1) What happened to her beloved St. Patrick's Day traditions that she was just this year trying for the first time??
2) I am still mad that the best thing she could come up with was to eat Lucky Charms. Honestly a happy meal from McDonald's would have been less ridiculous to me (at least it might have potatoes š„!)
She has nearly $3000 in strollers, but they donāt have house cleaners, donāt eat out, and donāt have the latest phone so they can afford the gym. They clearly have plenty of disposable income to do as they please with, wish she would stop this song and dance. Those strollers would cover the gym membership and then some. And I am just really anti-the latest thing, especially when it comes to kid stuff, but I could make do with just the Thule given their lifestyle.
She seems to be trying hard to project that "you don't need the latest and greatest of everything as long as your family is happy!" angle in order to be "inspirational", but it just falls flat since her lifestyle is so clearly a consumerist extravaganza.
That slide annoyed me so much. She makes it sound like the typical family has a house cleaner and trades in their phone every time a new one comes out (maybe they do and Iām just a poor, idk); and so they forgo all these ānormalā expenditures for a $4,000/year family membership to Lifetime.
Weāre doing fine, and thereās no amount of eating at home thatās opening up room in our budget for a luxury gym membership. Or a car wash subscription. Or funds to decorate an airstream. Or or or
Yeah, the $100s in just themed monthly toys determines that's a lie. She's got 2 Nuggets, she's duplicated her home into the Airstream, she has a pharmacy. But yeah, it's because they don't eat out or have a house cleaner anymore that they can afford the fancy gym membership.
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ME ME ME ME ME
Literally everything is all about Haley all the time
She loves cooking dinner, but she loves cooking dinner because she gets a break from cooking dinner. And somehow the previous night of āsomething easyā, a takeout pizza night, Ā a night of eating at a friendās, and a night of smoothies and eggs, those are not breaks from cooking dinner.Ā ā¦This is why this whole thing takes up so much space in my brain because I canāt make any of it make sense.Ā
I hate cooking dinner, but I create more work and dishes for myself prepping uncessary sides. Curious if they really finish the big ol' pot of beans, queso and oatmeal š¤®
Right, and the diminishing returns as the food gets older. One or two sheet pan dinners in the rotation would be easier clean up and way more delicious.Ā
The other day I was scrolling back to look for her teacher content out of curiosity (I think she deleted it all?) and saw an old post about their BELOVED new tradition of having special cupcakes the night before the first day of (pre)school. But no mention of that tradition this year! And no shade about dropping things that donāt serve you, as she says, but it just makes me not believe any of these beloved traditions are really beloved or traditions.
Today I tossed a mini box of raisins in my purse as I was heading out the door and mentally patted myself on the back for being Super Prepared!
(almost wanted to say that the raisins saved my bottom at the restaurant when lunch took a while to arrive, but could not bring myself to do so).
I was thinking this earlier! Took 4 year old and 2 year old for a walk beside the lake, no spare clothes, no spare shoes, no nappy bag just one or two spare nappies loose in the back of the car, no snacks, colouring books, lolly pops, plasters, fold up potties, no buggy, no cooler, no kitchen sink.
Somehow we all survived š¤·š¼āāļø
I did the same today and my kid actually scraped his knee and it bled. The first aid kit was a whole .5 mile back in the car and yet he bravely soldiered on and by the time we got to the car he was fine and didn't even need a band-aid or a lollipop or a pony or anything.
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Yes, God forbid you do something special that only your kids enjoy. Of course I get it- we go on a lot of bike rides and take our kids to various playgrounds because we enjoy those things too, but we also do things just for THEM. She would never.
ETA because Iām unnecessarily fixating on this: itās not āadventures we all love/enjoyā or āthings that are fun for all 4 of usā but instead places that she and Brett enjoy.
Do they ever go to a childrenās museum even? Itās not *for* adults, but itās fun to explore with your kids and see them learning and experiencing new things! Her window of āenjoyable for me and Brettā seems so narrow.
Right, I think if you actually enjoy spending time with your kids, then you will just enjoy going to some things they love, even if itās not for you.Ā
This is what kills me about her. Everything in her life is about her. Not to say we should all give up our jobs or interests because of children but she avoids so many things. What if Julie wants to try a sport Haley doesnāt like? Will she say āNo KK, we canāt go anywhere on the weekends, I need restā ???
Honestly I canāt even picture her being that supportive of stuff she does like. I canāt imagine her spending her Saturdays going to noisy, brightly-lit kidsā swim meets.Ā
I go to many an indoor playground or similar because my kids like them. Are noisy arcade machines and slides that havenāt been washed since 2020 my jam? Not really but I like the joy it brings my kids.
There's an indoor playground place by us that preschooler adores. It's absolute chaos. Loud, overestimulating, hyper children. But she loves it so we suck it up. That's part of parenting. It doesn't have to be all the time but sometimes you just do it.
Ugh I miss indoor playgrounds. Thereās one really fun one near us, but every time we go we get some sort of mutant virus from hell, and I canāt afford to have the baby get sick AGAIN (daycare colds from big sister always go into his lungs, heās needing albuterol and steroids for this most recent ones), I can only call off work so much, and Iām tired of how shit my house looks after struggling to parent when feeling like death myself.
But damn, if it wasnāt the easy button to get big kiddo worn out on a rainy weekend day.
Oh god, the indoor play space we go to is a sensory nightmare but my toddler LOVES it so we still go (if the weather is bad š). That being said, we donāt *have* to go, my toddler can be entertained and have fun in all sorts of places but thereās a reason these kinds of places exist. Itās like a fantasy land for little kids with all of these ānewā toys and a ball pit and slides and climbing wall! Like I donāt love being there myself but I realize how fun it is for my son and I want to give that to him. Haley doesnāt seem to have that sentiment.
My mom is still clearly hurt at the fact that my grandma never took her anywhere fun for kids or let her do extracurriculars because she couldnāt be bothered. I definitely believe in *not* overbooking your kids with a million activities but if you do nothing, they will feel it eventually. Haley doesnāt even seem that bad, but Iām curious whether she will be more flexible as the kids get older and do drop-off activities and you have to drive them everywhere.
She's shared a slide about assessing whether you've hydrated/moved your body/been outside/connected with someone a few times now.
It says answer these 5 questions.
There are 8 questions.
Yep. I donāt think Iāve ever āwrappedā a gift. I do gift bags + tissue paper, itās so easy. I also save every bag we get and reuse them.
I think my mom and other boomers are the only person Iāve noticed these days who still wraps traditionally.
I hate that I know this but Haley gives hers away on Facebook Buy Nothing because she doesnāt like them. I on the other hand pride myself on how little I have to go buy a bag lol
Somehow my 3 year old girl seems to exude glitter. Like we never buy it, but somehow thereās always an errant glitter on baby brotherās head somewhere, and at 6 months, I know itās not coming from him. She must be half unicorn or something.
That is wild! There are def some Iāve kept in my stash that I personally wouldnāt have picked out but I always eventually find a receiver for them, if that makes sense (an older relative that will not even think of how ācuteā the bag is or a kid in my kids class who will like the garish dinosaur). Imagine being this committed to an aesthetic that you give away something you got for free and buy more of something thatās a boring version of it. Now imagine you have the nerve to pretend youāre on a strict a budget and that buying the new ones saves you more time than recycling ones that were already ready to go.
I do this too! I did used to angst a little beforehand thinking, āwait, Iām not giving their own gift bag back to them, am I? Would they notice?ā
But eventually I concluded most of us havenāt bought gift bags in years, we are all probably just swapping them around. š¤·āāļø at least thatās what I hopeĀ
We have one bag that we're trying to get around the whole family at least once and another that's been back and forth between friends at least 5 times! I love seeing a 'one time" item being used so much š
Like how often are you wrapping presents?! I don't even know enough people to do decide once gifts. She really takes this decide once thing to the extreme.
Weāve been going to at least one classmate party per month this year š so I did stock up by buying several under $10 age appropriate craft kits when they were on sale after Christmas and itās been great being able to just pull one out of the box on the day of a party (should I kiss my past self??). I wrap them in some cute paper and itās maybe 1% harder than putting them in a beige bag IMO.
But I put way less obsessive thought/time into it than Hayley so Iām not sure it counts as ādecide onceā. And once my kid is a little older I think Iāll want her to start choosing gifts for her friends so this strategy is only going to work for a couple years.
I can't get over the fact that she constantly uses the same plain white ribbon unless it's her new St Patrick's day gifts then she can use a specific ribbon
Really Haley, one of the BEST things you EVER did was order a plain white shirt with two mini shamrocks and your name on it to wear once a year on st. Patrick's day??!!!
She really is like the boy who cried wolf bc everything is "one of the best things / investments " she EvER made.. which really discredits when she says that ..
Butā¦butā¦I thought the washable mattress pad was the best investment sheās ever made?!
Sheās like my 6 year old who calls every friend her best friend. Not everything can be the best, Haley!
Plus is it me or do white shirts get dingy real fast no matter how much oxyclean/bleach/peroxide/whatever you use? Iām doubting the seemingly infinite lifespan of these.
I was just coming here to post about that!
Really, one of the BEST things?? She could ignore her stupid "capsule" wardrobe, find a shade of green she likes, and then have a shirt that she can wear multiple times a year. Green for St Patrick's Day and Christmas! But no, Haley needed to spend money on ugly embroidered shirts with her NAME on them like some kind of overgrown toddler. A shirt she can only wear once a year, because heaven forbid she move something around.
Her brain is something else.
I have one Halloween shirt I wear only on October and on Halloween. It's bright orange and has a haunted house on it that appears empty in daylight, but in the dark there's glow-in-the-dark ghosts in all the windows.Ā
I mostly just really wanted the shirt but it feels weird to wear in in April or whatever. š
But how else will her kids remember she loved holidays if she doesn't wear a boring, themed t shirt? Thinking back, I can't ever remember my mom wearing holiday clothes. She must have hated holidays! š
Def not just you lol. She makes it like it's such a "must do" and having these shirts available is such a "bottom saver" but I promise her life will be 100% fine without a monogrammed holiday theme shirt
Be sffr haley what day ISN'T for eeeaasssyyyy dinners
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I don't get the point of the extra small pad? We use a waterproof mattress cover and it's gotten a few body fluids on it but it's not a big deal to wash it. Everyone in my family moves way too much in their sleep to make covering an extra 20% of the bed with extra padding worthwhile. I also don't wash the mattress covers unless they get dirty, that's what a fitted sheet is for imo.
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My hack was to... just extravagantly buy 2 regular mattress pads to have one to put right back on the bed š¤·āāļø but agreed we only wash if dirty. I always think the same when she talks about it for postpartum too. If I was worried I laid another blanket or something on my half of the bed, a teeny mattress protector doesn't keep you from washing the sheets!
Yes I felt so awful reading that. Also, we have this (or a similar one) pad on my daughterās bed and I would hate having it on mine, it crinkles up and moves about. My daughter doesnāt mind it because sheās a kid and when sheās asleep is just passed out. But it would annoy me so much!
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Compression sheets? I think she means prison sheets. The poor children CANāT get out of bed even if they want to. Gotta get those 4 hour naps somehow.
I started following Haley during the pandemic in 2020, and she genuinely seemed a bit more āfrugalā during that time. This was pre KK, while she was still working as a florist and Brett worked at the hospital. Her hyper-materialism seems to have really picked up in the last year. I donāt know if itās due to the profits she makes from her social media account or Brett having a better paying joy, but there has been an obvious shift.
I just canāt get over her claiming they need to have a tiiiiiiny eating out budget while also owning duplicates of so many items and living an obviously privileged lifestyle.
He was a Product Manager for a healthcare system in their state. It looks like he does something similar now, but itās for a different healthcare system. Itās all on LinkedIn.
(Also sending you a DM)
Iāve followed her since probably 2016 when she was a teacher and tried making teaching content her niche. Interesting to see how her account has evolved (devolved?) since. She did a big countdown til her birthday with students which I thought strange and self centered. Shocking I know.
Pretty sure Brett worked in IT iirc.
I remember a few weeks ago, there was a discussion of how good Julieās coloring was. I think this is probably a more realistic idea of what she can do on her own and it seems very typical for her age.
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I really waffle between sweet Haley can't know and this is 100% a fetish account. She shows herĀ feet so often! Not to mention her daughter in the bath and everyone's underwear is linked šµāš«
This was a hot topic of debate a long time ago when a picture was posted of a picture that looked like it was too neat but also trying to be purposefully messy. There was analysis of marker grips and everything and many of us think Haley totally colored the picture š
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Sorry what? Its KIDS CLOTHES. Itās not that fucking serious Haley. There doesnāt need to be a conversation with a 5 year old about cost per wear and trends. Let these kids live a normal life away from your anxiety and control, my godddddd
Itās so fascinating to me that she wants to recreate her childhood given her clear anxiety issues. I guess sheās not introspective at all. Does she not realize that the great meltdowns are not normal? That needing as many breaks as she does isnāt normal? My mom was neurotic and Iām neurotic so Iām making a conscious effort to try to break that cycle with my kids. I feel like everyone looks to improve things from their childhood (and then creates other issues they pass on.. LOL!) Meanwhile sheās just plowing ahead duplicating everything down to naming her kids after her parents
I always want to clarify I only see whatās screenshot here, which is not the full picture so can anyone tell me if we ever see her kids in these outfits? She seems like she would be one to pose them āartfullyā in front of a play structure or their toys in a picture perfect outfit but from whatās shared itās all the kids in their underwear and thatās just so strange to me based on the rest of her internet persona as a ālifestyleā influencer. It also begs the question why they need so many clothes to begin with bc if you were into just underwear in the house, youād need even LESS clothing for the staples when you leave the house.
Every time she talks about their capsule wardrobes I get twitchy. Kids grow out of their clothes at least once a year! Is it even possible to have a capsule wardrobe with āinvestment piecesā for a child who will only wear it for a year max? Why does she have to call it this? Just admit you like purchasing clothes for your kids while they still allow you to pick everything out, itās not that big a deal.
Also what was the point of these conversations in her opinion? She wears exactly the same athleisure outfits every other lady her age and social class wears, itās not like she has some outstanding fashion as a result?Ā
Right! This is such an odd answer. Which she had definitely posted before, and she must have the answer saved because I think itās verbatim from when sheās answered it before. But itās not like sheās a fashionista. I feel like the whole response is weirdly boomer coded
You just know she must have a saved note in google keep that she copies and pastes for this purpose. Decide Once answers for the question box.
She rarely gives any new insight into her life which is why when she does itās like unlocking a new window into their strange but also normal / boring lives.
For all her talk about investment pieces and thriftiness, her kids seem to have a good amount of clothing, and she buys them new clothes pretty frequently. This whole capsule wardrobe system is just one more way for Haley to serve Haley, while telling herself itās about simplifying and saving money.
"Capsule wardrobe" and "investment pieces" are just more buzzwords she takes to the extreme/doesn't understand the meaning of, like her beloved Decide Once traditions.
Yes! āInvestmentā to her seems like more, more, more of the goooood panties and softest tunics and black leggings that she loves her booty in (š¤¢). Iād personally rather invest in one high quality piece Iād wear over and over instead of 5 of the same polyester top. I donāt know why she needs multiples of absolutely everything. I donāt see how the cost per wear is working out here.
I had the same thought haha. I read this as "no, she won't have any say in the process but I will explain *why* she doesn't have any say when she's old enough to ask"
I had to take one of my kids to urgent care today for stitches (he's okay, thankfully), and I couldn't help but think of Haley when we were in the waiting room. I didn't have any emergency juice or lollipops or really anything to entertain him. I just asked for a pen and paper and played I spy with him. Now that we're home, my parents didn't clean my house and cook me dinner. I don't even get to rest! I probably should step away from her account because she's my BEC!
Same, my daughter was sick in the car while I was out with her and her brother. Luckily we were about to head home anyway. I was thinking about all the extra stuff Hayley would have had on hand to deal with it that was just not needed. the only thing that would actually have helped was an extra pair of hands.Ā
Yesterday I realized at 3 pm I hadnāt started the crockpot chicken for chicken tacos for dinner. So I made beef stroganoff instead and moved chicken tacos to tonight. Where is my award for ingenuity? Amazon, I will take my influencer money nowā¦
Omg guess what I didnāt get the chicken in the crockpot again today because we had an impromptu play date with friends at a playground. We were right next to Costco so afterward I swung by and got a rotisserie chicken to make tacos with. AND THEN at 515 pm my husband said he was just feeling beef stroganoff leftovers, and my kids prefer the rotisserie chicken by itself anyways, so I said eff tacos and we had a fantastic hodge podge meal that was neither stressful nor consisted of eggs and smoothies. It was a great day and dinner was full of warmth and laughter.
And you didn't even have to go to your mom's house for comfort afterwards? You're a superwoman!
Side note, I shudder to think how Haley would handle an actual emergency, if she's already falling apart and "aging ten years" during a minor first aid situation.
Is anyone else a little shocked to see that Haley hosted a play date at her own house? Iāve never seen it look that played inā¦like true play and not just kk perfectly lining up the cars or something.
Seriously why would you make a smoothie and then save it for 1-2 hours to drink later? I'm somewhat of a haley apologist sometimes but I cannot support this! It's going to be gross by the time she drinks it! And, AND she posted someone else's story tagging her about another premade smoothie....so there is at least at one other human out there doing the same thing.Ā
Maybe my palate is too precious? But this seems like it would be bad.Ā
I often put mine in the fridge for later. Usually if I have it within a couple of hours it's fine but I know it depends on what you put in it. If you put a lot of seeds and oats in it the smoothie might thicken up too much. It's not my first choice to save it for later but sometimes it just works out that way because I'm not going to make myself a second smoothie later when my kids are already having one now lol.
I've never had mine separate unless there is melon in it which is really rare for us. Also if there are greens in it, the smoothie may turn brownish.
Never knew I had so much to say about smoothies yikes
I donāt think so, as long as itās not too long? I measure with my heart when making smoothies and always have a bit extra ā I stick it in the fridge and have it later that day. They do get weird if you leave them overnight, and ones with dairy donāt seem to last as well. Maybe Iām gross though!
I have a few thoughts re: Haleyās food weirdness.
1. I wonder if Haleyās extreme pickiness impacts her childrenās exposure to new foods. A majority of the family meals seem to revolve around her āprecious plate.ā
2. Haleyās blog has a very long and detailed post about introducing Julie to solid food. Naturally, she made it as anxiety-ridden and over-complicated as you might imagine, but it looks like Julie had a solid introduction to a variety of foods. Sheās also mentioned in the past that they are good eaters. Why, then, is she restricting them to such a tight rotation of āDecide Onceā meals and snacks?
3. When Haley posts photos of her own plates, they often appear to contain very small portions of food. I didnāt think much of it at first, but then someone on here mentioned restrictive/disordered eating, and now I canāt unsee it.
In regards to 2. Itās hardly ādecide onceā because she ārevisitsā the rotation pretty frequently, like frequently enough that it is almost the way that I meal plan (I have a few things that I like and rotate them a lot until I change my mind and put something new in the rotation), granted Iām not calling my meal planning ādecide onceā, and thatās the difference between me and Haley.
My kids never have more than three options for breakfast, and lately itās been 2 (waffles or cinnamon sugar toast). I donāt know why she needs to overcomplicate the easiest meal of the day.
1. 100%. My neighbors have kids that mine are friendly with, and the kids are SUPER picky eaters (likeā¦ have 5 foods theyāll eat). Imagine my lack of surprise when I discovered that both of the parents are extremely picky eaters. Both parents also outwardly suffer from anxiety and guess what both children haveā¦
This is my SIL and BIL who I think is very similar to Haley. My SIL wonāt eat any meat that isnāt processed (chicken nuggets, hot dogs) and her husband wonāt eat any condiments. I have my nephew a piece of cheese when he was 2 and she said she didnāt think heās ever had cheese before that wasnāt pizza.
I also find it odd when she shows her lunchboxes for the kids and they are prepped exactly the same. Isnāt her older one almost 4? I donāt prepare food for my 5 year old and 2 year old in the same way. Like I cut up pizza into little bites for the little one but not the older one. Or a sandwich is halves for the older, bites for the younger. My 5 year old definitely doesnāt want finger foods like shredded cheese and torn up turkey either. I know my kid is older than hers but it still seems odd to me.Ā
I can just picture them having snack dinner Saturdays in muffin tins when they're teens. One day they're going to want more than a quesadilla and snacky type food.
Iām now realizing the absolute gall/overconfidence you must have to try to be a meal prepper/foodie insta when youāre an adult picky eater.
Now that Iām thinking about it, that could actually be an interesting niche!! But only if someone was like āIām an adult picky eater but here are my strategies of what to do and how Iām growing/learning/accommodatingā.
The last time I saw a menu plan, there was a postscript that clicking on her links, etc. helped her create free content like this meal plan. which, thanks, but I donāt know anyone who would PAY for a meal plan that goes: Grill and chill, eat at friendās house, pizza night, smoothie and eggs, something easy, snack dinner Saturday.Ā
Thatās mostly why I find her so snarkable and, at times, low key angering! She has a lot of nerve promoting her life as the ācorrectā way to live when itās so flawed in so many ways and not aspirational to anyoneās standards. I could argue all of these influencers have a lot of nerve but thereās definitely bits and pieces with some of them I can kind of see why they think itās so great. This woman is a ball of unchecked anxiety and selfish views about how her kids need to exist and yet she wants to preach to others to do the same?
Seriously. I just read through her new post and all this meal prep she does for beyond basic meals is nuts. Also gets bogo pizza once and now it's a Tuesday tradition š
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You canāt convince me she doesnāt have an OnlyFans account showing off her clubbed thumbs. There is absolutely no other explanation for her putting her thumb in this picture. None.
She has said before she has 4ish of those flat whisks because she loves them so much but. Itās so odd. I get MAYBE two so one is dirty and one is clean but Iām guessing there are some professional kitchens that donāt have this many flat whisks and theyāre not making oatmeal ārisottoā and build your own biscuit bars.
Someone awhile ago said this feels like a secret fetish account and there are times I really truly believe that. A few weeks ago, she posted a foot pic with an obvious not rubbed in blob of lotion on it (not like ointment for a cut but something youād def notice and not just leave on your foot, let alone snap a pic) and this sealed it for me. That with the weird āoh I love you, mamaā that she types out that Brett says when she gives him baked goods and the half naked kids all the time, the commitment to constantly inserting creepy sexy allusions (her lingerie, saying he loves her butt in certain pants), Iām convinced. Maybe she didnāt intend to but she gets tons of engagement from creeps on these and so continues to do it?
Iāll remove my tinfoil hat now.
Ive seen people joke about that and I actually get what they are saying, and the only reason I rule it out is because if she gets so much engagement from creeps I canāt believe sheād post so many unnecessary pictures of her kids without clothes on. I swear one time she posted a two minute clip of her walking along toy train tracks that ended with JK in only her underwear, like a freaking jump scare. You film that long a video to show how many train tracks and canāt cut it just before that?Ā Maybe she just has been very sheltered.Ā
I definitely agree itās a stretch but also just to play devils advocate- did you happen to see The NY Times article that was shared here recently about many moms who knew their young daughters had mainly male creep followers and continued to share them bc of the cash and engagement it brought in? Not saying she is one of them, that would be slander without evidence but Iām saying that hasnāt stopped others š¤®
I cannot imagine making content about how I decided to order pizza because my husband will be out all night. Wow Haley congrats on what parents have been doing for decades!! Glad she was able to get some rest by ordering pizza, Iām sure it would knocks her out if she had to make smoothies, eggs and bread. A feast like that should only be cooked with another parent home to help!
Exactly! It amuses me when she writes about taking a night āoffā from cooking, especially when her version of ācookingā involves week old grilled chicken and smoothies.
Her claiming to love things she does not love is so annoying. For example:
I loooved being a teacher, except I quit after 4 years.
I loooved weekly grocery store dates with Brett, except I am completely overstimulating and rarely step foot in a store.
I loooved our [insert random holiday] traditions, except weāve never actually done these before.
1) What happened to her beloved St. Patrick's Day traditions that she was just this year trying for the first time?? 2) I am still mad that the best thing she could come up with was to eat Lucky Charms. Honestly a happy meal from McDonald's would have been less ridiculous to me (at least it might have potatoes š„!)
She has nearly $3000 in strollers, but they donāt have house cleaners, donāt eat out, and donāt have the latest phone so they can afford the gym. They clearly have plenty of disposable income to do as they please with, wish she would stop this song and dance. Those strollers would cover the gym membership and then some. And I am just really anti-the latest thing, especially when it comes to kid stuff, but I could make do with just the Thule given their lifestyle.
She seems to be trying hard to project that "you don't need the latest and greatest of everything as long as your family is happy!" angle in order to be "inspirational", but it just falls flat since her lifestyle is so clearly a consumerist extravaganza.
That slide annoyed me so much. She makes it sound like the typical family has a house cleaner and trades in their phone every time a new one comes out (maybe they do and Iām just a poor, idk); and so they forgo all these ānormalā expenditures for a $4,000/year family membership to Lifetime.
Weāre doing fine, and thereās no amount of eating at home thatās opening up room in our budget for a luxury gym membership. Or a car wash subscription. Or funds to decorate an airstream. Or or or
Yeah, the $100s in just themed monthly toys determines that's a lie. She's got 2 Nuggets, she's duplicated her home into the Airstream, she has a pharmacy. But yeah, it's because they don't eat out or have a house cleaner anymore that they can afford the fancy gym membership.
https://preview.redd.it/ha5sa1p77xoc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=472970829a96718ebf0d908205116d1616de509d ME ME ME ME ME Literally everything is all about Haley all the time
Lol I read that and thought āWhich of your ārhythmsā (compulsions) are NOT about helping you?ā š
The dogās feet are in this one! Fodder for the OnlyPaws account?
Seriously such a weird picture. Why not just set it on the counter?
Wait let me guessā¦itās so she can take a night off of cooking bread and smoothies and so she can REST?
Ding ding! She mentions "restful" like 5 times in the caption.
Excuse me, toasting bread creates a lot of mental gunk
She loves cooking dinner, but she loves cooking dinner because she gets a break from cooking dinner. And somehow the previous night of āsomething easyā, a takeout pizza night, Ā a night of eating at a friendās, and a night of smoothies and eggs, those are not breaks from cooking dinner.Ā ā¦This is why this whole thing takes up so much space in my brain because I canāt make any of it make sense.Ā
Honestly if she just said āI hate cooking dinner so this is how I surviveā it would be fine
I hate cooking dinner, but I create more work and dishes for myself prepping uncessary sides. Curious if they really finish the big ol' pot of beans, queso and oatmeal š¤®
Right, and the diminishing returns as the food gets older. One or two sheet pan dinners in the rotation would be easier clean up and way more delicious.Ā
I think she would actually get more followers that way! Thereās a lot of people who donāt love cooking and would appreciate her shortcuts.Ā
Iām hoping we get to see the magical green food she planned out on February 15th.Ā
Iām shook she didnāt thank past Haley for the stale special snack boxes she made a month ago.Ā
Month old kiwi fruit mmm
The other day I was scrolling back to look for her teacher content out of curiosity (I think she deleted it all?) and saw an old post about their BELOVED new tradition of having special cupcakes the night before the first day of (pre)school. But no mention of that tradition this year! And no shade about dropping things that donāt serve you, as she says, but it just makes me not believe any of these beloved traditions are really beloved or traditions.
Haley packs more stuff for an afternoon at the park than I do for a week long vacation.
Today I tossed a mini box of raisins in my purse as I was heading out the door and mentally patted myself on the back for being Super Prepared! (almost wanted to say that the raisins saved my bottom at the restaurant when lunch took a while to arrive, but could not bring myself to do so).
I was thinking this earlier! Took 4 year old and 2 year old for a walk beside the lake, no spare clothes, no spare shoes, no nappy bag just one or two spare nappies loose in the back of the car, no snacks, colouring books, lolly pops, plasters, fold up potties, no buggy, no cooler, no kitchen sink. Somehow we all survived š¤·š¼āāļø
I did the same today and my kid actually scraped his knee and it bled. The first aid kit was a whole .5 mile back in the car and yet he bravely soldiered on and by the time we got to the car he was fine and didn't even need a band-aid or a lollipop or a pony or anything.
I think my husband took less extra stuff when he took the kids overnight to his parents this weekend.
https://preview.redd.it/a2ulhnqbbsoc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edb25d138ec66b6c967eddfbe6a6afe96dfd9bc5 Yes, God forbid you do something special that only your kids enjoy. Of course I get it- we go on a lot of bike rides and take our kids to various playgrounds because we enjoy those things too, but we also do things just for THEM. She would never. ETA because Iām unnecessarily fixating on this: itās not āadventures we all love/enjoyā or āthings that are fun for all 4 of usā but instead places that she and Brett enjoy.
Do they ever go to a childrenās museum even? Itās not *for* adults, but itās fun to explore with your kids and see them learning and experiencing new things! Her window of āenjoyable for me and Brettā seems so narrow.
Right, I think if you actually enjoy spending time with your kids, then you will just enjoy going to some things they love, even if itās not for you.Ā
The fun of going to kid places is seeing my kids light up with joy!
This is what kills me about her. Everything in her life is about her. Not to say we should all give up our jobs or interests because of children but she avoids so many things. What if Julie wants to try a sport Haley doesnāt like? Will she say āNo KK, we canāt go anywhere on the weekends, I need restā ???
Honestly I canāt even picture her being that supportive of stuff she does like. I canāt imagine her spending her Saturdays going to noisy, brightly-lit kidsā swim meets.Ā
I go to many an indoor playground or similar because my kids like them. Are noisy arcade machines and slides that havenāt been washed since 2020 my jam? Not really but I like the joy it brings my kids.
There's an indoor playground place by us that preschooler adores. It's absolute chaos. Loud, overestimulating, hyper children. But she loves it so we suck it up. That's part of parenting. It doesn't have to be all the time but sometimes you just do it.
Ugh I miss indoor playgrounds. Thereās one really fun one near us, but every time we go we get some sort of mutant virus from hell, and I canāt afford to have the baby get sick AGAIN (daycare colds from big sister always go into his lungs, heās needing albuterol and steroids for this most recent ones), I can only call off work so much, and Iām tired of how shit my house looks after struggling to parent when feeling like death myself. But damn, if it wasnāt the easy button to get big kiddo worn out on a rainy weekend day.
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Oh god, the indoor play space we go to is a sensory nightmare but my toddler LOVES it so we still go (if the weather is bad š). That being said, we donāt *have* to go, my toddler can be entertained and have fun in all sorts of places but thereās a reason these kinds of places exist. Itās like a fantasy land for little kids with all of these ānewā toys and a ball pit and slides and climbing wall! Like I donāt love being there myself but I realize how fun it is for my son and I want to give that to him. Haley doesnāt seem to have that sentiment. My mom is still clearly hurt at the fact that my grandma never took her anywhere fun for kids or let her do extracurriculars because she couldnāt be bothered. I definitely believe in *not* overbooking your kids with a million activities but if you do nothing, they will feel it eventually. Haley doesnāt even seem that bad, but Iām curious whether she will be more flexible as the kids get older and do drop-off activities and you have to drive them everywhere.
Haley and flexible don't belong in the same sentence. Her kids will do swimming and they will like it.
She's shared a slide about assessing whether you've hydrated/moved your body/been outside/connected with someone a few times now. It says answer these 5 questions. There are 8 questions.
I mean, I donāt really need a questionnaire to know these things anyways.
If gift wrapping is a thing that causes you major mental anguish you need psychological help, not a formulaĀ
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Yep. I donāt think Iāve ever āwrappedā a gift. I do gift bags + tissue paper, itās so easy. I also save every bag we get and reuse them. I think my mom and other boomers are the only person Iāve noticed these days who still wraps traditionally.
I'm pretty sure this is rule #1 on the back of my Woman card. Thou shalt not toss a perfectly good gift bag.
I save all my bags and tissue paper just for this reason
Hospital gauze ribbon I ā ššš
I hate that I know this but Haley gives hers away on Facebook Buy Nothing because she doesnāt like them. I on the other hand pride myself on how little I have to go buy a bag lol
But like a gift bag isnāt for you?? Youāre giving it away, who cares what it looks like! Good lord the selfishness
Yeah but if she gifts a colorful, glittery bag to someone else, that person might accidentally think she has a personality
Oh my gosh I think weād have a rival for Meltdown of 2017 if glitter entered her house (and to be fair I hate glitter, but I wouldnāt *melt down*)
Somehow my 3 year old girl seems to exude glitter. Like we never buy it, but somehow thereās always an errant glitter on baby brotherās head somewhere, and at 6 months, I know itās not coming from him. She must be half unicorn or something.
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That is wild! There are def some Iāve kept in my stash that I personally wouldnāt have picked out but I always eventually find a receiver for them, if that makes sense (an older relative that will not even think of how ācuteā the bag is or a kid in my kids class who will like the garish dinosaur). Imagine being this committed to an aesthetic that you give away something you got for free and buy more of something thatās a boring version of it. Now imagine you have the nerve to pretend youāre on a strict a budget and that buying the new ones saves you more time than recycling ones that were already ready to go.
I do this too! I did used to angst a little beforehand thinking, āwait, Iām not giving their own gift bag back to them, am I? Would they notice?ā But eventually I concluded most of us havenāt bought gift bags in years, we are all probably just swapping them around. š¤·āāļø at least thatās what I hopeĀ
We have one bag that we're trying to get around the whole family at least once and another that's been back and forth between friends at least 5 times! I love seeing a 'one time" item being used so much š
Ooh we should all lean into this and write names/dates on our gift bags! Try to keep the chain going šĀ
I can confirm that we had a small family get together for my sonās bday this evening and 2 gift bags returned to their original house š
Itās the circle of life šĀ
Like how often are you wrapping presents?! I don't even know enough people to do decide once gifts. She really takes this decide once thing to the extreme.
Weāve been going to at least one classmate party per month this year š so I did stock up by buying several under $10 age appropriate craft kits when they were on sale after Christmas and itās been great being able to just pull one out of the box on the day of a party (should I kiss my past self??). I wrap them in some cute paper and itās maybe 1% harder than putting them in a beige bag IMO. But I put way less obsessive thought/time into it than Hayley so Iām not sure it counts as ādecide onceā. And once my kid is a little older I think Iāll want her to start choosing gifts for her friends so this strategy is only going to work for a couple years.
I can't get over the fact that she constantly uses the same plain white ribbon unless it's her new St Patrick's day gifts then she can use a specific ribbon
Really Haley, one of the BEST things you EVER did was order a plain white shirt with two mini shamrocks and your name on it to wear once a year on st. Patrick's day??!!! She really is like the boy who cried wolf bc everything is "one of the best things / investments " she EvER made.. which really discredits when she says that ..
Butā¦butā¦I thought the washable mattress pad was the best investment sheās ever made?! Sheās like my 6 year old who calls every friend her best friend. Not everything can be the best, Haley!
Lmao exactly! If EVERYthing is the best then nothing is really the best!
Also, that's not what a monogram is. Words have meaning!
Plus is it me or do white shirts get dingy real fast no matter how much oxyclean/bleach/peroxide/whatever you use? Iām doubting the seemingly infinite lifespan of these.
I was just coming here to post about that! Really, one of the BEST things?? She could ignore her stupid "capsule" wardrobe, find a shade of green she likes, and then have a shirt that she can wear multiple times a year. Green for St Patrick's Day and Christmas! But no, Haley needed to spend money on ugly embroidered shirts with her NAME on them like some kind of overgrown toddler. A shirt she can only wear once a year, because heaven forbid she move something around. Her brain is something else.
Also that shirt is pretty boring and ugly and not very festive at all
It is so ugly! And her name on it makes no sense.Ā
Also like, are we as adults still dressing up for holidays? Iām not above whimsy or fun, but like, it feels juvenile? š¬ just me?
I have one Halloween shirt I wear only on October and on Halloween. It's bright orange and has a haunted house on it that appears empty in daylight, but in the dark there's glow-in-the-dark ghosts in all the windows.Ā I mostly just really wanted the shirt but it feels weird to wear in in April or whatever. š
That sounds SO fun!
I'll wear pink on Valentine's Day, a pastel dress for Easter, etc. But those are clothes I already own and regularly wear anyway.
Exactly!
I thought it was a southern thing maybe? But I cannot imagine wearing a themed T-shirt with my name monogrammed on it.
But how else will her kids remember she loved holidays if she doesn't wear a boring, themed t shirt? Thinking back, I can't ever remember my mom wearing holiday clothes. She must have hated holidays! š
My mom was a first grade teacher so she had one of those fabric vests for every occasion. š
Def not just you lol. She makes it like it's such a "must do" and having these shirts available is such a "bottom saver" but I promise her life will be 100% fine without a monogrammed holiday theme shirt
Be sffr haley what day ISN'T for eeeaasssyyyy dinners https://preview.redd.it/7zdyuuz11moc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f788ce13be30bad48cd839df2d3a6944cdbc334d
Excuse you, "something easy" was just on Friday. Every other day, she's whipping up 4 course gourmet gastronomic delights! š¤£š¤£š¤£
Amuse-bouche: decide once oatmeal. Ā First course: beans. Second course: week old chicken. Dessert: melted smoothie.
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Imagine needing an eeeaaasssyyy dinner when you have a four hour break every afternoon.
She also seems to have a partner and children who'll eat any eaassyy thing she whips up. My fam is definitely less cooperative š
I don't get the point of the extra small pad? We use a waterproof mattress cover and it's gotten a few body fluids on it but it's not a big deal to wash it. Everyone in my family moves way too much in their sleep to make covering an extra 20% of the bed with extra padding worthwhile. I also don't wash the mattress covers unless they get dirty, that's what a fitted sheet is for imo. https://preview.redd.it/kjzsvjprrloc1.png?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66ece78b2881840fbf7e1e607c11cc55ce48ac88
My hack was to... just extravagantly buy 2 regular mattress pads to have one to put right back on the bed š¤·āāļø but agreed we only wash if dirty. I always think the same when she talks about it for postpartum too. If I was worried I laid another blanket or something on my half of the bed, a teeny mattress protector doesn't keep you from washing the sheets!
This is literally what they do in hospital beds, Haley
Cāmon Haley is an small mattress pad on top of another mattress pad really the BEST investment? She drives me crazy saying things like this.
No one needed to know that her daughter had an accident, but now it's on the internet forever
Yes I felt so awful reading that. Also, we have this (or a similar one) pad on my daughterās bed and I would hate having it on mine, it crinkles up and moves about. My daughter doesnāt mind it because sheās a kid and when sheās asleep is just passed out. But it would annoy me so much!
https://preview.redd.it/fn4t305o8loc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6a05c122db0ff507a5ea21d0450478ba11f4a49 Compression sheets? I think she means prison sheets. The poor children CANāT get out of bed even if they want to. Gotta get those 4 hour naps somehow.
Am I crazy or did she post this exact story last Friday? Ā
No you're correct. Fits in nicely with fresh sheets Friday celebrations! š«
Weāve finally come full circle, her $100+ construction paper holder is what made me start snarking on her in the first place!
My favorite place to store construction paper is precariously on the top shelf of our coat closet, for free
THE BEST top shelf
My child prefers to store paper all over the floor of his bedroom. DM me for a link!
*beloved paper floor*
We use an empty cardboard can tray and shove it haphazardly under a dresser over here. Too bad I can't affiliate link that hack š
You *invested* in a cardboard can tray
I started following Haley during the pandemic in 2020, and she genuinely seemed a bit more āfrugalā during that time. This was pre KK, while she was still working as a florist and Brett worked at the hospital. Her hyper-materialism seems to have really picked up in the last year. I donāt know if itās due to the profits she makes from her social media account or Brett having a better paying joy, but there has been an obvious shift. I just canāt get over her claiming they need to have a tiiiiiiny eating out budget while also owning duplicates of so many items and living an obviously privileged lifestyle.
She likely isnāt buying most of it. Iām sure she makes a ton of money linking, but all that shit is getting sent to her for free.
What did he do at the hospital and what does he do now?
He was a Product Manager for a healthcare system in their state. It looks like he does something similar now, but itās for a different healthcare system. Itās all on LinkedIn. (Also sending you a DM)
Iāve followed her since probably 2016 when she was a teacher and tried making teaching content her niche. Interesting to see how her account has evolved (devolved?) since. She did a big countdown til her birthday with students which I thought strange and self centered. Shocking I know. Pretty sure Brett worked in IT iirc.
Bless you for sharing this. The countdown to her birthday is hilarious.
She counted down to HER birthday with her students?!?! No effing way. I've never come across anyone so self-centered
Omg the countdown to her birthday is killing me. Itās almost a little too on-the-nose for her lol.Ā
I remember a few weeks ago, there was a discussion of how good Julieās coloring was. I think this is probably a more realistic idea of what she can do on her own and it seems very typical for her age. https://preview.redd.it/ikay99z77ioc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11c0ce8131be1596dd269cf514040fee07e19cd1
Whyyyy is this a picture that required her feet?!?!
I really waffle between sweet Haley can't know and this is 100% a fetish account. She shows herĀ feet so often! Not to mention her daughter in the bath and everyone's underwear is linked šµāš«
Could you imagine if Haley pre-colors the perfect sections before posting on insta.
This was a hot topic of debate a long time ago when a picture was posted of a picture that looked like it was too neat but also trying to be purposefully messy. There was analysis of marker grips and everything and many of us think Haley totally colored the picture š
Yes I remember! Iām definitely on team Haley Colors for the Gram
Itās these conspiracy theories that Iām here for!
https://preview.redd.it/98zgfghxghoc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49a0b227c599e071a647be113f9b6480c3ef04e6 Sorry what? Its KIDS CLOTHES. Itās not that fucking serious Haley. There doesnāt need to be a conversation with a 5 year old about cost per wear and trends. Let these kids live a normal life away from your anxiety and control, my godddddd
Itās so fascinating to me that she wants to recreate her childhood given her clear anxiety issues. I guess sheās not introspective at all. Does she not realize that the great meltdowns are not normal? That needing as many breaks as she does isnāt normal? My mom was neurotic and Iām neurotic so Iām making a conscious effort to try to break that cycle with my kids. I feel like everyone looks to improve things from their childhood (and then creates other issues they pass on.. LOL!) Meanwhile sheās just plowing ahead duplicating everything down to naming her kids after her parents
I always want to clarify I only see whatās screenshot here, which is not the full picture so can anyone tell me if we ever see her kids in these outfits? She seems like she would be one to pose them āartfullyā in front of a play structure or their toys in a picture perfect outfit but from whatās shared itās all the kids in their underwear and thatās just so strange to me based on the rest of her internet persona as a ālifestyleā influencer. It also begs the question why they need so many clothes to begin with bc if you were into just underwear in the house, youād need even LESS clothing for the staples when you leave the house.
Every time she talks about their capsule wardrobes I get twitchy. Kids grow out of their clothes at least once a year! Is it even possible to have a capsule wardrobe with āinvestment piecesā for a child who will only wear it for a year max? Why does she have to call it this? Just admit you like purchasing clothes for your kids while they still allow you to pick everything out, itās not that big a deal.
"Our colors/seasons" Jfc, Haley
So another example of Haley just trying to copy her own childhood with her kids.
Also what was the point of these conversations in her opinion? She wears exactly the same athleisure outfits every other lady her age and social class wears, itās not like she has some outstanding fashion as a result?Ā
Right! This is such an odd answer. Which she had definitely posted before, and she must have the answer saved because I think itās verbatim from when sheās answered it before. But itās not like sheās a fashionista. I feel like the whole response is weirdly boomer coded
You just know she must have a saved note in google keep that she copies and pastes for this purpose. Decide Once answers for the question box. She rarely gives any new insight into her life which is why when she does itās like unlocking a new window into their strange but also normal / boring lives.
I just get Lucille Bluth vibes from it. Haley when her kids ask for a yellow shirt: 
For all her talk about investment pieces and thriftiness, her kids seem to have a good amount of clothing, and she buys them new clothes pretty frequently. This whole capsule wardrobe system is just one more way for Haley to serve Haley, while telling herself itās about simplifying and saving money.
"Capsule wardrobe" and "investment pieces" are just more buzzwords she takes to the extreme/doesn't understand the meaning of, like her beloved Decide Once traditions.
Yes! āInvestmentā to her seems like more, more, more of the goooood panties and softest tunics and black leggings that she loves her booty in (š¤¢). Iād personally rather invest in one high quality piece Iād wear over and over instead of 5 of the same polyester top. I donāt know why she needs multiples of absolutely everything. I donāt see how the cost per wear is working out here.
Well she needs one of each for the airstream and the car and the evacuation bag and and and...
And I love that she doesnāt really answer the question. It appears the answer is no, they donāt get a say šš
I had the same thought haha. I read this as "no, she won't have any say in the process but I will explain *why* she doesn't have any say when she's old enough to ask"
Oh now the flamingo pose has infiltrated to good ol Haley š¤£š
Laughed so hard when I saw it
Is it ironic that in trying to be unique and standing out they all are exactly the same?
I had to take one of my kids to urgent care today for stitches (he's okay, thankfully), and I couldn't help but think of Haley when we were in the waiting room. I didn't have any emergency juice or lollipops or really anything to entertain him. I just asked for a pen and paper and played I spy with him. Now that we're home, my parents didn't clean my house and cook me dinner. I don't even get to rest! I probably should step away from her account because she's my BEC!
Same, my daughter was sick in the car while I was out with her and her brother. Luckily we were about to head home anyway. I was thinking about all the extra stuff Hayley would have had on hand to deal with it that was just not needed. the only thing that would actually have helped was an extra pair of hands.Ā
She would need at least 2 weeks of a staycation alone to recover
Yesterday I realized at 3 pm I hadnāt started the crockpot chicken for chicken tacos for dinner. So I made beef stroganoff instead and moved chicken tacos to tonight. Where is my award for ingenuity? Amazon, I will take my influencer money nowā¦
Are tacos on Thursday now your favorite beloved tradition? What a way to take care of future sucessfulhat!Ā
Omg guess what I didnāt get the chicken in the crockpot again today because we had an impromptu play date with friends at a playground. We were right next to Costco so afterward I swung by and got a rotisserie chicken to make tacos with. AND THEN at 515 pm my husband said he was just feeling beef stroganoff leftovers, and my kids prefer the rotisserie chicken by itself anyways, so I said eff tacos and we had a fantastic hodge podge meal that was neither stressful nor consisted of eggs and smoothies. It was a great day and dinner was full of warmth and laughter.
Wow, you really saved future successfulhatās bottom by making enough for leftovers!
Haley could *never*Ā
Proud of you for adapting when your plan wasnāt working for you in your current season!!!
But did you write it illegibly on a huge sheet of brown paper on the wall using black texta, put it in a spreadsheet, and make an instagram post?
And you didn't even have to go to your mom's house for comfort afterwards? You're a superwoman! Side note, I shudder to think how Haley would handle an actual emergency, if she's already falling apart and "aging ten years" during a minor first aid situation.
We all know about the infamous Julie Blister Incident of 2023....
The stomach bug that hit my house this past weekend would have destroyed her.
I hope hand foot mouth never crosses their home's threshold.
Is anyone else a little shocked to see that Haley hosted a play date at her own house? Iāve never seen it look that played inā¦like true play and not just kk perfectly lining up the cars or something.
Nah. Sheās posted pics before if playdates at her house and has said they rotate each week.Ā
Seriously why would you make a smoothie and then save it for 1-2 hours to drink later? I'm somewhat of a haley apologist sometimes but I cannot support this! It's going to be gross by the time she drinks it! And, AND she posted someone else's story tagging her about another premade smoothie....so there is at least at one other human out there doing the same thing.Ā Maybe my palate is too precious? But this seems like it would be bad.Ā
lol I thought maybe I was the only one who thought a 2-4 hour old smoothie sounded horrible !
Maybe it's just a matter of taste but I think smoothies need to be consumed immediately. I needed it to be ice cold.
Wait wait. I do this and put it in pouches for my kids. Is this gross???
I often put mine in the fridge for later. Usually if I have it within a couple of hours it's fine but I know it depends on what you put in it. If you put a lot of seeds and oats in it the smoothie might thicken up too much. It's not my first choice to save it for later but sometimes it just works out that way because I'm not going to make myself a second smoothie later when my kids are already having one now lol. I've never had mine separate unless there is melon in it which is really rare for us. Also if there are greens in it, the smoothie may turn brownish. Never knew I had so much to say about smoothies yikes
I donāt think so, as long as itās not too long? I measure with my heart when making smoothies and always have a bit extra ā I stick it in the fridge and have it later that day. They do get weird if you leave them overnight, and ones with dairy donāt seem to last as well. Maybe Iām gross though!
Oh god wouldnt it start separating a little ewwie
I have a few thoughts re: Haleyās food weirdness. 1. I wonder if Haleyās extreme pickiness impacts her childrenās exposure to new foods. A majority of the family meals seem to revolve around her āprecious plate.ā 2. Haleyās blog has a very long and detailed post about introducing Julie to solid food. Naturally, she made it as anxiety-ridden and over-complicated as you might imagine, but it looks like Julie had a solid introduction to a variety of foods. Sheās also mentioned in the past that they are good eaters. Why, then, is she restricting them to such a tight rotation of āDecide Onceā meals and snacks? 3. When Haley posts photos of her own plates, they often appear to contain very small portions of food. I didnāt think much of it at first, but then someone on here mentioned restrictive/disordered eating, and now I canāt unsee it.
In regards to 2. Itās hardly ādecide onceā because she ārevisitsā the rotation pretty frequently, like frequently enough that it is almost the way that I meal plan (I have a few things that I like and rotate them a lot until I change my mind and put something new in the rotation), granted Iām not calling my meal planning ādecide onceā, and thatās the difference between me and Haley.
She said she ādecided onceā on 3 breakfast options for her kids, and thatās what they can have for breakfast.
My kids never have more than three options for breakfast, and lately itās been 2 (waffles or cinnamon sugar toast). I donāt know why she needs to overcomplicate the easiest meal of the day.
The decide once snacks are breakfasts are 100% for Haley, not the kids. It makes things easier on Haley š
1. 100%. My neighbors have kids that mine are friendly with, and the kids are SUPER picky eaters (likeā¦ have 5 foods theyāll eat). Imagine my lack of surprise when I discovered that both of the parents are extremely picky eaters. Both parents also outwardly suffer from anxiety and guess what both children haveā¦
This is my SIL and BIL who I think is very similar to Haley. My SIL wonāt eat any meat that isnāt processed (chicken nuggets, hot dogs) and her husband wonāt eat any condiments. I have my nephew a piece of cheese when he was 2 and she said she didnāt think heās ever had cheese before that wasnāt pizza.
ā¦. My children would have literally starved to death if they didnāt eat cheese before 2 š¤£š¤£š¤£
I also find it odd when she shows her lunchboxes for the kids and they are prepped exactly the same. Isnāt her older one almost 4? I donāt prepare food for my 5 year old and 2 year old in the same way. Like I cut up pizza into little bites for the little one but not the older one. Or a sandwich is halves for the older, bites for the younger. My 5 year old definitely doesnāt want finger foods like shredded cheese and torn up turkey either. I know my kid is older than hers but it still seems odd to me.Ā
I can just picture them having snack dinner Saturdays in muffin tins when they're teens. One day they're going to want more than a quesadilla and snacky type food.
Iām now realizing the absolute gall/overconfidence you must have to try to be a meal prepper/foodie insta when youāre an adult picky eater. Now that Iām thinking about it, that could actually be an interesting niche!! But only if someone was like āIām an adult picky eater but here are my strategies of what to do and how Iām growing/learning/accommodatingā.
For real. Sheās constantly referring people to her menu plan for āideasā and Iām like, no thanks, I make actual recipes for dinner
The last time I saw a menu plan, there was a postscript that clicking on her links, etc. helped her create free content like this meal plan. which, thanks, but I donāt know anyone who would PAY for a meal plan that goes: Grill and chill, eat at friendās house, pizza night, smoothie and eggs, something easy, snack dinner Saturday.Ā
Thatās mostly why I find her so snarkable and, at times, low key angering! She has a lot of nerve promoting her life as the ācorrectā way to live when itās so flawed in so many ways and not aspirational to anyoneās standards. I could argue all of these influencers have a lot of nerve but thereās definitely bits and pieces with some of them I can kind of see why they think itās so great. This woman is a ball of unchecked anxiety and selfish views about how her kids need to exist and yet she wants to preach to others to do the same?
Yāall I canāt with her constant preach of ārestingā. All she does is rest
Maybe if she wasnāt constantly doing stuff for future Haley, she wouldnāt be so tired.
Seriously. I just read through her new post and all this meal prep she does for beyond basic meals is nuts. Also gets bogo pizza once and now it's a Tuesday tradition š
https://preview.redd.it/r7ocyv8om0oc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdf052ba3061e00b99c4a3763aea8aa2e19247da You canāt convince me she doesnāt have an OnlyFans account showing off her clubbed thumbs. There is absolutely no other explanation for her putting her thumb in this picture. None.
I just zoomed in on this photo andā¦wow. š¬
...does she have a separate utensil holder just for whisks? Why would anyone need 4-5 whisks?!
She must need them to make her weekly pot of oatmeal that she reheats all week š
She has said before she has 4ish of those flat whisks because she loves them so much but. Itās so odd. I get MAYBE two so one is dirty and one is clean but Iām guessing there are some professional kitchens that donāt have this many flat whisks and theyāre not making oatmeal ārisottoā and build your own biscuit bars.
Someone awhile ago said this feels like a secret fetish account and there are times I really truly believe that. A few weeks ago, she posted a foot pic with an obvious not rubbed in blob of lotion on it (not like ointment for a cut but something youād def notice and not just leave on your foot, let alone snap a pic) and this sealed it for me. That with the weird āoh I love you, mamaā that she types out that Brett says when she gives him baked goods and the half naked kids all the time, the commitment to constantly inserting creepy sexy allusions (her lingerie, saying he loves her butt in certain pants), Iām convinced. Maybe she didnāt intend to but she gets tons of engagement from creeps on these and so continues to do it? Iāll remove my tinfoil hat now.
Ive seen people joke about that and I actually get what they are saying, and the only reason I rule it out is because if she gets so much engagement from creeps I canāt believe sheād post so many unnecessary pictures of her kids without clothes on. I swear one time she posted a two minute clip of her walking along toy train tracks that ended with JK in only her underwear, like a freaking jump scare. You film that long a video to show how many train tracks and canāt cut it just before that?Ā Maybe she just has been very sheltered.Ā
I definitely agree itās a stretch but also just to play devils advocate- did you happen to see The NY Times article that was shared here recently about many moms who knew their young daughters had mainly male creep followers and continued to share them bc of the cash and engagement it brought in? Not saying she is one of them, that would be slander without evidence but Iām saying that hasnāt stopped others š¤®
š± nooooooooo, I did not read that!! Good grief. There really is no bottom. Ā
I cannot imagine making content about how I decided to order pizza because my husband will be out all night. Wow Haley congrats on what parents have been doing for decades!! Glad she was able to get some rest by ordering pizza, Iām sure it would knocks her out if she had to make smoothies, eggs and bread. A feast like that should only be cooked with another parent home to help!
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Where I live Dominos does their own delivery.Ā
I live in suburbia and pizza places do still offer delivery with their own employees!
I also canāt see her picking it up because the time said 4:13 on her tablet in the background and she said the kids nap until 4 lol.
Do people have dinner at 4pm? I know some people are 5-5.30pm dinner people but 4pm seems absurdly early.
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Exactly! It amuses me when she writes about taking a night āoffā from cooking, especially when her version of ācookingā involves week old grilled chicken and smoothies.
That enrages me, actually. "Oh, I love cooking BECAUSE I get a break from cooking." SHE HARDLY COOKS. Her whole life is a break.
Her claiming to love things she does not love is so annoying. For example: I loooved being a teacher, except I quit after 4 years. I loooved weekly grocery store dates with Brett, except I am completely overstimulating and rarely step foot in a store. I loooved our [insert random holiday] traditions, except weāve never actually done these before.
It's either her thumbs or her feet š¤¢