This week in unconventional birthday customs…

Me: You know it’s D’s birthday today, right!

Little A: Yes! And I’m going to set a TRAP for her!

Me: Um… That is really not a usual means of celebrating someone’s birthday, you know.

Little A: Well, really it’s more of a prank than a trap…

Me: Oh?

Little A: Yes! I’ll hook the door up to the burglar alarm from my Snap Circuits kit, so that when she comes in, the alarm will go off… And blast her with NIGHTWISH!

(This is probably funnier if you know that musically speaking, my then-partner D is a total folkie, and Nightwish, while beloved of both myself and Little A, is, well… <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkM5iQ6BvY”>here, have a listen!</a>)

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