E:  Mama, today it's flag's birthday.

Uh, technically speaking, that was June 14th.

K:  You told him it was the flag's birthday?
D:  Yeah.
K:  What happened to revolutions, taxation and excessive governmental interference?  And I'm not talking about the sitting Congress.
D:  I tried, but he wasn't following it very well.
E:  Mom, I can't wait birt'day hats.  I want birt'day hats for flag's birthday, Mama.
K:  Eat, we don't have birthday hats for the flag's birthday.
E:  Mama, I eat birt'day cake for flag's birt'day.

K:  The kid told us which direction to turn to get home from the ice cream store last night.  Don't you remember the "turn HERE" along with the, might I add, CORRECT motion for me to turn right?  You really don't think he could have understood the Boston Tea Party?
D:  I tried.
E:  Mama, I LIKE birt'day hats birt'day party flag birt'day, Mama. 
K:  Eat, can flags wear birthday hats?
E:  NNNOOOOO!   But I can wear a birt'day hat, Mama.

One of the many reasons I am against any form of dishonesty in parenting.