Every year my kiddos get a cupcake for breakfast on their half-birthday (yep, even if it's a school day! :) and they absolutely LOVE this tradition. And honestly - I love it too, because it's FUN. And simple. So why not? For kids, turning 1/2 a year older is very exciting - to say they are not just 5, but 5 1/2 - totally turns it up a notch for them! So this little acknowledgement - just one, simple cupcake - is something I would highly encourage you to start doing!
Now here's where I'm probably going to lose you, but that's okay - our pet pig turned 6 months old this week, so of course my kids insisted he get a cupcake for his 1/2 birthday too. Yep, so this happened: