Growing up, one of my favorite Christmas traditions was the candy house that my brother and I would decorate every year. It’s sort of like a gingerbread house but it is a house made of wood that we would cover in icing and candy. I always loved doing it! Here’s me and my brother with our candy house circa 1986…
Oh yea! We still have that original wooden candy house but it’s staying at GJ and Daddo’s. But, over Thanksgiving, my mom surprised me and my brother with our own candy houses hand-made by my dad and Marc! Best gift ever!! I am SO excited to start the candy house tradition with my boys!!
On Friday, Maxwell, Spencer and I set out to decorate it. We had plenty of icing and candy…
First we covered it in icing. Maxwell was a big help…
A really big help…
Yep, such a big help.
See that side of the roof? That’s about all the icing he actually got on the house! 🙂
Unfortunately, my other helper was feeling a little bah humbug during the decorating process…
I think he was just sad he wasn’t getting to “help” the way Maxwell was!
We then put all the candy on and, again, my assistant was really helpful…
How did I get so lucky to have such a good helper?! 🙂
In the end, we ended up with a fantastic looking candy house (that Maxwell actually really did help decorate)…
and two happy boys!
Can’t wait to continue this tradition every year! Ho ho ho!
Fun fun – brings back a lot of memories! Maxwell and Spencer will be your helpers for years to come!
Hahaha. Love the icing on Maxwell’s face and the taste test in the last photo.
Maxwell’s dentist approves.
I wonder if it will make it to Christmas. An elf may not be able to wait.
What a great tradition to continue! I can’t get over how much you look like GJ in that pic with Keith!
Too fun! I love it!
We had one too! Our dads must have thought of that. I still try to do my parent’s candy house every year 🙂 Maxwell and Spencer will love it!