Gingerbread House Construction

 This year we hosted the Fifth Annual Zickerman Gingerbread House Construction party (a tradition started by the Zickerman family).  Adam bakes the houses from scratch and everyone comes over with their favorite candy to construct and decorate their homes. The only string attached is that our guests have to take their houses with them when they leave - I should really only pick the candy off of one house per year!

This year we had our nephews, Hunter and Conner, join us. Their mom dropped them off Saturday and they stayed over night to be a part of the party on Sunday. BubbaJ adores his older cousins. They showed up and BubbaJ smiled from ear to ear for the remainder of the day. And nap time - forget this nap time thing, he might miss something if he closes his eyes for a few minutes. I take great pride in watching my son and nephews interact. I have always heard that your siblings children hold a sacred place in your heart and that is definitely the case with my nephews. They are very special boys and I really want them to be a big part of BubbaJ's life.

The boys were very patient all weekend, but kept asking when we would be decorating their houses. They really worked themselves up for the construction process.  We went to the store and they picked out a special candy they would each like to put on their houses along with candy to share with the guests. When it came time to decorate they spent ten minutes on their houses and claimed that they were done with their master pieces. Within five minutes of claiming they were done Conner was already asking if he could eat his house!! Oh to be young! All that mattered to me was that they had a good time. And I did make Conner wait until we took them home to eat his house. I wanted his parents to see his work of art prior to demolition.  BubbaJ was the foreman for the day. He sat in his high chair and ate M&Ms until I finally had to cut him off - the sugar intoxication was a bit much!I will admit though - three boys in one house for two days - I was e-x-h-a-u-s-t-e-d!!! But it is always worth it!!