Turning seven is special. My oldest daughter is a December baby, meaning she is always the youngest in her class and on her hockey team; she always has to wait to be the same age as everyone else; and she always risks not receiving birthday presents because Christmas is right around the corner. Rather than be upset by this, she has taken a page out of her Aunt Wendy's book and embraced her birthday, turning it into a week long affair. Yesterday she had candy for breakfast wit