My "Baby Girl" turned six!

On Monday...Lilyan had her 6th Birthday.  We had BIG plans to celebrate her Birthday at Disney World this year.  Unfortunately, her Grandma became very ill and we had to cancel our trip.  I will never forget the look on her face when she realized we were NOT going to be there for her special day.  Her lip came out and her face just melted into tears.  She was heartbroken.  She understood why we couldn't go but she was still very sad.  The next best thing after Disney, is something she calls..."Just Mommy and Me Time!"  She begs for this time with me and her dad but unfortunately, with 5 siblings, she doesn't get it quite as much as she would like.  SO...to cheer her up, Lilyan took a "sick" day from school Monday afternoon and her and I spend the afternoon together doing whatever she wanted.  We had a sweet time together.  She chose lunch at the Boathouse, so she could have barbeque ribs...her favorite! Then we went into the Winona Merchantile (or the Boathouse store, as we call it) and she picked out some new Webkinz. Then she wanted to walk down to the Pottery Bayou, to paint some pottery, but sadly, they are closed on Monday:-(  So then we walked on to her favorite ice cream shop...Sweet Dreams and she had a scoop of her all time favorite flavor, Pillsbury Cake.  It has pieces of yellow cake, sprinkles and frosting mixed in vanilla ice cream.  Mommy had some too.  YUM!  After ice cream we headed to Wal*Mart for a mini shopping spree.  She picked out an iDog, DS game, movie and a journal.  Then off to the grocery store we went where she picked out a giant chocolate cookie instead of a Birthday cake:-) And to end her special day we meant her Dad and siblings at the China Palace for some of her "my China food" as she calls it.  It wasn't Disney but I think she felt special and enjoyed her day.  We love you Miss Lilyan Xiao Min!!!