As soon as I had a little girl (or any gender child for that matter), I wanted her to have a Christmas party of her own. I wanted there to be times in her life, other than her birthday, when she could throw a party and have her friends over. I thought gingerbread house decorating would be perfect for that. I wanted to start it last year, but figured Addie and her friends were still just too young. I had this year's planned for months. I wanted her to invite her little friends from school also. However, all that changed when Tommy had to go out of town at the last minute, and left these party plans and all the prep work to a pregnant woman with a toddler. The party dwindled down to our closest friends, the ones that are over here regularly and don't expect perfection! I also thought it would be a good trial run for a bigger party next year. We had a great time! I made a simple lunch of chicken salad, pimento cheese, and baked potato soup. Dessert was fruit and cupcakes!
After lunch, the decorating began. I had great dreams of making the gingerbread homemade for the houses. That did NOT happen! No one actually eats the gingerbread anyway, so why not buy the ready made kits?
The kids had a great time, the mommies did too. They are still a little young to get into it, although they did enjoy it. It'll be fun to see how far they have come next year! I was absolutely exhausted when we were through, so I guess we all had fun!
(I have no clue what's on my sweet girl's dirty face!)
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