Gingerbread Village.

My Mom and I took Elena to Gingerbread Village last weekend. It was pretty neat! There were lots of decorated houses that you could look at and then you got your on kit and could construct it there. There was quite a line so while Grandma waited, Elena and I went to find the clown that was making balloon animals that we saw other kids with. We found him down the hall and he asked Elena if she wanted a pink puppy and she got very excited. She was fascinated by him!

After he handed it to her she yells - "It's a mouse!" ha ha! In all honesty it really did look more like a mouse than a puppy! :)

We got back just in time to look at all the pretty houses that were already made~

The place was a bit chaotic -- tables and chairs everywhere with people making their houses. We opted to just get the supplies and take them with us. Later that night we got the kits out and set out to make our houses. First we put the walls together~

Then start icing - Elena did such a good job!!

The look of concentration on our faces is so funny!

Time to decorate!

This happened a lot -

Repeatedly~

Then we made our 2nd house~

Ta-da!

The finished houses~

I was a little surprised at just how much Elena enjoyed this project!! She stayed focused the entire time - through out making both houses~!(that kind of attention span doesn't always happen for a 2 year old!) She was so excited and happy - it was so much fun!! She was also very smiley and giggly so we got a couple cute pictures of her with my Mom and I after! :)

Looks like this will be a new tradition that we continue for a long time!