MyThreeDaughters

Elizabeth turned four and a half today. That makes it her “half birthday.”
We started doing these when one of the girls was about to be born, and we knew that baby would overshadow the other girls, so we had a half birthday. (I just checked with wife to firm up the details on that. She confirmed that was the case: “Something like that,” she said, “I don’t remember.”)
No gifts on half birthdays. We just do cupcakes. And of course sing a round of “Happy Halfbirthday to you.”
But we let this one get away. Elizabeth had a friend come over to play. For dinner, wife made macaroni and cheese cupcakes, which the four-and-a-half year old said were “too cheesy.”
Asked to eat something, anything, for dinner before she had a real half-birthday cupcake, she said she was full.
Given a little gift of princess stickers by her elder sister, who came up with the idea all herself, she barely said thanks.
So, I swear, we are seriously considering cutting the number of birthday celebrations in this house in half. Cutting all the way back to…one a year.

You may think you know when your half-birthday is, but you can’t be sure until you check the Half Birthday Calculator. Really, there is one.