Friday, January 14, 2011

Gingerbread Men

Before Christmas I made some gingerbread cookies with my mom and sisters.  I really enjoyed decorating them. 
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I tried to make every one different and was quickly running out of ideas.  Then my mathematics knowledge kicked in. 
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And my family thought I was just weird.  Becky said “you should add squiggles”  and I let her show me what she meant.  You see, it’s rather difficult to do minute details with the larger hole I cut for the icing bag and I knew it wouldn’t look good.
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Hers is on the left, while mine are on the right.  Love you Becky!

P.S. I am just giving Becky a hard time.  She knows I'm kidding, and poking fun at her.  And if it would upset her I wouldn't have posted it.  I was just so excited that FINALLY I am starting to be good at this kind of thing.  Growing up (a decade younger) and trying to paint or scrapbook or make cards with my family was frustrating because my stuff was ALWAYS the worst.  It was hard to keep going when there was such a difference in quality.  It's just nice to see that the tables have turned ;)

2 comments:

Anjeanette said...

Yay! Erika, you are growing up quite nicely;) You may think it is a hard group to break into. But I think you fit in perfectly!! You are very talented and now see, your gingerbread men are better than Becky's! Yay!

RootsAndWingsCo said...

Now wait just a minute here. I'm totally baffled by all of this. It is quite clear that mine (yes, the one on the left) was waaaay better than any of yours. Not just anyone can do something like that and make it turn out the same...especially an adult! I think you two are just jealous of my icing skillz! I don't blame you at all. It is a sight to behold. My handwriting is exactly the same as my icing skillz, as well. Now who is jealous!? ;)

Love you guys!

Becky