Making a Gingerbread House

Last year, Mallory and I decorated our first ever gingerbread house and I decided to make it a yearly tradition.  This year, we let Maggie help.  I wasn't able to take pictures while making the house because I was constantly having to tell the girls to stop eating the candies.  Needless to say, I'm very impressed with our work since many candies WERE eaten!

This is the side of the roof that Mallory decorated.

The right side of the roof is what Maggie decorated. They both decorated the front.  I was in charge of the icing.

The picture describes what happened most days the house was out.  Maggie's little hand going towards the spearmint bushes wanting to eat them.  She just couldn't grasp that they weren't for eating and that they would not be good even if she could get hold of them.

Christmas Light Debaucle

Today started just like any other day, but it sure didn't end like any other day.  The weather outside was pretty nice so Matt decided he would finish putting up the Christmas lights.  Everything was going well until he started putting up the lights over the garage.

I was standing there (doing my job of holding the lights) and all of a sudden I see the ladder and Matt falling straight towards the ground.  We locked eyes and what was maybe three seconds seemed like three minutes as he came crashing down and bounced, and then rolled onto the driveway.  I ran over and asked "are you okay?" and Matt told me that he thought he broke his knee. I decided I had better call 911 because there was no way I was going to attempt to get him up and in a car with a possible broken knee.

The fire engine and ambulance showed up in a very timely manner, but it felt like forever.  Like clockwork, the sirens and lights show up to the house and all the neighbors come out to see what is going on.  (I would have done the same thing.)  The EMTs loaded Matt up on the stretcher and the firemen put up the rest of the lights for us.  I thought that was so nice of them to do.  Needless to say, Mallory and I took a large gift basket of goodies up to the firehouse the next day.

We received good news in the ER that no bones were broken. That was truly a miracle and I KNOW without a doubt that God protected Matt from something far worse.  Now we have to go see a surgeon to determine if there is any internal damage related to muscles and tendons.

Mallory's Fall Music Concert

Tonight was Mallory's Preschool Fall Concert.  We rolled her hair in sponge rollers the night before so she would look super fancy.  She chose this special outfit to wear.  The sweater used to be her cousin Abby's.

Mallory sang so well and did great!  We are so proud of her.  I wish I had pictures of the concert that I could post.  (Her school has strict rules about posting things online).