{"id":4952,"date":"2010-12-19T09:26:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T16:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2010-12-19T09:32:08","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T16:32:08","slug":"seasonal-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4952","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year about this time Donna goes crazy over gingerbread houses.\u00a0 Old school gingerbread houses &#8212; Donna makes the dough, rolls it out in sheets, cuts forms for walls, doors, window shutters, roofs, and chimneys, puts them together with frosting, then invites kids over to help decorate them.\u00a0 When our own daughter Polly gets involved, the madness reaches a fever pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s gingerbread house-builder was Faith, granddaughter of friends.\u00a0 Here she is, doing it the old-fashioned way:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4953\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i747.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx120\/flyboog\/Cooking\/12-19-10_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4953 \" title=\"click for larger\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_1-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_1-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faith and Polly starting on the roof with Necco wafers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4954\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i747.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx120\/flyboog\/Cooking\/12-19-10_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4954 \" title=\"click for larger\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_2-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_2-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faith is getting into it (Donna in background with more frosting)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4955\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i747.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx120\/flyboog\/Cooking\/12-19-10_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4955 \" title=\"click for larger\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_3-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_3-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/12-19-10_3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faith with the completed house (yes, she got to take it home for later consumption)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year about this time Donna goes crazy over gingerbread houses.\u00a0 Old school gingerbread houses &#8212; 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