For those of you who watched the hit TLC show Jon and Kate Plus 8 you may be surprised to learn that the Gosselin sextuplets recently celebrated their 16th birthday! Despite all the drama surrounding their parents, the world loved watching Leah, Hannah, Alexis, Joel, Collin and Aaden as they grew up. Although Jon and Kate have since divorced and seem to have nothing good to say about the other, the two both took to social media to celebrate their kids' big day in separate ways.

Kate, who has often been criticized by not only her ex-husband by the public for being overly critical and controlling posted on her Instagram for the first time since October to celebrate the milestone birthday. The picture featured a box of Hershey's Kisses cereal alongside a sweet caption. "Happy 16th Birthday to my half a dozen ‘Hershey Kisses’, as they were called at birth! I love you so much!" the mother of 8 wrote. "You’re 6 of the sweetest things to happen to my life! Thanks for making every Mother’s Day extra memorable! (They requested ‘junk cereals’ for their birthday lunch (?!) so I got a bit carried away, as usual, and got them 21 different kinds! 😂😂😂 #Teenagers #AreFun #Sweet16 #HappyBirthdayMyBabies."

Jon also took to Instagram to wish his kids a happy birthday but also referencing the fact that it's been a while since he's seen four of his sextuplets. "Happy 16th birthday to Hannah and Collin!!! I miss you Leah, Joel, Alexia and Aaden. I hope your 16th birthday is just as memorable. Love, dad," Gosselin wrote in his post. He captioned it writing, "Happy 16th to my six wonderful kids!! Been a long road I wish all the best!!! Wow 16!!!! Love you all!!!"

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Both Hannah and Collin live with Jon while the couple's remaining six children live with their mother. Jon previously spoke about his relationship with his children stating that he has no contact with his six children that live with Kate and that while Hannah does speak to her other siblings Collin has no contact with them at all. He stated that he was looking forward to when they could all drive so that Hannah and Collin could visit their siblings whenever they wanted. Now that they're 16 it would seem that the teen would slowly begin getting their drivers permits, once State offices begin to open up again.

Kate has mostly kept mum on her custody issues with Jon, stating in interviews that she prefers not to speak out against him publicly, while Jon has been open to speaking about the breakdown in their marriage and how he feels about her role as a mother in a number of interviews. It's a shame the kids didn't get the celebrate their birthday all together but as they get older they'll be able to make their own decision as to how and with whom they can celebrate.

While some commenters on both posts referenced how sad it was the sextuplets weren't all together for their collective birthday, most couldn't believe that the Gosselin sextuplets were actually 16 already! Time sure flies!

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