I write a cooking and lifestyle column for our local newspaper. A couple of years ago at Christmas I decided to make a little gingerbread house for the boys. I had made one years ago. We went and picked out all of the candy they wanted to use. I baked the simple little house and began to assemble. The roof caved in and then the walls followed suit. My DH told the boys that as we live in Arkansas, it had been hit by a tornado. (funny man). The boys promptly went to school and told EVERYONE about it. Needless to say, this year I chickened out and bought the kit. They were just as happy!