Hopefully Wille and will get around to bake pepparkakor (gingerbread cookies) this weekend. Inspired by that I dug out this photo.
A few years ago Martin and I constructed this gingerbread house. Recognize the place? Clue below. We allowed ourselves a bit of creative freedom by swapping the oak tree into a Christmas tree and adding one more for extra holiday cheer. Also this was pre decking as you can see :)
Once we also made a replica of the apartment building we lived in many years ago. Didn't take a photo of that one though. Bummer.
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By the way, today is Nobel Day over here in Sweden. Congratulations to all the smart winners! Can't wait to see them freak out over the Lucia surprise on Saturday morning. Lucia visits the Nobel price winners with spouses in their bedrooms at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm while they're still in bed :) Oops! Gave that one away. Hopefully none of them have time to read my blog today. They should all be having their banquet at Stadshuset (City Hall) right about now anyway.
i love your gingerbread house! i wish i would be a good baker to make something sweet like that.
Posted by: Carola | December 10, 2008 at 04:45 PM
I love your Stadshuset (City Hall) - had a banquet this summer there, it was amazing :-)
BUt I would really like to see Lucia and her show!
Posted by: jja | December 10, 2008 at 04:56 PM
What a great little gingerbread house! It stays in great shape for being packed away year after year!
Posted by: Brandi H. | December 10, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Your gingerbread house is adorable! nice work!
Posted by: Briana | December 10, 2008 at 05:14 PM
Love the gingerbread house!!! Amazing! I never thought of that even though there's also a book of gingerbread houses designed by architects.
http://www.adlibris.com/fi/product.aspx?isbn=9513140407
Posted by: memmu | December 10, 2008 at 05:23 PM
i'm awful at making gingerbread houses. :(
i wish i had your skill!
great job!
Posted by: na0 | December 10, 2008 at 05:28 PM
Brandi, it's an old photo :) We did keep it for almost a year though and everytime we went into the storage room it smelt divine in there. In the end it was just too big to keep so in the bin it went.
Memmu, I saw a similar book at Moma Store!
Posted by: Carlos | December 10, 2008 at 05:35 PM
How fun to see your backyard. It's different from what I expected ... although I can't tell you what I thought it would look like :)
Posted by: Lisbeth | December 10, 2008 at 05:42 PM
i can't believe my eyes. even your umbrella outdoor is white! :))
Posted by: ltg | December 10, 2008 at 06:38 PM
I am so disappointed that now I will not be surprised by my Lucia visit on Saturday morning. It makes the whole trip seem less worthwhile. In fact, I think I'll just forget about the awards ceremony and head back to my Den of Genius now.
Sadly,
Anonymous Very Smart Person
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Just kidding!!!! It's only me, Quinn!!!!
Posted by: quinn | December 10, 2008 at 08:39 PM
Hahahaha... :)
Posted by: Carlos | December 11, 2008 at 05:56 AM
The gingerbread house is so cute!
Posted by: I.Maia | December 11, 2008 at 09:11 AM
There should be a Nobel prize for gingerbread houses. You would win! But, seriously, I'm so excited for one of my favorite New York Times columnists. Paul Krugman won the Nobel Economics Prize. I'd never heard about that early morning suprise they get. Sounds like a hoot!
Posted by: Karen | December 11, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Vilket fint bygge!!
Posted by: Maria | December 11, 2008 at 07:15 PM
My husband's granny makes thinbread every year. Is that a tradition for your family as well?
Posted by: Jenny | December 12, 2008 at 12:29 AM