welcome back friday! be sure to pop over to see what kendra, mary beth, amanda, laura, aileen & jessica are loving! we would love for you to join us! leave a comment and we’ll come check out what you’re loving each week!
{one} grilled ginger-sesame chicken salad.
{via Menu Musings}
the combination of the hot weather & finally having a grill (I think aaron may be slightly obsessed!) have made grilled [fill-in-the-blank] salads very popular around the lower house! we tried this chicken salad a few weeks ago & are still talking about it. it was so good. the cabbage base makes it super crunchy & the marinade on the chicken was easy & so delish! the only change I made was to buy a package of pre-shredded cabbage & carrots so that I didn’t have to shred them myself.
{two} bare belly organics sunscreen.
{via Bare Belly Organics}
sunscreen. so, so important & something I have been really working on being good about. between being as good as I can about keeping eloise protected & a recent mole removal at my annual skin check (benign, phew!), I have been a bit obsessed you could say. I scoured the EWG website for the best, most effective, & safest sunscreen, & I think this is pretty close to perfect. I bought the three-pack (shown above) & it is awesome. I keep the body stick & face stick in the diaper bag, & the bigger jar on the entryway table (as I am always slathering on sunscreen before we head out the door). I am really picky about sunscreen & get anxiety about all of the chemicals (started when I was pregnant) but hate super greasy sunscreens (which most of the “best” ones are). this bare belly is great & while it goes on white, it rubs in well & I find that I don’t need to wash my hands after applying. & the sticks are so convenient with a wiggly eloise. she doesn’t seem to mind getting sunscreen applied, especially if I let her play with one of the sticks. I sometimes use this sunscreen on myself as well as this Alba Botanicals one. we also keep the new Honest Company one around too (love that it isn’t as sticky & thick as it used to be!).
{three} serena & lily beach towels.
{via Serena & Lily}
now that eloise is old enough to venture out to the splash pad, pool, or even the beach, I have been using our beach towels like crazy. much like our kitchen towels, our beach towels are a mish-mash of towels from random places. I am loving these stripey ones from Serena & Lily that were featured in the most recent catalog. very west elm-esque if you ask me. plus, I am a sucker for anything with a stripe! some day we will have a collection of gorgeous, stripey beach towels!
what are you loving this week?
M
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