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Photo Fab: Monica Celebrates Her Mom's Birthday and Gives Us Serious #MotherDaughterGoals

Monica Brown, her mother and her daughter Laiyah give us some serious #MotherDaughterGoals as they celebrate Nana's 65th birthday!
By Amber McKynzie · Updated October 27, 2020

Monica Brown helped her mom celebrate her 65th birthday over the weekend, and she made sure to document every moment of it. The singer tapped her mom and daughter, Laiyah Shannon Brown, to show the world what real mother-daughter love looks like. And we loved every minute of it.

Happy Birthday Mommy❤️wanted her to feel like the Queen she is …. Thank you @mannymua for beating our faces (& pretending to beat Laiyah's to make her happy LOL) & @shunmelson for dressing us head to toe…

A video posted by Monica Brown (@monicabrown) on Jul 31, 2016 at 3:55pm PDT

After getting their faces “beat,” Monica, her mother and Laiyah took off to turn up on love!

Come thru Princess…. LOL…. I never make excuses when it comes to my children because my mother NEVER made any… #Nanas65th My skirt & Top @shunmelson Laiyah: shoes @sophiawebster skirt and top Molo

A photo posted by Monica Brown (@monicabrown) on Jul 31, 2016 at 3:57pm PDT

It's all about her !!!My Momma❤️ we are both dressed in @shunmelson head to toe… Go ahead Mini Me … Serve boo😂😂😂 #Nanas65th

A photo posted by Monica Brown (@monicabrown) on Jul 31, 2016 at 4:12pm PDT

@mannymua gave us a mother daughter beat …. Off to celebrate the most important woman in our lives❤️ #Nanas65th in love with my orchard skirt by @shunmelson

A photo posted by Monica Brown (@monicabrown) on Jul 31, 2016 at 4:18pm PDT

Happy 65th birthday, Nana!

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