Gingerbread Villa

Here's an idea: why don't we make a gingerbread house? Here's a BETTER idea: why don't we make the house LOOK LIKE MY HOUSE? This, in theory, was a great plan. In actuality it was quite the nest of thorns.

Here's the goal, this past spring.

Here's the gingerbread version!

Here are the dogs...

Here are the gumdrop versions!

Here's the real pink tree on the porch.

Here's the pink tree on the gingerbread porch!

Aerial view of the gingerbread house, pool and all.

The R flag hangs outside the REAL house...

And outside the gingerbread house!

Here's the backyard in gingerbread and frosting...

And here's the backyard in reality.

All in all it was a fun project. Not easy, but fun. Next year we're considering doing the castle in the Magic Kingdom... a girl can dream, can't she?