Cub turns 3!

Cub turned three earlier this month. We asked him he wanted to do for his birthday, and then we asked Robbie what he thought his brother would want to do. Putting the two together we ended up with a laid-back outing to ride the monorail at Pearlridge, then off to the pool for a swim, BBQ, and cupcakes with the family.
Robbie loves the red velvet cupcakes at a local sushi bar (I know, sounds weird to me, too) and I was going to attempt to make them for the birthday. I tried to cut a few corners and picked up ready-made "whipped" cream cheese frosting. An awful product! Read the packaging carefully - I didn't and made the mistake of bringing it home. From my untrained eye, "whipped" just means lighter and more airy in the container. On a cupcake, this translates to a flat, non-rich frosting that neither Noel or I liked. Yes, that's right! The birthday boy could have cared less and we ate the most. I don't think Cub even ate one.
The red velvet plan went out the window, too, as the birthday approached. I couldn't get the ingredients to replicate the sushi bar cupcake (specifically the chocolate candies on top) so I went with an easy and cheap sea theme. Aqua/blue tinted frosting and Swedish fish and other sea creatures on top of a vanilla cupcake. They didn't look that great, but at least Robbie and I had fun making them.