Gingerbread mansion

Zac's masterpiece.

Here I stand, proven wrong once again by some some previously unknown skill of Zac’s. I never thought this gingerbread mansion would stand. After we under-baked the supporting right wall,  nearly destroyed our friend’s counter-tops with pouring  the melted sugar windows, almost caved in the roof, and then just wanted to give up–  the structure came together in all it’s lit up glory. Total construction time from blueprints to finished product was over a month. If you are one of the few people that think this project is not an act of insanity, here are  the instructions for your benefit.

We realized it was stronger than we thought when Freyja saw it the next morning, uttered  ”ohhhhhhh!” and started delightedly drumming on the roof and licking the icicles.

Zac says next years blueprints include multiple dormers and out buildings. . . .

THe contruction took place at our friend's gingerbread house party, but we still had all the decorating to do.

I iced one of the windows and totally botched it.

Some snow drifts on top add the finishing touches.