First stop TJ's! I love it, not exactly sure what it is, but I could spend hours at Trader Joes. Unfortunately I only had time for a quick peruse of each aisle but I did come away with some things I needed and for great prices! Of course I grabbed a jar of coconut oil because as a cloth diapering, semi-crunchy mom I can't live without it. I also got a jar of tea tree oil since I've heard it is great for using in cloth wipe solution as well as various other capacities. Lunchtime is always hard for this mamma to get good, nutritious food and I've been hearing a lot of talk about overnight oatmeal so I grabbed some steel cut oats and chia seeds and am going to search some recipes later today. If anyone has suggestions, please send them my way!
Juniper has grown out of most of her pajamas and I have the remainder of a gift card to BRU so that was my next stop. First off let me say having a tall baby is a challenge when it comes to sleepwear. At 8 months she is already height-wise in 9-12 month clothing but the clothing companies seem to stop making one piece sleepers in 12 and up sizes. Of course my baby dinosaur had to get the dino pjs and daddy found the cute frog ones, both Carter's size 12 (which is really 9-12). I wanted something in the next size up for summer use so since one piece was not possible at least I found a cute 4-piece set with sea turtles in Carter's size 18 (the "girl" prints/patterns were a little too flashy for my taste). All the pajamas were 50% off so I got a great deal.
Beau has wanted Juniper to have a shape sorter since it seems like the next step from her stacking toys and we found a really cute turtle option. She loves it and it will probably be a fun thing to play with in the sand at the beach too. Juniper loves book time and also visiting the animals at the farm down the street, so when we found a great Eric Carle book with realistic farm animal sounds it was a must have!
I think Juniper's favorite part of the day was going out to eat with mommy and daddy. I love when I can find something on a menu that she can share with me. We had a grilled chicken sandwich with cheddar, bacon and avocado, and sweet potato fries. Daddy had clam chowder and a basket of fried clams. The weather was beautiful so we even got to sit outside under the awning and enjoy the sunshine. All in all it was a productive day but it's always nice to come back to the peace of our little island home.
