Five On Friday

It's time for another edition of Five on Friday and I do hope you'll join along!

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O N E
I braved uptown with a girlfriend and our four daughters on Wednesday and it was so awesome. Life-sized gingerbread houses, a singing bear orchestra, Christmas cheer all around. And cute, filtered Instagram photos!

But ya know, gotta keep it real...

Flattering, yes?

Babies love when you smoosh their faces. 

Get in the pic, kid!

(#reallife)

T W O
We had Supper Club last week, and my friend Lori had the BEST and most flavorful crackers on her kitchen island. Her secret? This packet of seasoning for Saltine crackers!

You can find it HERE on Amazon and she said it is ridiculously easy -- no baking required. I could not stop munching on them! No cheese or dips needed, the crackers were perfect just by themselves. 

T H R E E
Last Friday evening, we got together with some friends and the older girls did a little gift exchange. We excluded the babies from the exchange and limited the older girls' items to around $10. I was so excited about my gift to the girls... I had these matching long-sleeved tees done by my favorite monogram/applique girl in town! The fabric background is Lilly Pulitzer fabric and (this is the fun part) it was actually made from an unclaimed pair of shorts at the last Junko Bunko that I hosted here! Nobody took the shorts home, so I decided to get creative and use them as fabric because the pattern is just so pretty. My monogram gal just cut circles out of the fabric and monogrammed right over top.

The white shirts are the BEST quality and are so inexpensive. They are from Blanks Boutique. It's where I get all of our shirts and onesies from for monograms and appliques! (Personally, I think their shipping is a little high, so I usually pack a lot of items into one order and ask girlfriends if they want to add anything to an order I'm placing.)

F O U R
Never thought I'd be a podcast girl, but I've recently listened to all episodes of Making Oprah and Up And Vanished and loved them both. They seriously made me excited to have any solo time in the car just so I could catch up where I left off!

F I V E

Finally, I wanted to share Charlotte's Christmas list! She is eight months now (how?!) and, just like Camille's first Christmas, our wishlist for her is fairly practical. A gift card for music classes, diapers, and the booties that apparently stay on better than ALL other shoes and socks! Yes, please!

1 // piggy bank

2 // gift card to baby music classes

3 // bella tunno crawler kneepads

4 // baby's first christmas rattle ornament

5 // pampers swaddlers

6 // zutano booties

She also needs some metallic moccasins like her big sister used to rock (and subsequently destroyed, thanks to active crawling) and I have my eye on these.


moccasins

TGIF y'all, and hope you will join in on Five on Friday this week! Cheers to the weekend!