Ikea and a Gingerbread House

Thank goodness for Ikea this weekend.  We are struggling with a three year old who gave his dummies to Sinterklaas and is now in a very bad mood, not sleeping well and definitely not listening to anybody but himself.  The weekend was tough.  On Sunday we went to Ikea and for the first time used the kiddie play area there.  You can leave your kids for an hour whilst shopping.  Andy and I had a coffee and cake together and managed a walk through the whole shop on our own...what bliss.  The kids were happy to play together in the ball pit and did some christmas colouring in.  We found a Gingerbread House kit there and some gingerbread dough and this has kept Cricket and I busy today whilst Tiger is at school.

Once the house was drying we rolled out the dough and made xmas cookies.  This is delicious gingerbread..mmm