This year the Gingerbread Festival was a last minute thing for us, but we made it in time for the last hour. Here is the candyland that was the most candy I have ever seen used!
The Notre Dame cathedral, complete with Quasimodo between the towers.
The house from "Up." This had so many details, we probably stared at it for 15 minutes. Very impressive!
Another cute one.
All that candy and cute things, and the only thing Shannon was interested in was the show! There was a group of middle or high school students singing Christmas songs and Shannon thought that was the best thing ever. After one of the soloists finished a song, Shannon asked if it was her turn. I think she would have been happy to entertain that audience. Here she is with her Nanny, enjoying the show.
There are so many other pictures I could post, but these are probably the best houses. Pretty amazing!
Leah, on the other hand...
We also made our gingerbread houses with Aunt Jeny's family. Mine is the temple (with Tinkerbell as the Angel Moroni), Matt's is the house with the brown roof, Shannon was very proud of the T she put on her roof, and I think Leah's is the best with one candy on it.
This is a bird I found in our yard the other day. Anyone know what it is? I thought it was very pretty.
We went to Red Robin for her birthday dinner and she got lots of presents. Here she is opening them.
Feeding her new baby.
Lastly, here she is opening up her piano. She doesn't smile, but her eyes just light up! I love it! She adores her piano and plays it every day. Maybe next year we'll be getting a real one. 
There are so many other pictures I could post, but these are probably the best houses. Pretty amazing!
And here is the pumpkin carving mess. We didn't really go trick-or-treating because it was raining. We did a little bit at Walmart, so the girls were happy.
Matt did a witch and I did Charlie Brown and Snoopy for Shannon. She really wanted Peter Pan, but I couldn't find a template for it. It was a fun night!
