My family of course knows that today is Shakespeare Day. It actually causes some funny moments, like when my wife had to write out a check for some school function and said, “What’s today’s date?”
Children: “Seriously, Mommy? Daddy is standing *right there*.”
Or this impromptu math lesson with my middle child:
SG: “So, how old would Shakespeare have been today?”
E: “Well he died in 1616. So, 400 years would be 2016, and it’s 2018. Four hundred and eighteen!”
SG: “You want to check that math?”
E: “…2016…plus 2….yeah, 418.” *beat* “WAIT! NO! 402!”
SG: “Right!”
E: *beam*
SG: “Also wrong!”
E: “???”
I then explained to her that she was calculating how long he’d been dead, but I asked how old he would be. Eventually we figured it out.