Cooper had his idea too but was a bit more meticulous. The roof had to be just the right "smoothness" and he put his own design on his roof. He took his time in placing every single candy that went on that house. His Pa was proud of his artistic ability.
Now Tatum enjoyed sampling all the different pieces of candy and she requested that her house be pink. So, pink it was!
The final projects!
I started telling Chandler and Cooper the gingerbread houses we used to make when their Mom, Gretchen and Cody were kids. They were amazing. Not the little ones they just completed but huge ones. My sister hosted gingerbread house parties back in the late 80's and friends and family were invited to make a gingerbread house. So, that is why these houses had to be extra special because a competition was involved. We did this for several years and it seemed families finally didn't want to commit as much time to them as was necessary so the fun house building ended. They wern't something you could do in one afternnon. We spent many days on the project. I can remember one year my sister actually had electricity in their house. Of course you had to consider that the father of the family is a house builder. Here is our house in 1986. Gretchen was 15, Chelsea 9 and Cody 5. That is Cassie our cocker puppy.
So, gingerbread houses go way back for me. Something you just don't want to let go.
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