Gingerbread houses are another tradition. This time around we built 3 houses so the kids did some pairing up with cousins. Since we arrived back in Wisconsin so late in December there would not have been time to bake all of the pieces so Crystal made them well ahead of time in Saudi and we carried them over in our luggage. Enough of the pieces survived to make a go of the houses.
Gingerbread house making
Gingerbread house making
Gingerbread house making
The best part of gingerbread house making
Kai
Gingerbread house making
Gingerbread house making
Gingerbread house making
Cousins by the fire
Nora with Teddy
Nora with Teddy
Nora with Teddy
portrait of Kai
Charlotte
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Kai goes all "Jack London" and lights a fire in the snow using only a small bit of dry wood and his smoldering teen angst.
Nora making the biggest snow owl ever
Nora making the biggest snow owl ever
The snow owl takes shape
Kai is successful with the fire despite my predictions
We won't freeze this night.
Cousins around the fire
Cousins around the fire
Roasting marshmallows in December