Amanda Cade

As I mentioned in my Gingerbread House Day post, my plans to decorate a cookie house with my niece fell through, so I drafted my friend Mike to help me in the endeavor.

Here are some highlights

Mike: So I’m filling in for an eight year old?

Amanda: Exactly.

Mike: Good, because that’s about my skill level.

Amanda: We have that in common. But there’s a kit. I mean, how hard can it be?

Mike: Ok, this first step isn’t too bad. The icing is like a glue, and the pieces fit together in the grooves.

Amanda: No problem.

Mike: What are you doing there?

Amanda: I’m making icicles.

Mike: Is that what those are?

Amanda: Of course. What do they look like?

Mike: You don’t want me to answer that.

Amanda: Now we just fill in the little grooves. It’s like staying in the lines in a coloring book.

Mike: Are you good at staying in the lines in a coloring book?

Amanda: No. Are you?

Mike: Definitely not.

Amanda: We’ll take turns.

Amanda: Let’s just follow the pattern on the box.

Mike: Easy enough.

Amanda: Wait, are we off on the pattern? How did that happen?

Mike: Um, it’s kind of hard to tell where the candy goes. Maybe it’s because we didn’t stay in the lines.

Amanda: Entirely possible. Um…ok, so it’s a little abstract. That’s cool.

Mike: Are you eating the chocolate chips?

Amanda: No. Yes. Just a couple.

Mike: What if we run out?

Amanda: I have some M&Ms around here somewhere. We could use those.

Mike: Or we could use the chocolate chips and you could eat the M&Ms.

Amanda: Shut up.

Mike: Well, it’s…finished.

Amanda: It doesn’t exactly look like the box, but it isn’t too bad. Especially from across the room.

Mike: It looks pretty good for a couple of eight year olds.

Amanda: Yeah, let’s go with that.

Note: That last image was a great idea from John, an awesome fellow blogger. Gnomezilla is very interested in my creation. Lol.

What holiday activities have you done lately?