Our age difference isn’t large, but this is one of those things that make it seem like a chasm- Pokémon hit my age perfectly, so on the blessed day that she tells me “Daddy, did you know Eevee is the best?” HERE COMES BLASTOISE FROM THE TOP ROPE
This is our household right now. Including the upcoming birthday party this weekend. I respect your pikachu cake, because I think we're going to stick with the round cake and decorate it like a pokeball. But I have heard more about Pokemon in the past 3 months than I ever did in its entire existence. On the bright side, I'm much more content buying a booster pack to keep him happy as opposed to some other cheap toy that'll break within 30 minutes. Deep down, I love the hunt and if he ever pulls a rainbow Charizard VMax, I'm gonna grade that bad boy.
First, that's an amazing icing job. Like one of those "3d printing/CNC machining but with ____!" machines got a heart-shape-cropped image of the face of the Pikachu* I recognize from my youth, and briskly dispensed it into being with colored sugar paste.
Second, I love your approach. I probably pestered (and I mean pestered) my parents with my myriad monomanias, but some of my fondest memories come from when my parents shared in the experience with me. For things like my dad reading the Harry Potter books out loud as I read along, or my family listening to the audiobooks on family drives, those memories are the main bright spot of something that's lost most of its charm otherwise.
We are firmly in The Ninjago Year. My 5 year old son has now seen all 9(?) seasons. His Lego loving uncle has bought him all of the Lego characters the past few months. Every time we go outside, we have to each pick which ninja we are and find a stick for a weapon. Any tips on decorating a ninja birthday cake would be appreciated!
Oh god, my son is 17 and just graduated from high school and this brought back so many memories that now I'm sitting here teary eyed. We went through a superhero phase where he wore costumes non-stop everywhere. (we watch all the marvel/star wars stuff together now so I guess that's just a more grown up version of the same thing). And we still have pokemon cards that my son isn't quite willing to part with yet--the last time our power was out I found him going through them. I thought it was cause he was bored, but turns out he was seeing if he had any good ones worth selling 'cause he was saving $$ for a super gaming computer. The obsessions continue but just get bigger in price as they grow up. :)
Dammit this hits the nail right on the head. I will never again question if my wife and I have gone overboard when we encourage and indulge in our children's (now 14 and 11) obsessions-du-jour.
I wonder how much of this is a function of having a son in the house. Mostly my daughters got fixated on books, thank heavens we have decent local libraries or else I’d have been remortgaging the house to pay for things like every single Warriors book ever written
"Celebrate Father's Day by having Pokemon facts shouted at you through a closed bathroom door."
-JHGraas
With 4 kids of varying ages, it's amazing to see the difference in interests:
Almost-13-year old: learning to code & King of The Hill
9 year old: Wrestling & Dude Perfect videos
3 year old: painting/drawing & Dinosaurs (especially the Howdytoons Dino-Metal songs)
3mos old: rolling over, pooping, dabbling in caterwauling
Our age difference isn’t large, but this is one of those things that make it seem like a chasm- Pokémon hit my age perfectly, so on the blessed day that she tells me “Daddy, did you know Eevee is the best?” HERE COMES BLASTOISE FROM THE TOP ROPE
This is our household right now. Including the upcoming birthday party this weekend. I respect your pikachu cake, because I think we're going to stick with the round cake and decorate it like a pokeball. But I have heard more about Pokemon in the past 3 months than I ever did in its entire existence. On the bright side, I'm much more content buying a booster pack to keep him happy as opposed to some other cheap toy that'll break within 30 minutes. Deep down, I love the hunt and if he ever pulls a rainbow Charizard VMax, I'm gonna grade that bad boy.
1. How much time did you spend looking up how to spell all the evolutions of Eevee and what stones get what ones?
2. Jolteon is the best Eevee evolution.
Meanwhile I’m here waiting for the Minecraft obsession to ease up.
I dont want to tell your son what's what but kids got into literal fist fights in 6th grade over Chazard cards, so...
First, that's an amazing icing job. Like one of those "3d printing/CNC machining but with ____!" machines got a heart-shape-cropped image of the face of the Pikachu* I recognize from my youth, and briskly dispensed it into being with colored sugar paste.
Second, I love your approach. I probably pestered (and I mean pestered) my parents with my myriad monomanias, but some of my fondest memories come from when my parents shared in the experience with me. For things like my dad reading the Harry Potter books out loud as I read along, or my family listening to the audiobooks on family drives, those memories are the main bright spot of something that's lost most of its charm otherwise.
*Most of my youth. I am a Fat Pikachu Truther.
We are firmly in The Ninjago Year. My 5 year old son has now seen all 9(?) seasons. His Lego loving uncle has bought him all of the Lego characters the past few months. Every time we go outside, we have to each pick which ninja we are and find a stick for a weapon. Any tips on decorating a ninja birthday cake would be appreciated!
Oh god, my son is 17 and just graduated from high school and this brought back so many memories that now I'm sitting here teary eyed. We went through a superhero phase where he wore costumes non-stop everywhere. (we watch all the marvel/star wars stuff together now so I guess that's just a more grown up version of the same thing). And we still have pokemon cards that my son isn't quite willing to part with yet--the last time our power was out I found him going through them. I thought it was cause he was bored, but turns out he was seeing if he had any good ones worth selling 'cause he was saving $$ for a super gaming computer. The obsessions continue but just get bigger in price as they grow up. :)
Dammit this hits the nail right on the head. I will never again question if my wife and I have gone overboard when we encourage and indulge in our children's (now 14 and 11) obsessions-du-jour.
That's a fine looking cake Scott and Mrs. ACB!!
That is the very best Pikachu cake I have ever seen ❤️💛
15/10 Pikachu cake, Scott.
Magic: The Gathering for me, but yeah.
I wonder how much of this is a function of having a son in the house. Mostly my daughters got fixated on books, thank heavens we have decent local libraries or else I’d have been remortgaging the house to pay for things like every single Warriors book ever written