Hexen Hausen

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is decorating the Trader Joe's Gingerbread Hexen Hausen. Every year, I call and have TJ's reserve a few for our family before they run out. (I've learned. Those things fly off the shelves like Gingerbread witches.)

This year the kids had some neighbors over for a slumber party, so Mark and I donated our decorating kits to the kids, and watched them create.

The girls' houses were beautifully decorated, with scalloped rooftops and daintily applied candies.

And the boys, well...

They were hands-on builders.

Let's get another look at those girls.

And those boys. Look at the glee on Gryffy's face.

I think they're all very magical! (And apparently Caden and Gryffy thought theirs took the Christmas popper crown.)