Gingerbread House...Errr Train Station

Tonight was Rionn's Gingerbread House Competition.  He wanted to do a train station.  And luckily grandma got me a train cookie cutter set last year for Christmas.  So we didn't have to go all Cake Boss on this project.  Luckily.  I just wasn't in the mood or in the Christmas Spirit I guess.  But we got it done.  The rules were that it had to be 100% edible.  And the kids had to do most of the work.  So I did the adult stuff.  Baking and cutting.  But Rionn did everything else.  And he was so proud of himself.  So we went tonight to the judging and awards.  And when we walked in there were lots of those boxed sets of gingerbread houses.  Some were homemade and some were ones that you could tell the parents did.  Of course, the fancy ones that the kids probably didn't have much to do with it.  And of course, Rionn was very disappointed.  He's the kind of kid that so competitive that it's a race when we are at the grocery store bagging groceries.  But Cole and I told him he did awesome.  Especially since he followed the rules and did a pretty darn good job.  Of course, I'm the bias mother and he'll always do a great job.  Anyways, here's the kiddo and his train station.  And some others.