Back to School
My son starts kindergarten this year, here are some of the things that we bought to get ready for the school year!
Lunch Kit
We love the original Bentgo box, so when I found the Bentgo chill I knew we had to get one to keep his yogurt and fruit chilled. The ice pack layer just pops out and into the fridge. Plus we find the Bentgo brand seals work better than the other bran...
Bentgo soup jar - we use this for snacks too.
I love these little ice packs for lunches and the kids like using them for little bumps and booboos.
Even if your child is older, don't sleep on the DIY Uncrustables. My son doesn't like jam/jelly so we do our own meat & cheese or straight PB sandwiches. He doesn't get as excited about the different shapes as he used to but I've included one of ...
Sandwich cutters/press but in fun shapes.
We've used the 355mL water bottles for the boys since they were young. My eldest son still uses his first Yeti that we bought for him 3+ years ago. I can't say the same about any of the other brands that we've purchased. Now that he'll be in school f...
"School" Supplies for Home
Our school has a kit of supplies for in class learning, but here are some of the things we like to have at home to practice our writing and drawing.
These twistable crayons are awesome, no peeling paper mess and they're typical pen/pencil size which is great for training little hands for writing.
The amount of times I've threatened to never buy my kids another set of markers because they leave the caps off and dry out is too many. Now I don't have to crawl around looking for mismatch marker lids because they just click away.
Blunt end metal scissors to practice cutting.
Learn to write tracing activity book
Clothes/Shoes/Bag
This is the backpack that we picked for this year. Reasons we liked it are that it is full sized, the front pouch is an insulated cooler pouch which is great for lunches and it has water bottle holders on the side. The big parent reason that I liked ...