As many of you know, we haven’t gone a year without building and decorating a gingerbread house (see exhibits here, here, here, and here, and we weren’t about to skip it this year. We found something a little different this time, though – a gingerbread turkey kit from Trader Joe’s! We thought it was a fun departure from the usual house, and it also gave us an excuse to exercise our decorating skills a little early, around Thanksgiving time instead of Christmas!

Ready to build the gingerbread turkey

 

Mio examining the parts of the gingerbread turkey
Mio examining the parts of the gingerbread turkey

 

Assembling the gingerbread turkey
Mirei watches with interest…

 

Assembling the gingerbread turkey
Piping the icing onto the base…

 

Assembling the gingerbread turkey

 

Mirei decorating the gingerbread turkey
Mirei decorating the gingerbread turkey

 

Mirei decorating the gingerbread turkey
It was Mirei’s first year actively participating!

 

gingerbread turkey
Mio piping more icing on.

 

Mirei and the gingerbread turkey

 

gingerbread turkey

 

gingerbread turkey complete!
Gingerbread turkey complete!

 

gingerbread turkey looks yummy!

 

gingerbread turkey complete!

 

Mio takes a bite of gingerbread turkey
Mio couldn’t wait to take a bite!

 

Mirei biting into the gingerbread turkey
Mirei joined in, too… lol

 

gingerbread turkey getting eaten
The turkey did not survive long!