Merry Christmas to all of you, and I love that you let the kids decorate their houses the way they wanted to. Someday they will say ' Remember when mom let us decorate our gingerbread houses like haunted houses?' Thanks for sharing, take care!
I love that the kids relived a family memory into the gingerbread houses. As a kid my parents did not do the Christmas things either, you are such a thoughtful parent for making sure you give your kids these memories.
Those houses are HILARIOUS. I also learned how to wrap presents from my grandmother whom I was extremely close to. I often found the presents she got me so she said, “Fine, because you found it, you can wrap it & all the other presents.” I said ok so she taught me. It’s also very relaxing for me & reminds me of how fun my maternal grandmother made Christmas. ❤️ Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Merry Christmas Jen and thanks for sharing. I give it to you for liking to decorate Ginger Bread Houses. I got one for a Christmas gift 3 years ago. I thought I would love doing it. Well the icing wasn’t strong enough to hold the houses in place, I found it a very frustrating experience and threw it in the trash. I loved your Pink house, it turned out so cute. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday.
Merry Christmas Jen and family! Hope everyone had a great time! Your Gingerbread house is adorable! The most important thing is your making sweet & unforgettable memories for the kids. I started getting a Christmas ornament every year for my son. It would have a theme of whatever he was into that year. Baseball, golf, music, driving, school, work etc. etc. when he got married I gave him everyone of them and each one had the year on them.( custom made) He loved them all. Now his son has ask for all of them to be put on his Christmas tree in his room. Because they do the same thing for him and his sister since they were born. It’s so much fun to look back and remember all the stages, Year, age of his favorite things from his 1st until his wedding. It’s memories that we as Moms don’t really think it’s a big deal that turns out to really mean a lot to our children. I promise when they are grown the time you’ve spent with them doing stuff like the gingerbread houses will be some of their best memories. Your doing a great job Jen! BTW- Conner singing was so adorable! I just loved it! Thanks for another wonderful vlogmas! 🎄
I can hardly believe that a year has passed so quickly. I remember Adam got you that little refrigerator for your room last year. You also bought yourself an expensive purse or leather bag in a color you were dreaming of. Wonder what goodies you’ll get this year. Excited to see. Thanks for your hard work with the vlogs. They’re time consuming but we LOVE them.
I once got very irritated doing a project with my daughter cause she did not want to do it the “right” way. It’s honestly a memory that makes me feel like a horrible mother. Lessons learned I guess…so kudos to you for letting your kids run free with their creativity! Merry Christmas to all of you!
Jen, I'm a serial procrastinator too. Pretty sure at 66 I'm not going to change. As you said, it works for you and it must work for me too. I've never seen different gingerbread houses. Now I feel like I need one. Yours is too cute. And the kids should be able to decorate theirs as they wish. Merry Christmas!!
HaHa - Regarding the chicken and dumplings, when that happens keep stirring the rest until all the dumplings breakup and call it chicken and spaetzle. Never admit a mistake in the kitchen. "I meant to do that." Hehe Another great video by the way. Merry Christmas Jen.
Merry Christmas Jen and family. The gingerbread houses were funny. Connors scene especially. I only wrap kids gifts and my grandmother's (she likes opening the paper lol) for every one else I have what I call my Santa sack lol. I put everything in there and hand the presents out like that 🤣
That's such a nice thing to do with your holiday days...my husband also does this so we are all home together the week of christmas to new years...wishing you all the best!!
I was cracking up when you started explaining about the gingerbread houses - LOL! They were hilarious... That gingerbread man leg had me like 😭 - You're an awesome mom!
You are the first YT mom to recommend putting the gingerbread houses together beforehand. Kids just want to decorate the house. They have no time to wait for the house to set up.
Who cares what others think of the non-traditional gingerbread houses. I thought they were hysterical. Being Jewish I never decorated gingerbread houess, but when my son was in 1st grade his teacher invited us to the school for gingerbread house building and Trevor, obviously, had never done it and we helped him decorate one. I had never done it before. It was truly time consuming but it was fun. My husband thinks I am nuts as I enjoy bringing cheer to ny co-workers by giving them gifts, making puppy chow and surprising some co-workers with bags of it. I love seeing their smiles. I love surprising people. Isn’t it a time of bringing cheer? You don’t have to be Christian or Catholic to make ppl happy. I don’t expect anything in return. I can’t wait until you see what I got you! I saw these things and thought of you.
I loved that you kept Connor singing because it’s life and he was enjoying himself. I loved the gingerbread houses there is nothing wrong with wanting to do a movie theme the problem is some people want their kids to do this perfect little house and take the fun right out of it. Your awesome Jen 👍. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🥳.
Hi Jen. The houses that your kids decorated are so awesome. Love the movie The Shining. They will always remember these times. I really like your house too. Thank Conner for the serenade. So cute. Hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Wishing you the best in 2022.
Fresh Thyme is one of my favorite gorcery stores here in Indiana especially for produce.. They just announced we will be getting a Hy Vee soon, I thought of you!
My brother just moved to Iowa City this summer. I accidentally planned a visit this fall on homecoming day. Traffic was crazy! 🥴 I'll be planning netter next visit and maybe avoid home game days.
Thank you for sharing Jen and looks like a wonderful a Christmas time! We used to make gingerbread houses every year- so fun to do with the kids. Haven’t done it the last few but spending time together doing other stuff which is special. I’m sure we’ll make them again one of these years😉 Wishing you a wonderful rest of your holiday week and Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉🥳🎄🌸
Love it!! My son has ninjabread cookie cutters and some of his gingerbread men always look they have been through a battle. Someone is always impaled lol Super cute job they did. Love the redrum sign!! Love that you don't stress about things being perfect & just let them have fun! Hope you all had a nice Christmas!
Awwwww Connor singing. Thank you yes for leaving that in! Love all the gingerbread houses. Rock on Christmas haunted house for a change. We need some of that :) I am always never ready either. Merry Christmas to you all. hugs
The kids' gingerbread houses cracked me up! A couple of years ago my boys did Ninja bread cookies and made them similar.... blood, Arma cut off, toothpick swords etc. It was hilarious!
My kids are 20, 18, 11 and 7 we still decorate gingerbread houses. Guys against the dolls. We use a hot glue gun to assemble our houses. So much easier. Merry Christmas ❗
I LOVE the kid's gingerbread houses! I'm jealous over the fact I didn't think of that for mine! I as well am living certain parts of childhood through my children's. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
Sis, the nightmare before xmas is an epic idea in sorts for gingerbread houses. I've never made a gingerbread house. But my kiddos did them. Great job mom and kiddos. If you dont eat them hot glue them. Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas
Omg if the gingerbread house story isn't the truth. I learned finally after years to do it before hand and then let my kiddos decorate. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas
I forget how small Muscatine is bc I think of LeClaire & DeWitt as small. I laughed when you were excited about Davenport. Living here it feels like we have nothing. I love Rudy's enchiladas, but I get chicken.
I love how the kids decorated the gingerbread houses. So creative.
Merry Christmas to all of you, and I love that you let the kids decorate their houses the way they wanted to. Someday they will say ' Remember when mom let us decorate our gingerbread houses like haunted houses?' Thanks for sharing, take care!
Very creative gingerbread houses 🤣
I love that you let your kids do their own thing with the houses!
I LOVE your kid’s untraditional gingerbread houses!!!!!
I love that the kids relived a family memory into the gingerbread houses. As a kid my parents did not do the Christmas things either, you are such a thoughtful parent for making sure you give your kids these memories.
Loved the gingerbread houses…so fun! My girls are 20 & 22 and we still decorate G houses every year♥️ Merry Christmas
Conner singing…🥰 Hope you all had a very merry Christmas!
I love all of the ginger bread houses! One of my favorite movies!
The kids gingerbread houses turned out amazing!! Super creative!! Love it. Great job, Kiera & Connor! Merry Christmas, Chapin Family!!
Omg. Great themed gingerbread houses 🎄💚
Never too old for decorating ginger bread houses!! Merry Christmas!
My closest Target is also 45-50 minutes away. It was an adjustment moving back to the country after being in the city for 10 years. 😊
Hope you and your family had a Merry Christmas! 💕
Great idea on the gingerbread houses !💖
The gingerbread houses are hysterical!! What cool memories for your kids!!
Those houses are HILARIOUS. I also learned how to wrap presents from my grandmother whom I was extremely close to. I often found the presents she got me so she said, “Fine, because you found it, you can wrap it & all the other presents.” I said ok so she taught me. It’s also very relaxing for me & reminds me of how fun my maternal grandmother made Christmas. ❤️
Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Merry Christmas again Jen. I am amazed at what you do, but perhaps it is time to unwind and enjoy your family. Blessings.
Merry Christmas... Thank you for all the time & content you give us🤗
The serenade was precious
Merry Christmas Jen and thanks for sharing. I give it to you for liking to decorate Ginger Bread Houses. I got one for a Christmas gift 3 years ago. I thought I would love doing it. Well the icing wasn’t strong enough to hold the houses in place, I found it a very frustrating experience and threw it in the trash. I loved your Pink house, it turned out so cute. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday.
Yes Jen we learned that lesson with ginger bread house assembly too lol
Merry Christmas! Target has Gingerbread Halloween Haunted Houses and Villages you can buy in the Fall. I LOVE Target!
Merry Christmas Jen and family! Hope everyone had a great time! Your Gingerbread house is adorable!
The most important thing is your making sweet & unforgettable memories for the kids. I started getting a Christmas ornament every year for my son. It would have a theme of whatever he was into that year.
Baseball, golf, music, driving, school, work etc. etc. when he got married I gave him everyone of them and each one had the year on them.( custom made) He loved them all. Now his son has ask for all of them to be put on his Christmas tree in his room. Because they do the same thing for him and his sister since they were born. It’s so much fun to look back and remember all the stages, Year, age of his favorite things from his 1st until his wedding. It’s memories that we as Moms don’t really think it’s a big deal that turns out to really mean a lot to our children. I promise when they are grown the time you’ve spent with them doing stuff like the gingerbread houses will be some of their best memories. Your doing a great job Jen! BTW- Conner singing was so adorable! I just loved it! Thanks for another wonderful vlogmas! 🎄
“Ask me how I know” 🤣 Been there w/the gingerbread houses, LOL
I can hardly believe that a year has passed so quickly. I remember Adam got you that little refrigerator for your room last year. You also bought yourself an expensive purse or leather bag in a color you were dreaming of. Wonder what goodies you’ll get this year. Excited to see. Thanks for your hard work with the vlogs. They’re time consuming but we LOVE them.
I once got very irritated doing a project with my daughter cause she did not want to do it the “right” way. It’s honestly a memory that makes me feel like a horrible mother. Lessons learned I guess…so kudos to you for letting your kids run free with their creativity! Merry Christmas to all of you!
Jen, I'm a serial procrastinator too. Pretty sure at 66 I'm not going to change. As you said, it works for you and it must work for me too. I've never seen different gingerbread houses. Now I feel like I need one. Yours is too cute. And the kids should be able to decorate theirs as they wish. Merry Christmas!!
My kids totally would done the same with the Gingerbread houses. Lol.
Loved the gingerbread houses!!!
Hope you had a fantastic Christmas!!!
HaHa - Regarding the chicken and dumplings, when that happens keep stirring the rest until all the dumplings breakup and call it chicken and spaetzle. Never admit a mistake in the kitchen. "I meant to do that." Hehe Another great video by the way. Merry Christmas Jen.
LOVE the gingerbread houses. Hilarious! 🤣🥰
Merry Christmas!! I love Rudy’s tacos. I’ve moved away but get tacos every time I come back to town to visit family.
Merry Christmas Jen and family. The gingerbread houses were funny. Connors scene especially. I only wrap kids gifts and my grandmother's (she likes opening the paper lol) for every one else I have what I call my Santa sack lol. I put everything in there and hand the presents out like that 🤣
I hope you had a blessed Christmas ❤️
Your so great! Merry Christmas 🎄 I love your parenting tactics ❤️
That's such a nice thing to do with your holiday days...my husband also does this so we are all home together the week of christmas to new years...wishing you all the best!!
I was cracking up when you started explaining about the gingerbread houses - LOL! They were hilarious... That gingerbread man leg had me like 😭 - You're an awesome mom!
You are the first YT mom to recommend putting the gingerbread houses together beforehand. Kids just want to decorate the house. They have no time to wait for the house to set up.
Love the shining themed houses the kids made lol, we actually watched that on Christmas Eve as a family.
"Your kids will start crying..." 😆
Merry Christmas Jen and family!! 🎄☃️🎅
Hi, didn't expect you tonight. Hope you had a great Christmas. Awe, Coonor's so cute.
Who cares what others think of the non-traditional gingerbread houses. I thought they were hysterical. Being Jewish I never decorated gingerbread houess, but when my son was in 1st grade his teacher invited us to the school for gingerbread house building and Trevor, obviously, had never done it and we helped him decorate one. I had never done it before. It was truly time consuming but it was fun.
My husband thinks I am nuts as I enjoy bringing cheer to ny co-workers by giving them gifts, making puppy chow and surprising some co-workers with bags of it. I love seeing their smiles. I love surprising people. Isn’t it a time of bringing cheer? You don’t have to be Christian or Catholic to make ppl happy. I don’t expect anything in return. I can’t wait until you see what I got you! I saw these things and thought of you.
I haven't had Puppy Chow in years, and neither has my daughter, now I need to make it!
Super cute gingerbread houses. Love the creativity!
Lol, love the gingerbread houses! Such creatives kiddos.
Connor singing was too cute! I think you’re never to old to do gingerbread houses. I’m cracking up over your kids’ houses! 😂 too funny!
Merry Christmas! The gingerbread houses are amazing! Love them all!
I loved that you kept Connor singing because it’s life and he was enjoying himself. I loved the gingerbread houses there is nothing wrong with wanting to do a movie theme the problem is some people want their kids to do this perfect little house and take the fun right out of it. Your awesome Jen 👍. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🥳.
Love Fresh Thyme! It’s a brand from Meijer (a big Walmart -style midwestern grocery).
Merry Christmas Everyone and to Handsome Murphy🙏🐾🌹❤🌲🎅Many Blessings to ALL🙏🌹🙌
Loved the gingerbread houses. We all need some humor during the holidays.
Merry Christmas 🎄 Jennifer, Adam, Keira & Connor.
I forgot about the pup
Procrastination, it's been working for me so far, why change? So me!!! Merry Christmas love!
I love your Hawkeye purchases. That tie is everything. I hope Adam loves it. Loved the video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Hi Jen. The houses that your kids decorated are so awesome. Love the movie The Shining. They will always remember these times. I really like your house too. Thank Conner for the serenade. So cute. Hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Wishing you the best in 2022.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Tfs 🎄👍🎅🏼🤶🏻
I love how creative your kids are! That is so like what my son and husband would do!
Merry Christmas! gingerbread houses look fun to make!
Merry Christmas💚❤❄❄ I love their gingerbread houses. I'm born on Halloween its cool. Your gingerbread house was beautiful. You're such a great Mom.
Merry Christmas Jen, Adam, Keira and Connor, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas together. Loved the kids gingerbread houses !
Fresh Thyme is one of my favorite gorcery stores here in Indiana especially for produce.. They just announced we will be getting a Hy Vee soon, I thought of you!
Merry Christmas, Chapin Family!
I love your kids ginger bread houses. I think they were great.
My brother just moved to Iowa City this summer. I accidentally planned a visit this fall on homecoming day. Traffic was crazy! 🥴 I'll be planning netter next visit and maybe avoid home game days.
Merry Christmas! Love your channel.
Thank you for sharing Jen and looks like a wonderful a Christmas time! We used to make gingerbread houses every year- so fun to do with the kids. Haven’t done it the last few but spending time together doing other stuff which is special. I’m sure we’ll make them again one of these years😉 Wishing you a wonderful rest of your holiday week and Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉🥳🎄🌸
Merry Christmas Jen and family
Love it!! My son has ninjabread cookie cutters and some of his gingerbread men always look they have been through a battle. Someone is always impaled lol Super cute job they did. Love the redrum sign!! Love that you don't stress about things being perfect & just let them have fun! Hope you all had a nice Christmas!
Hey girl hey 👋🏾 Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 🎅🏾🤶🏾
Loved the gingerbread houses so creative 🥰🥰 merry Christmas to you and your family
The closest Target to me is an hour away so I get it 😂 haven't been in a long time. Live basically in the middle of nowhere lol.
Awwwww Connor singing. Thank you yes for leaving that in! Love all the gingerbread houses. Rock on Christmas haunted house for a change. We need some of that :) I am always never ready either. Merry Christmas to you all. hugs
I’ve had good luck using melted sugar as glue to put ginger bread houses together.
What did you think of Fresh Thyme? It's one of my favorite places to shop! WAY less pricey than Whole Foods, but still a lot of interesting stuff.
Merry Christmas Jen and family!!!! Blessings for the new year as well!!!
The kids' gingerbread houses cracked me up! A couple of years ago my boys did Ninja bread cookies and made them similar.... blood, Arma cut off, toothpick swords etc. It was hilarious!
Merry Merry Christmas Jen and Family!🎄🎅🎄 Loved All of the gingerbread houses! Thanks for sharing!💞
We never did Gingerbread houses either.
Hysterical gingerbread houses 🏘️ Merry Christmas and thanks for all the fun videos this year. Love your channel ❤
Merry Christmas Jen and family! I really enjoyed watching vlogmas. You're awesome!
My kids are 20, 18, 11 and 7 we still decorate gingerbread houses. Guys against the dolls. We use a hot glue gun to assemble our houses. So much easier. Merry Christmas ❗
Thank you so much for the video today.
Merry Christmas Jen, Adam, Kiera, Connor, and Murphy. Hope y'all have had a wonderful holiday.
Omg kids after my own heart. Redrum 😁 Love it! Hope y’all had a great Christmas!
I LOVE the kid's gingerbread houses! I'm jealous over the fact I didn't think of that for mine! I as well am living certain parts of childhood through my children's. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
Blessed Christmas Jen! Loved how you fumbled your way through the pre-assembly of the gingerbread houses... haha
Sis, the nightmare before xmas is an epic idea in sorts for gingerbread houses. I've never made a gingerbread house. But my kiddos did them. Great job mom and kiddos. If you dont eat them hot glue them. Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas
Looks like lots of fun! Merry Christmas!
I loved that shirt on you! ☺️☺️
Omg if the gingerbread house story isn't the truth. I learned finally after years to do it before hand and then let my kiddos decorate. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas
🦌🎄Merry Christmas🎄☃️
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Hey Jen, hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Always enjoy your videos. Back to work tomorrow for me, blahh!!
Somebody recommended using hot glue to put the gingerbread houses together. I thought that was genius! Merry Christmas! 🎄
The beginning 😂🤣😂 I’m a procrastinator also! It’s been working out for me so why stop now 💁♀️😂
This year I bought a prebuilt gingerbread house at Costco. It was fantastic!
I forget how small Muscatine is bc I think of LeClaire & DeWitt as small. I laughed when you were excited about Davenport. Living here it feels like we have nothing. I love Rudy's enchiladas, but I get chicken.
Lmao 🤣 if people can’t find the humor in the kids decorating, to heck with them! Hilarious! Creative!