Amazon Lately: BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION

Happy Monday, friends!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

‘Tis time for my annual little round up of AMAZON LATELY: BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION with a few bonus photos at the end because…I just decided to put them there 😉 .

If you are anything like me, circa 1990, your mom would take you to the office supply store the afternoon of the first day of school with your school supply list in hand…and you and the rest of your town would be there all at once painstakingly back to school shopping.

Fast forward to 2026 and THANK GOODNESS, my kids’ school supply lists are posted online weeks before the first day, and this mama gets 99% of it off the internet.

I am going to skip all the rulers, pencils, composition notebooks, highlighters and such that I bought (x4 children) and just share a few of the more interesting finds this school year…

This year, because she is a senior and finished with almost all of her “core” classes, Kensington is home by 12:30 each day and gets to eat lunch here. Ashby and Mades though are enjoying their lunches out of these BENTO BOXES.

All three of my girls have always really been into these boxes.

They like to create pretty/fun/aesthetic lunches 😉 .

They put their boxes in…

…Madeley picked out THIS LUNCHBOX and…

…Ashby picked out THIS ONE.

They both selected…

…THIS HYDRO JUG as their water bottle for school (in different colors!).

Spoiler alert: one kiddo left it in a class on Day #1, found it on Day #2 and then left it in Mrs. Erika’s car that afternoon. I am typing this sentence on Day #3 and am hoping she and her cup both make it home today. Agh!

Speaking of cups…

…Smith is still having his freezer meals each day for lunch. I’ve mentioned approximately 4 billion times, but he likes this rice and ground beef (or chicken or turkey) meal for the “fuel” each day. Andrew makes a bunch of them at a time, freezes them, and then we heat them up each morning before school and place them in a 46 oz Yeti.

Blog reader tip: Fill a thermos with boiling hot water and let it sit about 10 minutes or so before dumping out the water and then filling it with your hot food. This keeps food hotter much longer in a thermos.

All of that to say, this year, we needed a few REPLACEMENT LIDS for our large Yetis.

You can see photos and all the specifics on his lunch IN THIS POST!

Ashby picked out THIS PENCIL POUCH…

…and Mades picked out THIS PENCIL POUCH.

We all love and use this WRINKLE RELEASER around here.

You know me, I do a lot around my home, but I’ve never ever ever been one to iron. This stuff works really, really well!

I will swap out my scents for fall/holiday ones soon, but right now, I’m still re-ordering these PURA REFILLS because they smell so fresh!

It wouldn’t be Back to School season without…

…a fresh new DARTBOARD. Bahahaha!

Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith. The boy loves to throw darts. He bought himself a new board for his room.

A few more random, non-Amazon, things…

…so many of you have asked me to share more deets on what my kids are loving. I’m going to *try* and sprinkle things in more often. Kensington spent the week leading up to school doing all the “senior” things outside in the 400 degree weather. Should you need athleticwear too, you can find HER TANK and HER SHORTS, but my favorite part is HER JELLY SANDALS! They all come in many, many other colors!

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