Ginger-Sleighs

Aunt Nicole bought the girls ginger-sleighs that they made during our Wagner Christmas visit. While Nicole, Brittany, and I made tacos (along with Gramma Rambo's much needed help), Aunt Rhonda and Shane helped the girls put their sleighs together.

On a side note: Gramma thought it was so funny we couldn't figure out the can opener. FYI: the Pampered Chef can opener is not for the novice cook.

We learned that the pieces do not stick well together with just frosting alone.  It required assembling the sleigh in pieces, letting the frosting dry, and then decorating later. We didn't get to finish some of the sides of the sleighs because they kept falling apart.  They still look cute. 

We considered this a good lesson learned because Meme bought the girls gingerbread houses to make later this week.  Thinking I would be uber-prepared for this up-coming round of gingerbread construction, I purchased my first hot glue gun!  I was so happy to tell Shane, only to find out he already has one.  I think that owning a hot glue gun should be part of the "welcome to parenthood" manual.  Apparently everyone knows (except me) that hot glue guns are vital to any home with kids - but I know now!