Gingerbread houses

I have posted our favorite recipe for gingerbread houses before here, but I had to share the photos from this years master creations.  The boys spent the afternoon baking (and nibbling), building (and nibbling), designing (and nibbling), decorating (and nibbling)...you get the idea.  I was with-it enough this year to fill them up with a healthy lunch before we started, but who am I kidding?  There was significantly more candy and icing that went into the boys than onto the house.  Here are the final products: