Top Five Friday...on Saturday ;)

Oops! I meant to publish this post yesterday, but completely forgot! So please enjoy this Saturday edition of Top Five Friday ;)

5. Elephant & Piggie books
If you have a beginning reader, get these books NOW!

These books are seriously awesome. They're cute & silly, and Shelby just loves them! They are written by Mo Willems (there's a billion of them!), who is also the author of the Pigeon Books (Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, etc)--we love all of those books, too! The Elephant & Piggie books will help your kiddos with their fluency & expression, I PROMISE! Shelby is already such an expressive reader, but these books have made her even moreso! ;)


4. Subscribe & Save on Amazon
We just signed up for Subscribe & Save on Amazon for a few of our paper products/toiletry items that we buy on a regular basis, and I just keep thinking to myself WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS SOONER?! Serioiusly, such a life-changer! And cheaper for us, too!

3. The Divergent Trilogy

I haven't really made time for reading since Hadley was born, but I've recently gotten into the Divergent series and I'm LOVING it! So, so good! I never really categorized myself as a sci-fi type of reader, but I loved Hunger Games & I think this series is even better so far! I just finished Insurgent & can't wait to start Allegiant!

2. The Stink Eye
So I made a comment in my last post {HERE} about Hadley's "stink eye," and here is a picture that kind of reminds of that. Apparently, you shouldn't mess with the Smith girls at the commissary.

This picture makes me laugh so hard every time I see it!


1. Baby Bjorn Bib {seen HERE}

We went through a bit of a bib fiasco with Miss Hadley. With Shelby, we had to spoon-feed her for so long that by the time she started eating table foods on her own she wasn't that messy b/c she was much older & therefore more coordinated with actually getting the food into her mouth...for the most part at least . ;)  But because we skipped purees with Hadley & went straight to baby-led weaning, so there was a LOT of mess! I still intend to do a post completely devoted to our experience with baby-led weaningIn the begin, but I never remember! But to make a long story short, in the beginning we were having to put her in the high chair completely naked (otherwise we'd go through 3 outfits a day) and we were literally giving her a quick bath after all 3 meals b/c it was ABSOLUTELY necessary. Thankfully, things got better pretty quickly when she realized it was more fun to eat the banana than smear it in her hair. ;)  But she's still not too good about all of the bites making it into her mouth despite her best efforts. We tried lots of bibs (including those shirt bibs), and this bib has literally changed meal times for us!!!! No more picking food up out of her lap a million times per meal and having to scrub a billion stains out of her pants from food sitting on her lap....YAY! We never use any other bibs with her anymore, and I love that I can just rinse this bib off in the sink & it's perfectly clean & ready for the next meal...no more bibs in the laundry for us!

And if I were going to add a number 6 to this list it would be the 70 degree temps & sunny skies we enjoyed today after a week of very uncharacteristly cold days for the Gulf Coast. We had a low of 17 one night this week, and today was back to our gorgeous wonderful weather! We spent the entire day outside as a family, and it was FABULOUS! Bike riding, family run along the flight line, driving range, washing cars, playing with Shelby's new rocket she got for Christmas....it was delightful!

Happy Saturday, Everyone!!