Every year, I talk about the Christmas Countdown and every year, I think I can blog every day – the count down is RIPE for blog material. But the reality is that I get lost in doing the things for the countdown, or I get busy with other holiday activities that tend to happen during this time, that my blogging it takes a back seat. Well, I wish I was here to tell you NO more. But really, it’s not true. But we are doing the countdown and we have been having some fun with it. This year, I decided to introduce Making Gingerbread Houses into the mix. The boys are getting to a good age where they can decorate and with my niece here, I have more helping hands to do more complicated tasks with the boys. So one of the early tasks was to create gingerbread houses. We made tiny ones – one for each of us – and created a village. To be honest, the boys were bored at the beginning, but they did like the decorating part. So it turned out fun for all. Here are some photos:

Thank goodness my niece is crafty AND patient!

My little candy cottage

The Completed Village – I so wonder who’s house that is in the front.

My niece’s completed church – after she helped the boys with theirs.

It was a fun couple of hours of laughing and decorating and sneaking of treats. A tradition I hope we continue. And, while I am on the subject, I may not be the best blogger of our antics, you can see all of our holiday fun over here called 2010 Holiday Fun. Enjoy it, I know I do!