My goal this season is to make gingerbread men.

To accomplish this goal, I have told many people that I will make gingerbread men. The first step to baking is to inflate your confidence and get downright cocky about your baking ability. Done!

Now I’m beholden to this promise. People are expecting gingerbread men. And I cannot let them down.

Problem: I have never made gingerbread men, or gingerbread anything. But that means I have beginner’s luck on my side.

I feel good about this.

I don’t yet have the ingredients, or cookie cutters, or icing, or time. And my oven is possessed by a ghost who refuses to let things bake properly. But I won’t let that hold me back. In the coming days, I will let you know how Operation: Enduring Ginger progresses. And if you don’t hear anything else about Operation: Enduring Ginger, assume the mission was a failure as I perform a political cover-up worthy of an Oliver Stone movie.

Side Note: If I’m making cookies for Christmas Eve/Day, when should I bake them? How long can ginger cookies last before going stale? A day? Two days? What if I cover the cookies in wood lacquer? Can you just come over and do it for me?

Spoiler alert: Today’s Lego item is among the best.

It’s…

A SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM MACHINE!

Thank you, Santa and Jesus and Batman!

What a brilliant bit of Lego brickage! It’s got handles and everything!

More importantly, what kind of fantastic family has their own soft serve ice cream machine in the kitchen?

It’s not something you see in a normal suburban kitchen. That’s something you maybe rent if The Oprah and Tom Hanks are stopping by for dessert.

The line quickly formed to try out the new machine.

Now, the bad news. There is only one cone.

Looks like it’s the season of spreading mouth germs as everyone will need to share the same cone…or, come up with more creative ways to consume the sweet cow lava!

Timberly seems like a fun mom.

Both Walter and VK9000 agreed that a soft serve ice cream machine is the very definition of poetry.

What a great day!

Day 12 Rating: 4.9 out of 5 (Points deducted because adding one more cone would not have sent Lego into bankruptcy.)

See you tomorrow!

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