Twins and Gingerbread Houses

December 2009

We have been very fortunate to make some wonderful new friends.

Brian and Mark work together at Standard Chartered.

Mark's wife is Davina and is delightful and they have two wonderful identical twins who are 10 years old. Sophia, Olivia, Jacqueline and Alison have become fast friends and we have gotten together on numerous occasions..

Today we tried to build and decorate Gingerbread houses. I felt so clever buying preformed gingerbread walls and roof from IKEA. (Yes, we actually have two IKEAs here. Although they pronounce it EEKEA) By the time we actually got around to opening the sealed boxes, we discovered there were barely enough intact pieces to build just one complete house.

That didn't stop the girls from enjoying the fun of decorating with icing and candy though.

And bless Davina. She diligently assembled the single house as the icing dripped and the once crispy gingerbread became soft and saggy from the humidity.

Fun was had by all. Then came the sugar rushes and achy stomachs.