building houses of sugar

I'm so excited! Next week I am going to build a house of sugar with one of my favorite families not related to me by blood. This will be our third annual gingerbread house-making. This is a picture of the house that we constructed last year-- a wonderland of blissful calories, I know. It was girls against boys, and we SOOO kicked some boy butt.

And that is Joy Commander, high on sugar. Sometimes during the construction of the house the building materials get eaten. Suprising, I know, I know. By the end of the night we are all a lot of fun, though :).