biRthdAy BoY, bUt nOT reALLy

today is february 19th which officially makes joey 5...& 1/2. we do not typically acknowledge, much less celebrate half birthdays however, birthdays are a big, lets go with HUGE deal when you are in preschool. and this sucks if you happen to have a summer birthday because duh, you are unable to bring sweet treats to school to share with all of your buddies on that special day. THANK goodness for half birthdays for they solve the problem at hand. unfortunately they also seem to convince the child (in this case, joey) that there are now two very special days of the year that are to revolve completely around him, and only him. this year was a little better than last, as joey did not fight with me regarding the fact that he was sure he should receive presents on this day. however, i did awake to hear him singing in his bed, " happy half birthday to me..." kids....