Gingerbread is the devil...

There is was, staring at me like the final scene from the OK Corral.
Easy! Great for kids of all ages! The Halloween version of..*insert grand music* "The Gingerbread House."
My enemy in the world of holiday food fun. I have tried this “easy” and “simple” project twice before. Twice before I failed miserably. The sound of my step-daughters saying “it is okay Becky; you are good at other things”; still echo.
Let me take you back to that first fateful day. It was going to be a page out of “Better Homes and Gardens” How hard can it be to slap some frosting between gingerbread pieces and then decorate? I could start a tradition! Yearly houses of fun created by us! Pictures to scrapbook! Stories to tell!
An hour later as I was using Krazy Glue and a hair dryer to try and salvage the project; I was cursing the Satanist that developed this horrific kit. Gum drops glued to my fingers, pieces of stale gingerbread stuck to the table… “Fun for kids of all ages” MY ARSE! “We will try again girls” One big swipe and it all disappeared into the trash.
Not to be bettered by a house of food, bring on the second try. Carefully measured frosting…everything laid out perfectly…I mine as well have been trying to hold this thing together with soup! Nothing would stick. Back to the glue…glue not working and hair dryer used for glue is melting all the frosting….
How many step-mothers and mothers and grandmothers have done this without issue before me????? How is it possible I was going to fail?!
Maybe this year, I will create the perfect Halloween Gingerbread House and it will be dazzling in its display of cookie ghost’s and gumdrop headstones…or I could step away from that idea and just order one online and scrap pictures of the dog eating it on the table, which is what would most likely happen anyway.
I tip my proverbial hat to you Gingerbread house makers!