Half-Birthdays

Here in our household, we celebrate 1/2 birthdays. Actually only the kids do, as us adults don't feel the need to have to celebrate every six months how much older we are getting.

It all started way back when my eldest was maybe 4 or 5 years old. She always wanted to know when she was turning the next "1/2" year every year. She was anal about that. And so, since we've been doing it with her, it's natural to do it with our youngest.

We don't do a big "To-Do" about it, we just get a small Carvel ice-cream cake, that's just enough for everyone to have a piece. No presents, just an ice cream cake.

There's one sitting in the freezer right now, waiting to be eaten tomorrow. It's my youngest's 4 1/2 birthday tomorrow. She can't wait!

I also think part of this "celebrating 1/2 birthdays" comes from my mom.

Not that she, or we, celebrated our 1/2 birthdays growing up.

But growing up, since my mom couldn't afford to get us a lot, she would do little things on Valentine's Day, etc.

And so that's what we're doing with our girls. Little things, like 1/2 birthdays.

Plus it's a good excuse to have ice cream.