Sprinkles and Gingerbread Houses

Ava, Kate and I constructed our first gingerbread house.  It was so much fun!  Took a few minutes to figure out how everything went together - we lost a few pieces of candies to my sweet tooth girls - but they were so proud of it when finished.  In between letting the sides of the house dry - we made chocolate covered pretzels - girls were on sprinkle duty.  See below what happens when you leave two girls alone with sprinkle jars...abundance of sprinkles!

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