I left it up as long as possible. And I have to say, my little boy has been looking for the gingerbread house several times since I took it down.... this was one of his favorite Christmas past times....and although these are not the best photos you will get the drift. We would hear something that sounded like a marble being dropped onto the hardwood floors each night, and I could never figure out what it was....then one night I couldn't sleep and I found the marauder pillaging through the gingerbread house like Hansel & Gretel knawing the gum drops and jaw breakers off of the top. The jaw breakers apparently are great fun to hear them crash on to the hard wood floors and then chase them around until they become trapped under the couch.....
notice the roof, at each cross in the frosting there is supposed to be a jawbreaker....also on top of each gum drop too....
notice the roof, at each cross in the frosting there is supposed to be a jawbreaker....also on top of each gum drop too....