Gingerbread

Last night my three girls and I put together our gingerbread train. My son only wanted to sneak candy. It actually went together pretty smoothly. The plan came from the November 2006 issue of Family Fun magazine. We changed it a little bit from their version, but not much. Every year we do a gingerbread house, and I just buy a kit, preferably pre-glued. This year I decided to be brave and bake the thing myself. The magazine had downloadable templates, so I printed those out to cut around. That made all the difference. I am known for not being able to cut straight...

I had planned on doing some spinning today. However, my youngest has been throwing up, so who knows how the day will go? (Except not as planned!)

By the way, the yellow fruit in the picture behind the train is really a lemon on my Meyer lemon tree. Living in such a cold climate has driven me to try to grow things that won't grow here. We have harvested 3 wonderful lemons so far. The one in the picture is the 4th, and there are 5 little green ones. It does very well outside in the summer, once it survives the winter house conditions!