Gingerbread Houses

Today we all went to Nana and Papa's house to make our annual gingerbread houses.  The kids always have fun making them, and it's even better when cousins are here.  We also did our cousin gift exchange.  The kids got some great stuff.  Shortcake got a baby doll, Goofy got Legos, Minnie got a Frozen poster and best friend necklaces, Bucko got a Minecraft poster, and Tink got some cute scarves.  We had fun purchasing gifts for their cousins as well, and they all seemed to like the gifts we got them.  We keep it under $5 each, so it isn't too much strain on the finances.

 Emmy went with me to the library in the evening. I saw that the last book in the series I've been reading was ready for pickup.  (The series is called River of Time and it has been so much fun to read.)  When we got to the library, Emmy looks over the fence and says, "Hey, there's a reindeer!"  She meant to say "deer," but it was really funny and we crept pretty close to it.  It stared us down and we didn't get any closer than this, but it was pretty cool to see a deer right there.