Every day is your birthday

We celebrated M's second birthday two weeks ago. Her Granny and Grampa came from England for a week and on Sunday, which was M's actual birthday, we opened all the presents together, sang "Happy birthday" and went for breakfast to our favourite breakfast place in the whole world - McDonald's. After M's nap, a proper party started. There was cake (I baked the whole previous evening and was terrified of poisoning our guests, taking my non-existent baking powers into the account), there was a birthday candle (the one from last year, in the shape of the number 1, because I forgot to buy a candle this year and plus, M can't read or count yet so why bother) and since three of her little friends came over, there were even more presents to open. Little neighbour from downstairs brought M a home-made birthday crown which M wore proudly for the whole two minutes and there was more singing of "Happy birthday" going on.

Today, two weeks later, M was getting ready to go to the daycare when she noticed the crown on the shelf and quickly put it on her head. Then she announced: "M birthday" and started singing Happy birthday to herself. The crown stayed on all the way to the car. More singing. The crown was on in the car, more singing and demanding that Mama also sings along. I tried explaining that it wasn't actually her birthday and that we could sing a different song, but was turned down with the best possible argument: "No". Followed by a loud version of "Happy birthday, dear M", sung by M.

While I was getting M out of the car, I noticed that the crown fell off her head and I quickly hid it under the car seat while distracting M by pointing out an extremely interesting rock on the ground. Not having to explain to the daycare staff that it wasn't actually her birthday again but that she would appreciate it if they sang along made my morning a lot easier.

Honestly, mostly because I would have probably felt upset if I had found out that they refused to sing and treat my birthday girl with all the attention she needed on her special day. Even if it was her second birthday second time this year.