Adair's Gingerbread House

I am all about creating traditions for our family, especially at Christmas time. This weekend we started what I know will be a fun tradition that we will look forward to every year...decorating a gingerbread house. With the ready-to-decorate kits available now, it's an easy project and not too terribly messy. Adair looked forward to it from the second we mentioned it to her and couldn't wait to get started. She loved bounding the pepperints to crush them, putting the "raindrops" (aka gumdrops), candy balls, and peppermints in the icing, and licking her fingers. She was very proud of the finished project, which is now displayed front and center in our kitchen.