I love a good birthday card, especially the funny or somewhat irreverent ones. Yet my sons really like the birthday cards that have rock songs, singing cats or superheros.
Knowing this, I have made the personal request to family that we get lots of these noisy types of birthday cards. I will have to admit I found the cards funny as well. My favorite had a picture of an opera singer on the front saying something to the affect you are not really over the hill until the fat lady sings.
On queue when opening the card an opera singer gives us her best “Laaaaaaaaaa” for about 10 seconds. My wife sometimes works late and night-shifts as required at work and because of this she can get cranky and sleep deprived.
It was after one of those night-shifts that my youngest decided to mix his love for audio cards with his love for his mother. She was laying there in bed asleep when he crept up right next to her head and I imagine with a childish grin slowly opened the card. The card is loud and when placed almost next to your ear it is very loud.
Yup, there was the expected jolt out of a sound sleep accompanied by some sort of outburst. Not quite expecting this, there was also crying due to the unhappy look of mommy’s face. However, within a few minutes everything went back to normal.