The Gingerbread House Disaster

So, a couple of days ago, my friend and I attempted to make a gingerbread house. I have never made one before, but my friend has make tons of houses. Her family has made one house every year at Christmas, ever since she was a little girl. Before we made the house, we made three colors of icing; red, green, and white. While we were making the icing, my friend’s mom kept telling us to add more water because the icing was too thick. I thought the icing was perfect, but I listened to her because I figured she has more experience making gingerbread housed than I did. As we started to assemble the house, our problems began. After putting icing on the edges of the walls, my friend and I wrestled with them, trying to keep them standing up, rather than falling over or caving in. We waited a couple of minutes for the walls to dry together, but my friend and I quickly realized that we did not wait long enough. As we placed the two roof pieces on the house, the walls began to cave in. My friend and I had to undo the entire house, scraping the icing off, and start the whole process over again. As we began our second attempt, my friend and I decided to let the icing fully dry between the walls before adding other pieces. We were finally able to assemble the house and keep it from falling down. Once it was safe, we began adding decorations like peppermint swirl candies, on the roof top, and gum drops, on the walls. Once the house was finished, it looked perfect, or at least I thought it did. Considering all of the challenges and problems we faced along the way, the gingerbread house was great and I’m glad to call it my first gingerbread house.