Snapshot: "It's my bulthay!"

photo credit: Lynn (Lynn in Love)

All he really wants is a cell phone or iPad with every version of the Angry Birds app that exists.
I can't in good conscious make that happen, so I decorated his presents, found clothes, and board games with the Angry Birds theme.
Is that just teasing?
It's because at Christmas, I had no idea he had asked anyone for Angry Birds. Both Santa trips we made, he asked for movies and Batman. He had no good answers for anyone when they asked him what he wanted for Christmas...not even world peace!

I picked him up from school right after the break, and the kids were lining up for recess. As they were putting on jackets and forming a line, his teacher was reading off this huge piece of butcher paper listing what each child had asked for from Santa.

The kids were all yelling, "Yesss!" when asked individually if they got their present from Santa.

Then she yelled out, "Alex, did you get Angry Birds?"

Alex yelled back, "No!"
He didn't seem upset. Maybe because he didn't know he could be upset? 

Guilt sank its knife into my gut...
It was then that I realized his true love affair with Angry Birds.

Damn you, Santa! Damn you!

 ...and Happy Birthday, son...you're growing up so fast!