It has been a whirlwind few months with lots of shows, road trips, fun side projects and LoLo’s little appendix fiasco. We’ve been enjoying some sunny days here on the west coast and can hardly wait for summer. What do you most look forward to with the longer days and sunshine-y weather?

Next up…

Mother’s Day at the Roundhouse Community Centre!
Sunday, May 13th – 11am
Tickets: $12 each
Call 604-713-1800 to reserve tickets in advance!

For those of you that missed it last month, here is the radio ad we recorded for the Vancouver Aquarium‘s Babies feature. Could this be the sequel to Cindy Seahorse?

We are thrilled to announce that our latest release – Connecting the Dots – has been nominated for a 2012 Juno Award for Children’s Album of the Year! The Juno festivities will be held in Ottawa on March 26 – April 1. We hope to be able to attend the awards ceremony, and we will be sure to post some videos and pics from the trip here and on Facebook!

In the meantime, we thought it would be fun to host a musical contest to giveaway some CDs, Connecting the Dots t-shirts and stickers in celebration of our nomination. Check out the video below for all the details!

Contest Summary

1. Listen to the ‘amazing’ medley of songs performed in the video.
2. Write down the titles of the three songs featured.
3. Email us the names of the songs at info@bobsandlolo.com.

We will randomly select 2 names from all of the correct email submissions to receive the prize packages. Contest closes February 16, 2012 at 12pm (PST).

Good luck!!

Last weekend we spent a day in New Westminster, BC at the Royal City Kids Fair. The event was hosted at the Fraser River Discovery Centre which is an education centre featuring programs about our fave fish – the Great White Sturgeon! Here’s a peek at the fun…

Also, if you missed our video share on Facebook last week, here’s a glimpse of how we celebrated LoLo’s birthday!

Next stops for us include musical adventures in Parksville, Abbotsford and Whitehorse. We look forward to seeing some of you soon!

Bobs & LoLo

When we came to the realization that we only published 7 blog posts in 2011 (only seven!?!), we knew something had to change.

After years of struggling to find time to write on our blog, we have finally attempted a video post! We hope to do regular updates via video and as our editing skills improve, we look forward to sharing vids and pics from the road. We’d also love to find a way to share some of the amazing artwork and videos that you send us. If you have any other ideas for our blog, please send them along…we’d love to hear from you!

Bobs & LoLo

Well, another year has flown by, and once again we pause to reflect on how amazing and rewarding our lives truly are. We have dream ‘jobs’, and 2011 is another great example of what incredibly fun lives we live!

Highlights from the past year include the hundreds of live shows we shared in all over Canada, alongside the opportunity to introduce songs from our May 2011 release – Connecting the Dots – to families across the country! We also celebrated a SOCAN Music Award, Parents’ Choice Award and a Western Canadian Music Award nomination. Plus, the icing on the cake was definitely the addition of the youngest and sweetest member of the Bobs & LoLo family – 6 month old, Baby Anisa.

It has been an unforgettable year, and we are so excited to see what lies ahead in 2012!

Santa's Helpers

We wanted to wrap-up this year with an extra special project, and last month we wrote a song in celebration of the season. This is our first holiday tune, and we hope to add to the collection over the next year [wishing for a xmas album in 2012!]. We hope you enjoy this little musical treat from the B&L family to yours!

Bobs & LoLo – Jingle Jangle Holly Jolly Festive Time of Year

We will both be spending the rest of the month with our families on Vancouver Island, but we look forward to connecting with you again in the New Year.  Thank you so much for the continued support of our music and programming.

Happiest holiday wishes to all of you ! We can’t wait to share in many more musical adventures in 2012!

Bobs & LoLo

A girl!

We apologize for the delay on posting news about LoLo’s beautiful baby girl. We actually got back onstage 13 days after the little one arrived (crazy!), and once again, it has been a whirlwind summer of musical adventures…only made better by the addition of Anisa!

Wide-eyed wonder at 8 days old!

LoLo and her hubby welcomed Anisa into the world on June 18th at 11:24am. Anisa arrived in perfect health weighing 7lbs 3oz, and the new family of three was settling into home by 7pm the same day!

The new family of three!

Our appreciation to everyone who passed on their well wishes to the new momma, and a special thanks to all who entered a guess in the baby pool. There was a tie for the winning guess, and rather than do a random draw for a winner, both entrants will be receiving a Bobs & LoLo SUPER BUNDLE!

Congratulations to Jessica (Facebook) for her guess of a baby girl born on June 18th at 10:35pm weighing 7lbs 4oz, and Sydelle (Blog) for her guess of a baby girl born on June 18th at 4:33pm weighing 7lbs 1oz!

You will both be receiving a direct message in order to get your mailing info and requested t-shirt size.

Anisa has shared in nearly 30 performances in her short 10 weeks, and while she’s slept through most of them, she’s proven to a mini-superstar time and time again.

Anisa and her entourage - Edmonton bound!

If you would like to read more about LoLo’s adventures as a first-time momma, check out her featured article, Musical Adventures into Motherhood, in the new edition of Birth of a Mother Magazine (pg. 16). The publication can be downloaded for free via the link above.

Congrats again to Jessica and Sydelle for their winning guesses in the baby pool. Anisa has been an amazing (and adorable!) addition to the B&L family, and we are all excited to see this wee one go, go, grow!

Bobs & LoLo

Life is finally winding down for us after a CRAZY few months, but the break is sure to be short-lived with ‘Baby LoLo’ expected to make his/her big debut in just over two weeks! We, along with all sides of the B&L family, are so excited to meet the little bopping bean who has accompanied us on the road, in the studio and onstage for the last 8.5 months!

On set at 36 weeks!

Check out LoLo’s guest blog on Survival4Moms.com if you’re interested in learning more about our recent adventures in the world of Music, Movement & Morning Sickness!

After the guest post went live last week, many friends, family and fans suggested we set-up a baby pool contest. Our first thought? Sounds like fun!! Here are the details…

LoLo’s Baby Pool:

The winner will receive a prize package including an autographed copy of our Connecting the Dots album, a NEW B&L t-shirt (available in sizes 12-18 months, 2T, 4T & 6T) and an autographed photo! In the event of a tie, we will randomly draw from the tied entries to determine the winner.

We will be using the following points system to rank guesses:

A. Correct gender = 1 point
B. Correct date of birth = 2 points
C. Time of birth (does not need to be paired with correct date):
• within an hour = 2 points
• within two hours = 1 point
D. weight:
• exact = 3 points
• off by 1-4 oz = 2 points
• off by 5-8 oz = 1 point

Thanks to our friends at Huckleberry Baby Shop for sharing the ‘points system’ with us!

To submit your guesses, please leave a comment on this post or post your entries on the “Baby LoLo” Discussion Page on Facebook. Please don’t post your guesses as general wall posts as we don’t want to risk missing anyone!

Eligible entries must be submitted by June 1, 2011.

Don’t forget to include the following:
A. Gender
B. Date of Birth
C. Time of Birth
D. Weight

LoLo’s official estimated date of birth is June 11, 2011.

Kavie (Mr. LoLo) and the momma-to-be have decided to keep the gender a surprise, so they are playing the guessing game too!

Go, go, growing a family of three!

Photo courtesy of Lindsay Mitchell Photography

We look forward to seeing all the guesses, and we’ll announce the ‘winner’ towards the end of June along with the exciting baby news!

Little seed…just what will you be?

Bobs & LoLo

Happy Earth Day! We are excited to be celebrating with a beautiful, sunny day at home in Vancouver, BC. While we do believe that every day should be ‘earth day’, having the official date fall on Good Friday this year makes it even easier to plan some special activities with the family. Maybe you’re involved in a neighbourhood clean-up, a community tree-planting event or are simply enjoying some time in the great outdoors? Please leave a comment sharing how your are spending Earth Day with your family – we’d love to hear from you!

We are thrilled to have a new soundtrack for our Earth Day celebrations this year. Connecting the Dots – our new album – arrived yesterday! We are so happy with the final product, and as with our first three albums, we have packaged the CD in an eco-friendly fashion including recycled paper materials, a cornstarch disc tray and vegetable-based inks.

Connecting the Dots (2011)

Connecting the Dots features 14 original songs aimed at inspiring kids to observe, explore and CONNECT with the world around them. The stories and ideas shared in each song show that connections exist between different things – from how sharing a smile is an easy way to brighten someone’s day, to what makes a tree a perfect home for a silly squirrel, to simply recognizing that we each have our own special ‘beat’ that makes us all unique.

In celebration of Earth Day we wanted to share a few ‘sneak preview’ songs from the album. Below is the title track – Connecting the Dots. You can also find 4 more songs featured on the music player at www.bobsandlolo.com/music. We can’t wait to hear what you think!

Pre-orders for the new album are now available on our website and through the new Store on our Facebook page. The CDs will be released into retail stores on May 17, and pre-orders will be shipped just prior. We are extra excited to announce that we have created some new B&L t-shirts…yay! It has been a couple years since our last batch! These are only available online in special bundle packages with the new album along with an autographed photo for your little superfan!

Connecting the Dots!

We are hosting a few CD Release Family Concerts in the upcoming weeks although these are all taking place somewhat close to home given the anticipated June arrival of Baby LoLo. Special advance copies of the new album will be available for purchase at the live events!

Upcoming Shows:

Surrey, BC – April 30
Early Years Festival

Victoria, BC – May 1
Isabelle Reader Theatre

Port Moody, BC – May 7
Fingerling Festival

Nanaimo, BC – May 8
Malaspina Theatre (VIU)

Vancouver, BC – May 14
Roundhouse Community Centre

Ticket info and additional details for each event can be found on our Events Calendar or in the event listings on our Facebook page.

Looking forward to seeing some of you soon. Happy Earth Day!

Bobs & LoLo

It has been non-stop singing around here as we have been busy both on and offstage these past few weeks. We’re now in the final stages of production on our new album (yay!), and we have had a great time in the studio to date. From this point forward, we turn things over to the creative genius of Mario Vaira at Five Fathom Studios and our post-production teams at Suite Sound Labs and Precision Disc.

The project has been so much fun with tons of collaboration from local musicians as well as an amazing group of kindergarten students at Talmud Torah Elementary in Vancouver. Special thanks to Ms. Loomer for allowing us to take over the classroom last week!

We can’t wait to share Connecting the Dots with everyone! For those of you on the west coast, please note the following dates for our live CD Release Parties: May 1 (Victoria), May 8 (Nanaimo) and May 15 (Vancouver). More info coming soon!

This is how we roll!

We also have a lot of other musical adventures in the works while we wrap up the new album. Join us for a live show and you might even get to hear a sneak preview of a new song or two!

Below is a quick glimpse at our upcoming performance schedule. As always, keep an eye on our events calendar for all the details and be sure to join us on Twitter and Facebook for ongoing updates from the road including stories, pics and vids!

Ottawa – Go Green Expo
Saturday, March 19
Show time: 2:15pm

Toronto – Ontario Science Centre
Sunday, March 20
Show times: 11:30am & 2:00pm

Ucluelet & Tofino – Pacific Rim Whale Festival
Thursday, March 24 (Ukee) and Friday, March 25 (Tofino)
Show time: 3:00pm

Burnaby – Lougheed Town Centre Spring Break
Sunday, March 27
Show times: 1:00pm & 2:00pm

Kamloops – BC Wildlife Park
Saturday, April 2
Show times: 11:30am & 1:30pm

Kelowna – Babies in Bloom (Okanagan Baby Fair)
Sunday, April 3
Show times: 10:30am & 2:30pm

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Bobs & LoLo