The Mouse Family Blog

Tonight, the couples from our small group got together to create gingerbread houses. We split up into teams of men and women.

We won't tell you which project belong to which group, because our creations are being judged by a former couple from our group that moved to New York.


Each team was given an identical set of building materials. The materials include several boxes of graham crackers, a couple gallon orange juice boxes, and several large pieces of cardboard.

The lovely church features an intricately designed round stained glass window. The surrounding grounds include a nativity scene and sledding hill. Mr snowman is was not part of the supplied materials -- we guess he just decided this would be a nice place to hang-out. At the nativity, a flock of animal crackers gaze calmly at the Teddy Graham baby Jesus. Mary and Joseph bare an uncanny resemblance to white chocolate candies served at Cory and Michelle's wedding.

The merry-go-round is functional, rotating on a layer of jelly-beans. The carousel features columns made of peppermint candy canes and animal cracker "rides." The carousel is flanked by a boardwalk of pretzels sticks and rounded by a fence of pretzel twists. The front steps feature another lovely young couple who were also in attendance at Cory and Michelle's wedding. The surrounding grounds are covered with pine trees of green frosting, and a snowman made of white meringue peppermint puffs.