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What we did today

Dad had planned to take us to Enchanted Rock today to climb a mountain, but he got worried that it would be too cold. We were all a little disappointed, but we found plenty to do today.

We had a fun morning of Skyping with Bubbe and Facetiming with Mom. I don't know what kids did before all of this video conferencing technology. On Facetime, we got to see our new little cousin Annabelle and our Aunt Jen. Aunt Jen looked so happy. We know she's going to be a great mom. Turner was especially excited to see the baby and was sad when they had to go. After we hung up, we all agreed that we are excited to see Mom tomorrow.

Fun Fun Fun!

On Skype, I kept trying to change the computer settings. Dad is sometimes delighted, and sometimes annoyed at how into computers I am. During the call, Turner asked Bubbe to please come visit us. After we hung up I told Dad that I couldn't wait until we went to Disney World with Bubbe. Dad wonders why I don't say this stuff to people when I'm talking to them.

We made a bit of a mess

We read some stories and then Dad gave us made-to-order lunches before naptime. After nap, he had a surprise for us that really made up for missing Enchanted Rock - we were going to make a Gingerbread house!

We were super excited. At first we looked at the box to come up with ideas, but pretty soon, we had our own. Dad came up with the idea of using food coloring to make colored icing, and Hazel grabbed all kinds of sprinkles.

I read the instructions on the box. The first step was putting the house together using the icing and the gingerbread walls. We all took turns applying the icing, and Hazel and Turner helped hold the walls in place while the icing dried. Once it was finished, Dad made bowls of colored icing and handed them to use to use to decorate. Turner didn't quite understand though, and before any of us could stop him, he started eating the orange icing!

The finished product!

Dad had to throw that bowl away and explain to Turner that the icing was for decorating first, not for eating. He made a new bowl of orange icing and gave it back to Turner, who got it right the second time.

We had a great time decorating the house with icing, sprinkles and other candy. When we were done, we admired our great creation.  We really, really wanted to eat the house. But all of us kids decided together that we wanted Mom to see it and to share it with her, so we are going to wait until she gets home tomorrow before we eat it.

Dad made us dinner tonight. It was our last dinner before Mom gets back. We are so excited!