Birthday

Lilly turned 6 on Monday.  She was born on a Monday and it was rather odd to have another January 23rd pass by on a Monday.  How can she be growing so fast?

Sunday night I made cupcakes for Lilly to take into her class. The only specification she gave was "NOT chocolate!" I cried inside and made her lemon cupcakes.  I also spent an inordinate amount of time making cupcake liners. 20 of them to be exact.  In hindsight I probably should have spent a little more time on the quality of the cupcake and less time on the liner.

I would just like to say that Lilly is one lucky girl.  Her dad woke up early to make her a special breakfast of crepes before his commute to State College. She opened up some presents while Jim finished the crepes.  Her favorite gift was her own personal stapler.  That makes me so happy because I picked it out knowing she would love the stapler.  She has spent the week stapling.

(Stacking her gifts.)

During Lilly's celebrating Jack had a few fits.  Jack is going through a phase, one might call "the terrible two's," I am hoping it will not last that long.  So far the phase has involved screaming, throwing, hitting, and dramatic collapsing to the ground.  (Last Thursday he screamed for 3 solid hours before I took him to the doctor, convinced that something was wrong. Nothing was wrong.)

(Fit.)

Lilly picked out her perfect birthday outift and happily went to school. 

There was a two hour delay, which was the perfect gift.  Her name was read over the loudspeaker and she got a special crown and birthday pencil.  After school we played at the McDonald's playland and then came home to get ready for dinner.

Jim's parents came over for pizza and wings, and of course birthday cake.

My neighbors had another cake lying around, so they brought it over as well.  Apparently my neighbor's have a tenant who works at the local bakery and gives away the cakes as they near the expiration date.  Explaining the dragon cake and Jack's car cake. We also had "Peachy Paterno" ice cream that Jim brought from State College after he finished class that day. Jim thought that this was a good way to honor JoePa (I will follow up with a Joe Paterno post later).

Lilly was one lucky girl with two cakes.

This is going to sound cliche, but it's true, Lilly is a delight.  She is sweet, loving to her brother and parents, eager to learn, loves to cuddle with her mom, and loves school  Her teacher sent home a progress report and she has aced everything.  Her teacher wrote "Lilly is my best writer. She writes with inner dialogue and feeling."  She also said that "Lillibeth has blossomed into a sweetheart. She is a joy, loves to learn. I love her, she is amazing."  How could you not love a teacher who says that about your child??