and there you have it. maybe that's why i've been in such a blogging funk lately...every time i want to blog about something, it's usually to complain. and although i pride myself on being "real", i don't want to be a real downer. i mean, it's christmas after all. if it were june, you'd be hearing from me more often.
but...
i have something to say (complain about). so dear readers, it is my prayer that in the spirit of this magical season, you will embrace my negativity and bah humbugness and know that i am coming from a very hormonal place. (see? blaming pregnancy. so awesome.)
i hate gingerbread houses.
i always have.
since elementary school.
when it comes to crafty projects, i am a perfectionist of sorts. i have martha issues. so in the 4th grade when my graham cracker house wouldn't stand up straight even with the support of the milk carton, i swore off the gingerbread house forever.
well. this year, my well meaning and festive mother, decided it would be fun to send her grandchildren a gingerbread house "kit". one of those all-inclusive, pre-baked, as good as brick and mortar, legit gingerbread houses. the "ultimate" if you will.
ultimate? ultimate pain in the backside is more like it.after a rather lengthy construction process (5 hours), and icing debacle (or 2), and a few hateful words (as in "i hate this dumb gingerbread house")...this was the result.
well. that's my side.i'm not proud of that people. martha would be so disappointed. it looks nothing like the one on the box. i fail.
once i accepted that this gingerbread house was doomed to mere mediocrity, i granted jaxson artistic licence for his side of the house.
lovely.p.s. see the frosting on his face? ya. i might have put it there after he mentioned that "jesus would be sad if he heard you say you HATE gingerbread houses mom." geesh kid. could you tone down your self-righteousness a bit...you're giving me a complex.
however, he did redeem himself when he decided to turn his side of the roof into a plinko board.
all of this creative madness would have been a bit more manageable if they would have included some decent candy. at least then i could have taken out my frustrations on some cadbury holiday chocolate balls.
11 comments:
Negative posts are the funniest! Who wants to hear about some perky mother talking about her perfect children while displaying her pictures for her perfect crafts?
I see your negativity and raise you 5...see my pet peeves post to be posted later today.
see i don't see this as a negative post, i see it as a realistic post. if your gingerbread house would've turned out perfectly, i'd feel guilty for not doing more christmas crafty crap with miles.
but next year if jax really really wants to attempt a gingerbread house, give him a tub of frosting to eat and get this instead. no bake, no mess, easy peasy.
What's wrong w/ your gingerbread house? Looks good to me. Better than the picture on the box, which has wayyy too much frosting and not enough candy.
Crafts are a pain. If it weren't for kids, I'd never do them.
And yeah, this is not nearly negative enough to count as a negative post.
owen saw that picture of jax and said, "hey. i go eat candy with jax?"
you need to move here so our kids can be friends. (or maybe it was just the candy he was after...)
Ouch - I don't think Kent would like me and showing people the things I bake - I swear that it is just an outlet for me - I always tell Bart "Either let me be creative or sign me up for therapy!"
The house is cute and even better that you didn't try to control the house (like I do) and let Jackson do it and be creative!
Ok first of all you would have to let me try one of those cadbury holiday chocolate balls, what do they taste like? :) Second of all, the gingerbread house is amazing and I can't imagine why you would be disappointed in your side (I would not have been able to get the thing out of the box) and third of all....are you kidding me with the plinko idea...that's the best. You creative people make me sick! (and very jealous! haha) About those chocolate balls.....
After many years of gingerbread house frustration and being very uncrafty, here is my unsolicited advice: glue guns. Yes, glue everything together and down with real glue then glob the frosting on where you want it. We did our houses this year with glue guns and graham crackers and then let the kids go at it.
PLINKO!! I love it!
I had never thought of Paula's idea of glue guns and crackers. So simple. I like.
"jesus would be sad if he heard you say you HATE gingerbread houses mom."
I like the cut of this kid's jib.
if you want to get really disgusted with gingerbread houses, check this link. you know no kids were involved in the decorating of theses.
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