For the Birds

ANGRY BIRDS

developed and published by Rovio Entertainment

Kal started playing this on a relative’s phone when pizza was taking too long to come to the table and he needed to be entertained in a crowded restaurant. It was free, so it was hard to not download it for him on the iPad. I did not realize that would mean I would have to get good at beating levels for him or that we would have to buy fi gures for subsequent versions of the game. We even have an offl ine version where you draw a card and build the structure, but it wasn’t really for small boys. —MV

Push down on King Pig and he zooms away

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Terebacca in disguise

Madeline Vega

Boom with a pig

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Boom carried Terebacca everywhere, but accidentally dropped him in the pond

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Just after dropping Terebacca

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Some of the Angry Birds plush

Madeline Strum Photography

Kal's fourth birthday

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Birds and pigs everywhere

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Colin needed a Terebacca cake because the boys loved Angry Birds so much

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Boom had Angry Birds as part of his theme when he turned 3

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Skylanders, Angry Birds, Shopkins...

Madeline Vega

PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES

developed and published by PopCap Games

Another free download that Madeline didn’t realize she was going to have to get good at quickly. If you were losing, at least it was still funny. And when you play as a muliplayer with small children, it better be funny. —MV