But Lillian woke up and came into our room before we had the chance to do the balloon drop so we hustled her back into her room. That was not an easy task. Once she was inside the balloons dropped commenced. At first she was pretending not to enjoy all the balloons but soon she changed her tune. Last year it was so much easier to keep the balloons in her bed as she was still sleeping in a crib; the bars came in handy for not letting the balloons escape!
We gave her our card and some stickers and started our normal routine of getting ready for school. At her school each birthday child gets to create a little booklet and they can bring in a favorite toy, book, etc. to show the class. Lillian wanted NO part in this activity. I did finally mange to get her to fill out the birthday book - she did not like that I added actual photographs to her book. And she refused to bring anything to show the class. I thought she might be afraid of losing the object and assured her that her teachers and mommy would make sure that her toy came home with her but she would not bring anything. I think she just did not want to share anything with her classmates!
After school she came home to Granny and got to open the presents Granny brought. Once daddy came home she opened more presents and we took her out to dinner (she wanted to go to her favorite restaurant, Sweet T*matoes but we convinced her to try Tij*ana Flats instead.) Once dinner was over and we were back home, she got to blow out the candles on a birthday brownie; the real cake only happens for the birthday party!
She did say here, "I am positively happy"
When it was time to go to bed, in true Lillian fashion, when asked if she had a good birthday, her response was, "No." She will never say she had a good time even though you know she did.
Happy Birthday mommy's little PeaPie, daddy's sweet baby, Granny's little stinker and Grandma's little lily pad.
