back to school eve + kindergarten

Back to school eve is one of my favorite traditions. I love letting my girlies pick a special dinner (whatever they want!) and have a night devoted to them, to talk about the upcoming school year - what they're excited for, what they might be nervous about, etc. It's just a really wonderful family time.  This year Leila's request was breakfast for dinner, more specifically waffles with sprinkles and chocolate milk in a fancy glass.

She put on a fancy dress, wore her crown made by Erin and we had our special dinner.

We talked about things to remember everyday:

And Leila told us what she was most excited for this upcoming school year - walking to school everyday, and art!

The next morning came way too quickly. She'd already had her outfit laid out, and was awake (and excited!) before her alarm even went off.  I had to snap some obligatory first day of school pics, in front of the fence:

Coco insisted on matching her sister, and wearing her backpack too.

 In front of her classroom.

Showing off her (backwards) lunchbox.

And lining up to go to class.

Leila absolutely adores kindergarten! I can't believe we'll be having another back to school eve dinner for Coco in just a few weeks!

Mama Moment: Speaking Milestones.

Most little kids have those words they say incorrectly, but it's so darn cute you don't want to correct them. When Leila was little she used to call coffee "foffee". It was so flipping cute and I never told her it was actually called coffee. One day out of the blue she called it coffee. I was kinda heartbroken.

Gianna loves blankets. She's always been a blankets over stuffed animals girl (Leila's the opposite) and since she could talk she's called them "byup-byups."  The way she said it was so sweet. About a week ago she asked me for her blanket. I was confused. "You want your byup-byup, Coco?"  "No, mama. Blanket please." Heartbroken all over again.

I guess it makes me a little sad because it feels like their babyhood is slipping away so quickly. I know I don't want them going through life saying words wrong, but man it sucks when they say them right the first time. Tony totally doesn't get why it upsets me. Maybe it's a mom thing.

Oh, well. Leila still calls turquoise "turk-ta-poise" and Coco still calls coffee "hoffee." I'm not ever correcting them and am holding onto those little bits of babyhood as long as I can.

Do (did?) your kids have any silly, little words they say?