Day 2 - Redwood City Houses

We are now armed with more pastry bags and lots more icing.  All of the activity done on day one is set in stone.  The icing is hard as a rock!  I guess now it would be obvious if I ate one of the little peppermint circles off my house.

Sergio wasn't able to join us in day two of the gingerbread project here in Redwood City, but Cailean, Kevin and I worked on our houses again.  

Cailean made great progress on the roof and is making her house more beautiful. Check out the red icicles on the roof line.  Very clever.

I decided to thatch my house after seeing a number of houses in Ireland with thatched roofs.  I used mini-bite frosted shredded wheat.  These have a cinnamon frosting and smell divine!  I tiled the front porch with little sugar discs which taste nasty (both Kevin and I agree on this fact).

Kevin did an elaborate tiling job on his roof.  This side is using one pattern and the other side will sport a different pattern.  Check it out.

To the right of his house, you can see the pieces (the little lily pads) he is going to use for the other side of the roof.  Check out the candy corn in the front of the house.  I bet you thought that Halloween candy was obsolete.  Nooooo...we reuse/recycle here at Taurus.

The great smells of gingerbread, cinnamon, and sugar assault your nose any time you go into the kitchen for coffee or a soda.  So far all of have been able to avoid the temptation of breaking a piece off the house and eating it.

Finally on the support call today, we heard from Leah that her house arrived.  Can't wait to get pictures!