Family Lifestyle | Kandoo – ‘Tis the Season

Yep, ’tis the season! Nope, not Christmas, and not even back to school… COLD SEASON! With lil ones heading back to school, or maybe even to school for the first time, you need to be ready for germs. Most classes have at least 20 kids in them, and then there’s recess with at least two or three times that many. Toys, markers and glue are being passed around from hands to hands, and it’s almost inescapable.

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Family Lifestyle | Back To School Essentials! #DTDBTS

It’s that time of year, BACK TO SCHOOL! I remember last year feeling such hesitation, and anxiety. I also remember bawling like a baby as soon as he walked in those doors and could no longer see me. This year already feels so different. I know what a school day looks like, and that he’ll be ok. He has friends he’s excited to see, and I have some silence I’m excited for! (haha!.. “I just LOVE talking!” says Lyric, every day.) I’ve always loved back to school shopping, the new pencils, and binders, and stainless steel lunch containers and backpacks and shoes and.. now I sound like a dork. There’s just something so refreshing about starting a new year.

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Family Lifestyle | Music is What Feelings Sounds Like

As a little girl, I was lucky to be surrounded by music. I started dance classes when I was 5, and in middle school I started playing instruments. Still to this day I feel like music is my life’s soundtrack. Hearing “Can’t Touch This” (by none other than MC Hammer), takes me right back to being 8 and doing my tap dance. In the same way, listening to a symphony has me aching to pick up an instrument and start again. Now that I have a lil one, I’ve encouraged him to find a love of music, and to use it to express himself.

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Family Lifestyle | Treehouse Big Day Out 2!

If you have a child at all, or even a niece or nephew, I can guarantee you’ve watched Treehouse. The shows have catchy music, sing song style voices and some sweet dance moves too! I know I’ve caught myself after Lyric has left the room, still watching to see if Uniqua and Tyrone are going to find the treasure, or what Toopy and Binoo are going to do! haha! If there was one show Lyric LOOOVED it was The Wiggles! I can sing along with every song, and we always do the dance moves together. Now there’s an AMAZING way to share this love with your lil one… Treehouse Big Day Out 2!

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