Gingerbread

Last week was "G" week, so one of the things we did was talk about gingerbread men. I told them the story of the gingerbread man. Since I needed a refresher, I'll fill you in as well. A lady makes a gingerbread man, but when he comes out of the oven he jumps up and runs away. So, she chases him, but he says, "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man." So the husband and several farm animals chase him, but he says the same thing to them all. He gets to the river and can't swim. A sly fox offers to take him across. In the end, the fox tricks him and ends up eating him. You probably so didn't want to know all that, but just in case you didn't remember the story, I thought I'd share. So when I told the story to the boys, they were totally into it with all the different animals chasing him and all. When I got to the end of the story and said the fox just ate him. Both boys just looked at me like they couldn't believe that was the end of the story. Surely he didn't get eaten!!! Maybe they're just not used to hearing stories that don't have happy endings. The looks on their faces were priceless, really. I don't think they liked the story.

To redeem myself, I did make some gingerbread cookies and decorated them for the boys. This was the first time I've ever made gingerbread and they turned out pretty good, especially considering I had to substitute a few things for items I can't find here. We still have a few left, and I think they're actually tasting better each day. We should finish them off tomorrow. The boys have loved them this week. Here is a picture of some of my labors.