I have never met anyone who was more low key about his birthday than Chris. He always has the simplest requests and is so happy if we just give him a hug and say happy birthday. I used to try and make a bigger deal out of it, because that is what I like for my birthday, but I have finally learned that that isn’t what makes him happy.
As long as he gets to spend the day with us, and has a bit of apple cake, he thinks it’s a perfect day. 🙂 So we obliged!
Birthday season isn’t until the summer in my head, so I almost never have birthday candles in the house for this January birthday. This year we improvised and used ones meant for the tree! haha! And there are four, since he is four time two. Yeah, it was a stretch, but he thought it was funny.
I did space them far apart, to make them harder to blow out all at once. 
One of my favorite things that Chris does, is make a big deal out of whether or not he can blow out all the candles. It started when the kids were really small, and he has just continued to do it. There is always lots of laughter while he carries on being silly, and then finally he takes an overly dramatic breath and goes for it.
Happy birthday, Chris! We love you!