Why fix it if it ain’t broke? We figured Trader Joe’s makes a great gingerbread house, and last year, they didn’t let us down, so we did it again.
Materials. Check.
Tatum’s tasting skills. Check.
My ability to follow directions. No check.
Seriously! I repeated my mistake again this year. It distinctly says to whip the egg white and lemon juice before adding the sugar pack. I’m pretty sure this makes the frosting like glue but easy to squeeze through the plastic envelope thingy.
Instead, yes, I put all the ingredients together and stirred. And stirred and stirred until I had such a paste I could hardly move my spoon. Alas, I had the frosting glue but I had to use my fingers to PUT it on the house. Quite unfriendly to making little swirly-dos with the squeezy envelope. That way did not work. Ok, we made it work. The key was Tatum could decorate the house with all the little candies.
And, oops, a few fell into her mouth.
Anyway, it turned out pretty cute, and this year the characters and dog kept their limbs.
After, the floor seemed to be covered with those infinitesimal sprinkles. Tot got to work.
Tatum, watcha doin?
Well, someone has to do it, right?
All in all….
We won’t remember the foibles of building it; we will remember the fun we had getting it done.