gingerbread house!

...maddalena's first gingerbread house creation! isn't she cozy? i especially adore madd's flawlessly adorned christmas tree there on the right! (of course, she may have had a little help with most of the house, and it may have taken all my willpower to let go of most of my control issues, ha!)

aaaand now, after cookie making, a variety of shared holiday treats making their way into our bellies, and a little someone eating icing straight from the tube (and loving it!), i think we're officially sugar-ed out for the year 2014! although i'm having a hard time convincing my newest little sugarholic that we should maybe go easy on the sweets... but hey, christmas isn't even here yet, sooo that sounds to me like a problem for 2015! ;)