Christmas Vacation Day 2

Thursday morning again found us sleeping in, and it was also Tim's first day off of work. We puttered around the house, doing little things to get ready for our party for Dad's side of the family on Friday evening. Tim took the boys out to lunch and shopping. It's their annual last-minute "let's grab something for Mom" tradition. While they were gone, I worked some more. After dinner, the kids got me started on making the gingerbread houses (we had worked together to make the dough Wednesday afternoon). I was worried they wouldn't come together this year, as the dough was falling apart when I tried to roll it out. Turns out our bottom refrigerator drawer is a little colder than it should be. Once I let it sit out, it was fine. Tim left for karate as the rolling and cutting were going on and arrived home to fine 2 boys with assembled, decorated houses and candy ALL over the kitchen table (not to mention the bits of dried icing all over the floor!). We cleaned up together and sent the kids off to bed.