Prepackaged Gingerbread Fun

Yes, I know I could have made the gingerbread cookies myself. But this time of year, I'm busy with a million other things. So buying this kit and bringing it with me to Ally's house seemed like a good idea -- and it was.  Especially when it turned out that her stove wasn't working yet in her new home, so the cookie dough we made for Christmas cookies was going to have to be wrapped and refrigerated for another day.  To the rescue:  our box of gingerbread fun.

We got the first few stars down for the base of the tree before the frosting in the green piping bag burst out of its seams.  So we transferred it to another plastic bag. Carefully. With a lot of laughter involved.

And eventually we had a tree waiting for decoration...

And finally our masterpiece

Aren't we good? Oh and then, the most important part, was that Ally put the tree near the mantle and Bill, Ally and I all stood back to admire the tree. It's always necessary to admire your work and make comments like, "Wow, that looks nice."