Clearing this up......

My father-in-law complained that I forgot his birthday, and Father's Day in my post on celebrations. He's right that I forgot to add father's day-that often does get put off a bit because father's day is right in the midst of our 3 family birthdays. That was a mistake.
But his birthday wasn't in there because it's sort of all alone. The point I was making was that the flurry of holidays and birthdays seems to begin for me in May. I also left out Claire's birthday-Dec. 14th-because for me anyway, it seems more isolated. For Claire it probably feels like it's mashed in with Christmas. I would have included Maree's birthday's birthday-Dec. 26th-but since she stopped having birthday parties we just give her the presents when we see her for Christmas now. So it doesn't really feel like an extra celebration. Anyway, it's written from my point of view, I certainly didn't mean that any birthdays not mentioned weren't important, or that the people they belong to aren't as loved.