Completely Crabby

 

Daughter and SIL had a surprise for me when they came over yesterday. Look what his mom made for me.  How perfect is that?

At first glance I thought the crabs were part of the material but no, they were each appliqued on. I'm impressed.

Of course it came off the table once the real thing showed up. 

The two oldest Grands tried their hand at eating crabs this year. That's a rite of passage around here. They caught on pretty quickly.

After that the kids and I went downstairs and slimed. It was a big hit. We slimed all day. That stuff is crazy fun. 

The donut soap was also fun to make. They looked like the real thing. 

We had real cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes upstairs.....

.....so we could celebrate the 9th birthday of what used to be the baby Grand. He's a very big Grand now. 

It was as messy a day as I predicted, especially the part where the dog walked through all the liquid that had seeped out of the crab box and then walked it all over the house. No problem. I love cleaning up after everyone leaves. It helps me get over feeling bad when they've all gone.