Choo! Choo!

Grandma Ween and the boys spent a good chunk of time creating this gingerbread masterpiece on Saturday.  This is one of several traditions that the boys look forward to each year during December.  They had decided this year they wanted to make a train rather than a house.  So, Grandma Ween hunted up a train for the boys to make.

Unfortunately, they had a minor setback in the middle of creating.  Grandma Ween was mixing up some more frosting and her mixer burned up!  YIKES!  Off to the store I went to buy a new one so the creating could continue.  This nice batch of frosting was a long time coming!

I am so thankful to my mother-in-law for doing this with the boys.  They truly love doing it and will have fond memories of their time together with her down the road.  Of course, they each have to add their own personal touches to the final product. Austin's addition was quite interesting this year. You'll have to look closely at the first picture.  He added a few yellow blobs of frosting to the snow with a sign that says, "Do not eat yellow snow!"  Yes, that's Aaron's son!  

Thanks so much Grandma Ween for a fun time!  They're already talking about the barn they want to make next year :)