--- description: But he remains super determined title: Adorable 2-Year-Old Struggles to Blow Out His Birthday Candle image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Adorable 2-Year-Old Struggles to Blow Out His Birthday Candle by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 18, 2015 5:35 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 18, 2015 5:35 PM CUT This toddler just turned two, and to mark the occasion, he was presented with a cupcake with a single candle in the middle. After his family finished singing “Happy Birthday” he excitedly went to blow out the candle — but struggled. Hard. He tries and tries, then pauses to stare at the flame in trepidation, and then continues to try and try and try. You’ll hear a girl, likely his sister, start to get impatient, crying out, “Do it!” Eventually, he changes his technique and finally completes his task. He keeps a great attitude the whole way, and smiles proudly when he finally extinguishes the flame. After all, this is only the second time in his life he’s had to do this. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4154976/2-year-old-birthday-candles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4154976/2-year-old-birthday-candles/"},"headline":"Adorable 2-Year-Old Struggles to Blow Out His Birthday Candle","datePublished":"2015-12-18T17:35:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:57.661Z","description":"But he remains super determined","url":"https://time.com/4154976/2-year-old-birthday-candles/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4154976/2-year-old-birthday-candles/","name":"Adorable 2-Year-Old Struggles to Blow Out His Birthday Candle"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4154976/2-year-old-birthday-candles/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4154976/2-year-old-birthday-candles/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```