A little Christmas decorating

Sylvie and Henri are both home today...Sylvie had a fever yesterday and needed to be picked up from school mid-morning.  She's still a bit sick, but is on the mend.
Also, I had a doctor appointment set up anyway for Henri yesterday afternoon, and came to find out he still has an ear infection and is now on his third round of antibiotics in a month and a half.  Poor guy. 
So, what better pre-Christmas activity to do when the kids are under the weather, it's too cold to go out and while Henri is napping than to build a gingerbread house with Sylvie!
We picked up a pre-made house out at Wilson Farms in Lexington last week when we went to get our Christmas tree, and I've been looking for a good egg-free royal icing recipe that I could use with Sylvie.  I found one that seems to be working so far.  (Just powdered sugar, corn syrup, vanilla and water).  We'll see when we put the roof on!  I think the part Sylvie enjoyed the most was licking the spoon.  Hopefully it will all stay together, and then we can decorate it a bit more. 
Until then, here are pictures of our work in progress.