Thursday, December 23, 2010

Gingerbread House Indonesian Style


Brooklyn's gingerbread making dance.


















The Finished Project



Christmas away from family and friends is tough. We miss you all so much. We are doing everything possible to help it feel like Christmas for the kids. Christmas on the equator can be a tough sell to kids who are used to being surround by friends and family. We are trying really hard to continue our family traditions. It takes a bit more planning here but it is do-able if you are creative and flexible.

Today we attempted to make a Gingerbread house. It was a bit rough but considering the difficulty in finding the ingredients I think it turned out pretty well. Everyone had a great time decorating it.

Unfortunately, it did not meet US building codes but lucky for us we are in Indonesia where anything goes. The house stood for about a hour before it collapsed. The kids and I thought it would be funny to leave it outside for the monkeys but we decided that hyper monkeys would probably be pretty destructive.

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