I didn't think about the fact that the roof needed to sit on angled walls until all the gingerbread was done. I broke the front while cutting the triangular top. Erin's sister, Aliesha, came over to help and witness the madness. It was nice to have some extra hands.
I ALSO put the walls together wrong so the shape of the roof was all wrong. Some retrofitting was necessary. Kaya was close by and very interested throughout the whole project.
Decorations were strategically located to cover up patching and retrofitting. I love the roof icing, you can't even tell that I screwed up!
We decorated gingerbread cookies, too. Three types of frosting!!! That is our fancy new pre-lit fake tree. It makes our house look awesome and Christmasy. The whole thing made me feel pretty domestic but at the same time figuring out how to salvage the situation to make the house look somewhat normal was challenging and fun. I'm planning to do one again next year. Hopefully having learned from some of my mistakes. I can't believe how awesome Mom's gingerbread houses were. This was a ton of work and wasn't even in the same class as Mom's creations!
