Birthday Boy

We went to a buffet today for lunch. It was to celebrate Little Kat's birthday. He said he likes the buffet because they have chocolate milk. Strange. Momoko loves their cabbage. Kit Kat was looking for clam chowder, but had to settle for their potato crisps. Me, I like their salad bar.

After lunch we headed home to open presents. I gave Little Kat some binoculars. This was in addition to the cell phone cover I gave him earlier this week. Momoko got Little Kat a TI-84 Plus calculator. It is the one they use in school. Little Kat was a bit disappointed. Kit Kat game him some Nintendo DS accessories. Up until this is was an ok birthday. But then Kit Kat snuck upstairs, and brought down Momoko's real gift. It was a Nintendo DSi XL.

Man this thing looks cool. It is almost like a netbook computer. Little Kat browsed the web. He also used some funny apps to draw on top of people's pictures. The thing has a camera on it. So Little Kat is dangerous. The DSi XL turned out to be the best birthday gift ever according to Little Kat. He later cleaned up with some cash and other gifts from my family. Things are looking up for the little guy.

The Pokemon Effect

Some time ago, Little Kat and I went to Walmart to price Pokemon Soul Silver for the Nintendo DS. The salesman told us it costs $40. Little Kat said that was a good deal for the game. It came with some extras.

Little Kat worked hard at some chores to save up cash for the game. He did not mind that buying the game meant he had no money for me or Kit Kat's birthday gifts. Doh!

This week Little Kat acquired his game. He has been distracted to say the least. I picked up Little Kat from school today. As soon as he got into my car, he was playing with his Pokeball. I tried to strike up some conversation with him. He got quiet when he pulled out his DS and played Pokemon.

Not all the Pokemon action is bad. Little Kat and his little friend (a gurl) across the street play Pokemon together all the time. Momoko likes to watch them sit on the driveway and do the Pokemon thing. Little Kat has this big book of Pokemon characters memorized. If he could apply this to school work, he would have straight A's.