December 10, 2006 @ 4:25 pm | Filed under: Family

We knew from the get-go that it was going to be a one-of-a-kind design. No doubt. As I worked the Royal icing, trying to make it more pliable, Carter and Kendall excitedly tore into the candy bits that would very soon grace the roof, walls, and windows of our…um…very tasty home.

Armed with all the tools of the trade, the four of us set to work. It took careful precision and much discussion before we were all in agreement on the lifting of the walls. The GC (Carter) and crew foreman (Kendall), of course, had the final say.

If you take into careful consideration the quantity of candy that was eaten on the sly, the tiny morsels that managed to make a hasty escape by rolling from the table to the floor, and the amount of ‘glue’ (Carter’s word for icing) that was licked from sticky fingers, then I think you’ll have to agree that this house is one kind of special miracle!

Pops and Nana did their best to live up to the management’s demands. We couldn’t seem to make the supply and demand of sugared gumdrops jive and, at times, we ran dangerously low on peppermints and Skittles. But, being the entrepreneur that he is, Pops found creative ways of keeping the project on schedule and under budget.

Funny thing, but the finished version does not look at all like the blueprints or the model, but we think it’s perfect just as it is! I guess that just goes to prove that – when built with love – a house will stand. Er…lean. Aw…you know what I mean!

Enjoy the photos of our very fun, very special, weekend building project. And – if you’d like to tackle just such a project in your own home, then we have just the General Contractor and crew foreman for you!