birthdays...

While at the grocery, Mekdes and I were picking out a cake for Margo's 6th birthday.  I was trying to explain the birthday cake tradition and could see from Mekdes' face that she wasn't following.  She couldn't  fathom why anyone would be given an entire cake for their birthday and eat the entire thing!  It took some dialogue, but I was finally able to convey that the birthday cake is shared by all and that it is just part of the celebration.  The birthday girl does not have to eat the entire cake.  She seemed very relieved after we cleared this up as she wasn't too sure she liked the idea of Margo getting the entire cake for her birthday and not having to share any of it--ha!