Not a shark blog but noteworthy

Totes Hap with A.J.
Katelyn has been with Our Shark Week from the beginning and we're happy to see her venture into new and scarier waters. Enjoy.

100s of black tips in Florida

Whoa. Look at the hundreds of sharks off Florida this week! Happy Spring Break!

The Seal Strikes Back!!

I saw this story on MSN and couldn't resist sharing. According to the article Chris Fallows (the only star of shark week that isn't a shark-Air Jaws, Ultimate Air Jaws, Air Jaws-Even Higher?) and Monique Fallows witnessed this fur seal kill 5 sharks off the coast of South Africa. He said he hasn't seen anything like this in his 21 years of studying sharks! Who you gonna trust if you can't trust Chris "shark tube" Fallows?? 

 "The fur seal ate my baby!!"

  Not as poignant because sharks sometimes eat their own babies...

Seal eats five sharks
Never before seen: seal chows down on massive sharks

The Extravabration!!

(Cod is in the details)

I am sorry if this post goes on and on - I didn't know which pics to leave out. This was one of the best days of my life. The weather was perfect. My brother and his wife came to help/play. All of my best friends. Food. Giant slides. Sharks. What could be better?

Games:

Feed the Sharks

Throw a ping pong ball in the shark's mouth - get a ticket!
I learned how to use a jigsaw the night before. Power tools are fun.

 Shark Relays

Angry Sharks

We didn't get any pics of the boxes.

Fishing

Fishing (Thanks, Mimi)

Cake/Cookie Walk

 Made the treats last longer.

winner winner shark cookie dinner

Sharks do not discriminate. But they do hate "white meat/dark meat" jokes.

Treats! Karen spent all week on these! They were amazing. And delicious.
Thanks, Karen!

Jennifer N made these great cupcakes. They had red raspberry blood guts that oozed out!
Thank you! Thank You!

 Hands On Shark Contest

i caught this one myself and strung him up

everyone put their hands somewhere on the shark

whoever kept it on the longest won the shark

still smiling 30 minutes into it

After two hours, we had to add twists to make it harder. Ally won after standing on one leg for almost 35 minutes and keeping her hand on the shark for 2hr35min. Camryn lasted 10 less than that. Whoa.

Face Painting

Thanks, Harmony!!

tiger shark

Slip-n-Slide

I don't know what this had to do with sharks.

Shark Pictures

I started painting this backdrop 30 minutes before the start. That's how I roll.

This one is 3D.

This is the face I would make from inside a shark.

Giant Shark Slide

Jamey and Beck

This thing was huge and scary. F'reals.

This is the backside. It's the best way to show just how giant this thing was.

Prizes

We had a prize table with apothecary jars in which people could put the tickets they won. They could put them in the jar that represented the prize they wanted. Candy, bubbles, t-shirts, water bottles, etc. The most sought-after prize was the whale shark plush. This is a good idea if you have lots of people and not a lot of prizes.

the drawing

Katelyn's Birthday!

She's so lucky. I wish my birthday was during Shark Week.

I love you, pretty girl.

And the rest:

Preslie's preschool teacher (and Mason's, too) "Miss Jill" came by.

I thought we were doing this BIG because it was the 25th anniversary, but I have a feeling it'll be like this every year. It was way too much fun. Thanks to everyone for all your help!!

If you have any pictures you'd like me to add, send them to me. I didn't have a lot and the ones I did have were mostly of Preslie. Of course.

Dive-in Movie: JAWS

Of course JAWS. What else could we show? It was actually chilly that night - in August. Weird. But still fun and scary. Most people sat around the pool instead of in it. There were a few dive-hards that made it through the whole thing, however.

It's not possible for me to photograph the dive in movie well. Sorry.

Shark Week Craft: Shark Plush

My Kids thought that making their own stuffed animal was about the coolest thing ever. This craft came from Craftinomicon. They have lots of other great ideas, crafts, food, etc. on their site. (And I think she makes her own fabric? I've gotta get me some of the hammerhead one I saw.) I hope they don't mind us reposting it here. We made most of ours with hot glue instead of sewing. The sewed ones looked great but took forever. Camryn (11) and Karli (10) made about 20 of these. Then they morphed the pattern into whale sharks, threshers, etc. I'll try to find them to take pictures. Very fun. Very Easy.

This is Sienna's thresher shark. And her picture, I'm assuming because I didn't take this.

There's a huge variety of printed felts out there.

this is the template from Craftinomicon. You need two of the top one and one of the bottom.

This is the sample from Craftinomicon.