Faux Birthday

For some reason, the daycare had it on file that Troy’s birthday was today. Maybe because we had to get on a waiting list before he was born so this was his estimated arrival date. Whatever the reason, they celebrated his birthday today. They sent us a picture of him wearing the obligatory class birthday hat, and he had the most disgusted look on his face. I imagined one of two things running through his mind. Either he was mad at the daycare for getting his birthday wrong, or he was mad at us for forgetting.

We’re going to really confuse him when we tell him happy birthday on his actual day. If he could fully express himself with language, I’d imagine him saying something like, “Where have you people been? My birthday was three days ago!”