Teotihuacan Meets Christmas and the End of the World

Here's our latest gingerbread creation.  The girls got a little macabre when they asked Jeff to make pyramid pieces for their gingerbread this year.  I overheard their plans and assumed some type of Mesopotamian Egyptian Christmas, but instead discovered it was a candy blood bath between empires.

Gwyneth had a scary pyramid, on top there was a sacrifice and all the red candy is blood.

For decoration on the side she made a skull and crossbones.

Burning scarifice.

Gummy bears took over Camille's kingdom, climbing on the back of a dead gingerbread man.

The only standing gingerbread person had a gummy bear through his heart!

There was an ever raging war between Camille and Gwyneth, gummy bears tried to attack on the back of a crocodile!

Elise had a pyramid covered in licorice with a ghost pharoah.

Beware! If you enter Elise's land you will be eaten by an alligator!

However, Celeste had a very peaceful land, guarded and ruled by cats and an electric licorice fence!

Celeste Plays Piano

Lately Celeste has been clamoring to practice the piano.  It might be because Gwyneth has been feverishly preparing for her competition (yesterday, whew!), or because one can earn a "piano treat" in this house.  Last week she started "reading" the music with minimal help from me.  I would show her once, then she would demand, " I don't need help!"  The first video is after a few days practicing, and the second one is her second time through a new "song."  Had to capture this!

Gwyneth's Latest

Here's the latest from Gwyneth. Her recital is on Saturday, and this video was just to try to make her nervous. She looks up and smiles at me to acknowledge that the "una chorda" pedal isn't working very well. "Una Chorda" is fancy for the soft pedal - I never knew that until now.  The piece is Schumann's Abegg Variations Theme-Mov.III.