Not the gumdrop buttons!!!!

This year on Thanksgiving we did our annual Gingerbread house. My mother was in town as we were celebrating her birthday and of course eating lots of turkey. The kids decided to get decked out in their Indian garb (oh excuse me, Native American dress). Now my mother's and my assignment consisted of putting the actual house together. The children were in charge of decoration. Well, we put the walls up and as my Mom held one side and I held the other, one side of the roof broke in two. Now I am thinking, this can be fixed... just put a little more icing on it, stick it together, and there you go. Not that easy! After about half a bag of icing and lots of contorting I finally got the roof together. Carefully Mom and I held it in place for five full minutes and proceeded to let the kids decorate the house. About half way through the process I see we are running out of gumdrops...I also notice the telltale sign of food coloring around Kayleigh's mouth and the dazed look of a sugar rush in her eyes. Connor starts to complain, "Don't eat all the candy Kayleigh! What will we decorate the top of the roof with?" Kayleigh proudly points out, "But the roof is upside down, we can't decorate it!" What?!? Sure enough, one side of the roof (the one I so carefully fixed) is attached upside down. Time for some creative icing! Finally we get the house decorated and even have enough left for the gingerbread men. I could hear the kids say as they ate pieces of their gingerbread cookies, "Oh,no! Not the gumdrop buttons!" You've gotta love Shrek!