Happy first Sunday of August, friends! Seriously, how is it August already?! I see August as a transitionary month: still warm enough for summer-like temps, but cooling down more to remind us that fall is on its way. It’s also the start of football season, which is a favorite in in the Haines house. Today…Read More
Parenting
A Journey of Motherhood || My Mom’s Influence
This is a sponsored post in partnership with Sincerely Silver. Do you ever look back at your childhood and realize how amazing your mom was that you never gave her credit for? As I got older, and even before I had Ivy, I was amazed at what my mom was able to get done during…Read More
Family Life || Our Summer Bucket List
We’re officially past the first month of summer and I’m in this weird stage where I’m excited for fall (because it’s my favorite season, at least the early part of it) but still wanting to hold on so tight to these amazing summer days and nights. I hit this stage every year – it’s usually…Read More
DIY Color & Shape Matching for Toddlers
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen a post awhile ago about Ivy’s obsession with her Mickey Mouse color and shape flashcards that we picked up at the Dollar Tree. For quite a while, those were her most played with/most requested “toy” when she was home. I found it so funny that…Read More
Parenting || Money-Saving Tips for Parents
Any parent knows that having kids is super expensive. I read that, on average, it costs parents upwards of $230K to raise a child from birth through age 18 (this was a stat from 2015 so I assume that number has gone up since then, too). That averages out to $13,000 a year! And that…Read More
Motherhood || Breastfeeding & Pumping Essentials
I was talking with one of my good friends, who’s due with her second in April, about how much better she was feeling after buying some new bras. It spun into questions around where she got them, did they have an underwire or not and could she continue to use them after baby boy came…Read More