On the first birthday, the tradition is the birthday kid chooses an item and it would determine their future. Back in the day they took it seriously, these days we do it out of tradition

It was fun to see what he chose, and we will see if actually comes true.
The items are a wooden fish (wooden percussion instrument used in Buddhist chants), John Deere tractor, robot, camera, GI Joe, Toyota 1st gen Tacoma, firetruck, K9 police car, yellow ninja, lighter, surgical forceps, two Buddha pictures, cuticle nipper, and the Burger King mascot.
As you can see, some things we just throw in there for fun

I was hoping he would choose the yellow ninja. How many people can say "my son is a ninja"?
And he chose...
the wooden fish! A Buddhist monk it is!