On December 29th, we celebrated Rob's XXth Birthday (number withheld). He's not usually a big fan of birthday parties, but has relented a little since seeing how much fun it is for the kids to participate. Months before, Haley and I had come up with an idea for his party based on an ongoing joke they have between them.
For years whenever Haley saw anything SpongeBob-related, Rob would say "SpongeBob is stupid! We don't like SpongeBob!" Pretty soon she was pointing it out all the time to tease him. So this year she came up with the idea of teasing him and having a whole SpongeBob Birthday. We picked out an under-the-sea cake, got matching balloons and plates and napkins, the works. Haley impressed me so much with how well she kept the secret, and she laughed and laughed when he walked in. He was pretty surprised and pleased that she had put that much thought into it.
