Me: Today is Wiggles 8th birthday! Happy Birthday, Wiggles!
Wiggles: I’m not sure what that means.
Stella: Well, one thing it does not mean is cake. We will not be having cake today. This is a cake-free zone.
Me: It means that you were born eight years ago today.
Wiggles: I’m not sure what that means either.
Me: Well, your mom gave birth to you eight years ago.
Wiggles: What is a year?
Me: It’s a way humans have of counting time.
Wiggles: Was eight years a long time ago?
Me: For some purposes.
Wiggles: Does this mean that I am old now?
Me: I don’t think of you that way. I still think of you as you were when you first came. You were a little over a year old then.
Wiggles: A lot has happened since then.
Stella: I’ll tell you one thing that hasn’t happened. Cake. Cake doesn’t happen around here.
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