We don't need no stinkin' directions!

Last week while Josiah and I were out shopping we bought a gingerbread house kit. All week he has been asking if we could eat the candy in the kit. All week I have been trying to prepare him for the fact that some of that candy was going to go on the house to decorate it. We even talked about the story Hansel and Gretel and how the gingerbread house was so pretty and decorated. So we decided as a family that tonight would be the night to take on the project.
We unpacked all the parts to the house. Josiah kneaded the icing to get it ready to use and Daddy trimmed the edges of all the pieces. After the icing was good and ready, I piped the icing needed to hold the house together. Josiah and Daddy put the pieces together to make the house. Right after putting the house together we proceeded to decorate. Josiah ate more candy than he put on the house, I think. Each time I looked at him his mouth was full and he was saying, "I need that kind of candy next!" He really surprised us at how accurate he was at putting candy on the house. I thought he might need more instruction, but he did a great job. Josiah loved the icing too and I had to keep telling him not to lick it off the roof. After we were all done decorating Greg and I realised that the roof was drifting south - right off the house. So with a 3 year old, an Engineer and a Therapist working on this project - who needs to read the directions - right! It turns out that we were supposed to wait at least 30 minutes after construction before decorating. No problem here - I built support beams out of Josiah's Lego's to hold the roof up until it dries. Only time will tell if it holds up to gravity.