Shark Attack!

Sunday morning was pretty fun. Joseph and I set out all the presents the night before, so that was the first order of business on the big day.

This was the gift from Grandma Oba.

It is something he's been asking for for a couple of years now, so he was pretty excited.

He basically played with it for three hours straight that morning. And then it was time for church.

Grandma Cooper's present.

This has gotten a lot of use. Nerf guns are always welcome in our home!

Matching Google shirts for the boys! The great thing about a shared birthday is group gifting. Joseph and Caleb also got matching ties and a Minecraft lego set to work on together.

When students in Caleb's class have birthdays they often bring in treat bags for the other kids. We neglected to put them together until it was Monday and we realized we had nothing. I told the teacher I'd bring something before school ended, and this is what I came up with:

It was great because it was using stuff I found around the house and didn't have another use for! Caleb has so many army guys giving away 24 didn't even make a dent in his supply. This one happens to be an astronaut, but most were army guys. And the tag was a nod to Dr. Seuss, who had a birthday on Monday.


Well... Sunday and Monday I had stuff going on in the evening, so we were finally able to do cake and ice cream for the boys on Tuesday. And the cake. Well, we have this book called "Hello Cupcake" that the kids love to pull down and just look through, so I told Caleb to choose one and we would try to make it. He chose one for the props the shot had been styled with, but anyway, we ended up with shark cupcakes. And they were definitely not as polished as the ones in the picture. But it was pretty fun to try!

Joseph is much more in his element doing this kind of thing than I am.

The kids were calling dibs on their favorite sharks.

Emi's choice.

Some of the sharks were a little wild-eyed and crazy looking.

Crazy El. I couldn't get to her before she started into her shark. It was their first experience with Twinkies!

And Jake. He hates to get his hands dirty. He got a school of Swedish Fish embedded in a mound of Mallomar and frosting.

And this is Joseph's Tardis. I cross-stitched one a while back but then I sent it away while he was at work. Too bad I didn't realize he thought it was his. He was pretty sad to see it gone. So I stitched and stitched and finished one in time for his birthday! I think it looks pretty great with our other decor - Joseph's quilled leprechaun and a temple egg from Ukraine. Yeah... doesn't get much more eclectic than that!