December 21, 2015

  • Gingerbread Weekend

    The kids have been asking for gingerbread houses again this year. I had forgotten how much work it is, but Carl was a big help this year. Steve made the dough Friday morning, and Friday night we rolled out, cut, and baked the components for seven gingerbread houses.
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    The next morning, Steve took Veronica & Étienne to the second Winter Grand Prix race. Étienne wasn't feeling well and DNF, but Roni had a good, though muddy, run.
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    When they got home, Steve & Carl assembled the houses.
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    Once all the friends arrived, it was a sugar-overload free-for-all!
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    The boys' general design aesthetic is to cram as much candy as possible onto the house. Veronica is a bit more nuanced.
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    There is a possum who has been lurking around under our front and back decks, and for the second time Sunday night he came up on the back deck, right up the the slider, and looked into the kitchen. We are never fast enough to get a photo of him at the door; here you can see him quickly exiting the backyard.
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    Merry Christmas to all, including marsupials!