I learned a parenting lesson tonight. It's Vaughn's birthday today. He turned 7. I wanted so bad for it to be a good birthday. The only thing he asked me for was books about Deadly Animals. So what did I do? I bought him a Nintendo DS XL with Mario Kart and some dollar items from the Target bins. He opened his presents from Nana & Papi which were amazing! Nana tied him a new blanket which he LOVES and Papi got him some snorkeling fins and goggles for the lake. He was in heaven! He opened up the coloring book, Ritz crackers with cheese and a light-up yo-yo (totaling $3 from the dollar bins remember) more Heaven. Then he opens up the DS and the game and BLANK stare. Totally disregards it and goes back to the yo-yo and his singing Spider-Man card (from Nana&Papi). Lesson learned. I get it. I probably over bought and he doesn't really know what it is and I'm sure if I opened it for him and taught him how to play he would love it and play it all the time. But I think it's kinda great that he doesn't and that he wants to build things and color and create. So I'm taking it back and taking my kid to the zoo and buying him a book about deadly animals.
