so much fun and Audrey was so excited to see her Dad at school. We truly had the best gingerbread house....but of course I didn't get a picture of that part.
