I got the idea for this blog post on Sunday when Ryan and I were hanging out on the couch chatting about travel plans for the year. We are really hoping to plan a family vacation within the next few months but our destination is totally up in the air. We came up with a list of about 10 places we’re dying to go that might work with a baby and I thought I could morph that conversation into a blog post focusing on the number five (because 10 is a little long for this type of thing)!
It’s a survey-esque blog post and I’d love for you to pick a few categories to share your “top fives” in the comments section.
Happy Thursday!
Five: A Random Blog Survey
- Five Places I’m Dying to Visit
Alaska (to see whales in the wild)
Australia (to scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef)
Napa Valley/Sonoma (one day in the future… when we’re okay with leaving Chase for a bit)
Olympic National Park (dying to visit the Pacific Northwest with Ryan!)
Yellowstone National Park (okay, basically any National Park…)
- Five Foods I Eat Every Day
Oatmeal
Eggs
Peanut Butter or Almond Butter
Sweet Potatoes
Apples
- Five Talents I Wish I Had
Calligraphy
Photography
Singing
Website Coding
Graphic Design
- Five Healthy Food Bloggers I Wish Would Cook For Me Every Day
Kristin from Iowa Girl Eats
Brittany from Eating Bird Food
Lindsay from The Lean Green Bean
Brittany from A Healthy Slice of Life
Gina from SkinnyTaste
- Five Instagram Accounts I Love
TheDogist (Gorgeous photos of different kinds of dogs, typically shot along the streets of NYC)
HilariousBabies (This one cracks me up)
BethWilliamsFitness (One of my favorite BBC trainers’ new fitness account)
Tank.Sinatra (A hilariously inappropriate account)
JulesHough (She could not be any cuter)
- Five Things I Wear (Almost) Every Day
Leggings
Bombas ankle socks or Fabletics no-show socks
Fabletics no-show underwear/thongs
Headbands (SparklySoul, BicBands <— Both are great for working out and don’t slip!)
- Five Songs I Listen To On Repeat
Shark In The Water by The Cocktails (My all-time favorite a cappella remake)
Water Under The Bridge by Adele (The most beautiful voice)
Chandelier by Twisted Measure (Another gorgeous a cappella remake)
Valerie by Amy Winehouse (So catchy)
Ugly Heart by GRL (An upbeat BodyPump song discovery)
- Five Beauty Products I Use Every Day
Rosehip Oil (I use this obsessively. Stay tuned for a post all about this stuff because I’ve been receiving emails from you guys daily with questions about how I use it. It’s without a doubt my favorite beauty discovery from 2015!)
TheBalm Stainiac Lip Stain (I initially received this as a sample in one of my Birchbox mailings and fell in LOVE. Now it’s something I use to give my lips a hint of color every day. You can keep it light or layer the color for a richer look. It’s the best!)
Burt’s Bees Facial Cleansing Towelettes
- Five Movies I Can Watch On Repeat
Pitch Perfect
Father of the Bride
Harry Potter (all of them, but especially the first one)
Love Actually
Elf
- Five Books On My Current Reading List
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff
The Boss Baby by Marla Frazee (We actually read this one during library story time on Monday but I’m sharing it here because it was hilarious. It is a great baby book that new parents will appreciate as it makes light of some of the harder parts of parenting a new baby. I also think this would be a great baby shower gift!)
Hands Free Mama by Rachel Macy Stafford
A Mom’s Practical Guide to Baby-Led Weaning by Brittany Dixon
- Five Random Things I Ate Yesterday
Egg White Oatmeal Protein Pancake Topped with Peanut Butter (morning snack)
Sriracha and Lime Pretzel Crisps
Aloo Gobi with Shredded Chicken
Greek Yogurt with Almond Butter Granola and Blueberries
Question of the Day
Choose a couple of the above prompts and play along!
Need a place to get started? Here ya go…
- 5 Talents You Wish You Had
- 5 Foods You Eat Every Day
- 5 Instagram Accounts You Love
- 5 Beauty Products You Love
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Fun post!! I love the HP movies & books too 🙂
I wish I had the talent of singing too. I can belt it out in my car so I think I sound like Idina Menzel….. haha. foods I eat every day: eggs, protein powder, whole wheat bread, yogurt, spinach
After you fly you must definitely do a post about how it went and with tips. We’re flying for the first time with a baby next month and I’ve been researching up a storm!
My baby is a few weeks older than Chase and we’ve been doing BLW for about a month now. We love it! It’s easier than pureeing, she just eats what we eat, no salt or sugar. I can already see a difference in her fine motor skills and she’s loved everything she’s tried so far. Frozen broccoli and green beans are great for teething too!
Love this post! Hmmmm 5 foods I eat [almost] everyday: oatmeal, think thin bars, chicken, eggs, and coffee. Does coffee count? (;
This is so cute! I might have to do something like this – giving you credit – if you don’t mind. Napa is stunning (but there would’ve been more I could do if I were legal…), and I so wish I could sing and dance.
I’m a developer (website coder) and there’s never a better time to start learning than now. 🙂 Code Academy
You are too kind – thank you so much for including me, and if I lived closer I WOULD come and cook for you every day! 😉 Let’s see here, I feel as though the “5 Foods You Eat Every Day” is appropriate for me: 1. Chips and salsa 2. Applegate Farms uncured salami (#cantstopwontstop) 3. some sort of berry 4. does Perrier count? Obsessed. 5. leftovers. Love me some leftovers! Have a great weekend, Julie! 🙂
I love pretzel crisps!
Five Places I’m Dying to Visit
Australia
Italy
Antarctic
California Wine Country
Hawaii
Five Songs I Listen To On Repeat
– anything zac brown
– anything jimmy buffett
country nation by brad paisely
savy it for a rainy day by kenny chesney
Like a wrecking ball – eric church
Five Beauty Products I Use Every Day
-ole henrickson truth serum
-benefit roller lash mascara
-eos lip balm ( coconut swirl is my fav at the moment )
-Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo or style cream if i just washed my hair
Eternity perfume
Five Movies I Can Watch On Repeat
You’ve got mail
Die Hard
Hunt for red october
Sound of Music
Five Foods I Eat everyday
– eggs
– bacon
– salad
– olives
– chicken
– mustard
I love this idea for a blog post! These posts are some of my favorite to read. I wanna do something similar now!
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy these posts, I was too busy to comment last week. Super fun to read! I’ll play along belatedly with movies I could watch repeatedly (there are so many to choose from, honestly): When Harry Met Sally, The Shawshank Redemption, Sense and Sensibility, the Shrek movies, and so many others but a recent fave is We’re The Millers. I also watch Elf repeatedly! Ditto HP movies! And all your choices were good ones! Star Trek 2009 (yes, I like historical movies, prison movies, cartoons, musicals, comedy, action, and sci fi! I’m kind of into all genres.)
Come to Australia and you’ll hit your whole list in one go! Great Barrier Reef, beautiful national parks, gorgeous wine regions and whales galore. We see them migrating north and then south again every year, i live on the coast and you can spot them from the beach. Ps we also have great
coffee 🙂
Absolutely love this survey! I also listen to “Valerie” by Amy Winehouse very often. Just started following @tank.sinatra thanks to you, haha 🙂
I’ll be doing this on my blog soon— thanks for the great idea!
Fun post! I love the Instagram accounts. I finally gave in and started an account and I’m definitely going to check these out.