GINGERBREAD HOUSE

If you read the last post about 230lbs of gingerbread you would be looking forward to seeing what that looks like so I have some photos for you:

My husband "the chef" was back at it again this year. This is the fruit of our labors of making the gingerbread. All 230lbs was strategically air nailed to the wooden substructure.

This is the front of the house early stage before the finishing frosting to patch the seams was placed.

Back view, again before cosmetic touches.

Now all the seams have been filled with frosting to make the siding complete. The glue holds all the gingerbread siding to the house. The roof and sides were then coated completely with white frosting.

The tradition holds that once the house is built all the kids from the country club(where the chef works) come in one night and decorate it and have a party. So, after the chef and I spent about 6 hours making the 230lbs of siding, he spent approx 2.5 hours assembling the house. We also spent about and hour in the supermarket getting candy from the bulk bins for the kids to use to decorate the house. People were looking at us as if we were crazy when we were filling the shopping cart with bags of bulk candy. I said "chef" what kind of candy do you want me to scoop. "Anything without nuts for the allergic kids and anything that will stick to frosting not in wrappers" replied "the chef". We nearly cleaned out the bulk aisle at our supermarket buying gum drops, mike &ike's, good&plentys, gummie bears worms, jelly beans, and choclate candies of all varieties. We bought almost 100lbs of candy. The cashier was giving us "the look" wondering why we would be buying so much candy she must have thought us to be lunatics.

Okay, so you might be wondering how this works. Well the maintenance crew sets up the "magical rug" and the "picket fence " for the house. Chef puts the house inside the fence where it begins looking plain, calm and serene.
THEN......
Add about 150 wild kids from 2-11 years old, taking turns going inside the fenced area picking up candy and decorating the outside of the house.

WHEN ITS ALL SAID AND DONE HERE IS THE FINAL PRODUCT


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Here is the front entrance. Look at the beautiful entrance, please advert your eyes from the candy that has made it on the floor and began to be ground into the "magical rug".

Another view of the "messterpeice" oops I mean Masterpeice :)

A final view. Yes, those are hand marks in the frosting on the side of the house. Can you imagine the sugar buzz those kids were on when they went home. Looks like some of the candy made it on the house, a lot made it on the floor, and I am sure some of the candy for decoration made it in their mouths.

The house will stay on display for less than 72hours. The house will then be transported outside, powerwashed, and siding will be removed. The picket fence will come down and the "magical rug" will find it's way to the dumpster. The house substructure will be packed away until time for next years remodeling and redecoration.

The fact that I don't have to clean up the mess after the fact

PRICELESS.

Now you know what i have done this week you can see why I haven't accomplished very much knitting. Hopefully next week will produce some knitting finished object photos.

I hope you enjoyed the gingerbread house story.
Merry Christmas

Run, run, as fast as you can...You can't catch me.........I am the gingerbreadWOMAN!!!!

Yikes, Where does time go?

It's hard to believe that time goes so fast. I swear it was just July. Well I am fighting the sinus junk this week. Booo Hiss!!!!!!!! I have been doing some knitting but don't have any pictures to show for it! Among other things, I have finished a baby gift for a friend, a few dishcloths, and a new bathroom rug that is super soft. Today, I helped "the chef" aka:my husband make enough gingerbread to cover the worlds largest gingerbread house. We made 230 lbs of gingerbread. No your eyes aren't playing tricks on you that really says 230lbs that is more than a grown man. I don't care if I ever see gingerbread ever again.
Tomorrow "the chef" will take the 40 plus sheet trays of gingerbread "siding" and screw them on the gingerbread house frame and all the kids at the country club will get to decorate it. They do this every year and this year I was elected to help make the gingerbread siding. What a zoo, at least I don't have to be there when there are 100 kids frosting and glueing candy to the house in between shoving candy and frosting in their mouths. I am so sorry I will have to miss that darn :) Too bad "the chef" will have to endure it all. Anyways, I leave you with thoughts of the chaos that will ensue tomorrow at mission gingerbread house build.......(evil laughter).