Turns Out Being the Fun Mom Isn’t for Me

Okay, I think that's a little dusty. - It's a little, it's been a minute. - It's been a minute. - Oh, I got it. - I don't need to see myself so clearly. - Yeah, I'm saying. - I feel like all I see is the - Your eyes are edited out. - Okay, from me. - Yeah, it looks like - Right here are your eyes. - Okay. - These are your eyes right here. - Like a ninja mask. - Yeah, that's what it looks exactly. - That's what I'm like, this is not. - Not it. - This is not it. We're gonna. - And this is all recording. So this is great. - Listen, it's been a minute, okay? I haven't been in here. - I'm trying to make this easier on myself. So I have Nikki and the date of my. - Oh my god, you're so organized. - I love it. - It's a facade. - Hey, I like it though. - I like it to make it. - To protect it. - Exactly. I like to make everyone think everyone's. - Does she have her shit together? - I really think I have my shit together. - So I also have to remind myself that I have to remind myself of conversations you and I have had. - Like, don't remind myself that you don't have your shit together. - I know, it's all very much a fuzzash. - No, because literally when I think of you, I think of like so put together. - Really? - And then I have these conversations, podcasts that like I think back and I'm like, no, she's just like me. - She's just a shell. Everything, my ducks are not in a row. - But you should be pretty proud. Like, that's impressive. - I really appreciate that that's your vision. - I really. I love that that's how it. I want you to keep thinking that. - Don't sign you bitches. Just sign you bitches because I don't. And even my kids don't think that. - So, I'm actually worse off than all of you. - I'm a big failure. - Okay. - But my nails were done. - Maybe that's what it is. - Maybe you just look up what's he do. - You know what it is? - I try to fake it till I make it. - Yeah, I gave up. That was the problem. That was like fucking. - No, let's get there though. - I'm on that path. - This is a great way to start by. - It really is. - I like it. - It's so funny and so true. - Yeah, girls say. - Girl, messes. - I'm hot messes to be exact. - For real. - Man, I am misdoing this podcast so much. - Yeah. - I know. I'm excited. - I'm so excited about it. I've got some good stuff for us tonight. - I'm excited. - So, when I was going through and like, trying to play it out and pick certain things and stuff, the things that are fitting for you versus like, or versus like, Maggie. - It's so funny. - So, just know, like, they're all, like I made like piles and then. - I'm really gonna judge this pile right now. - You really should. So that's, I gotta work with telling you that. - I'm not actually that. - So, I take it back. That's not what I did. - I'm scared. - They're all random. - Got it. - Got it. - But I will say, I don't know what's in this one. - I didn't see beforehand. I just already pre-approved them if that makes sense. - Quick recovery. - You know, well, they're all yours. But I just, I don't know which one of yours is what I'm saying. - Got it. - Yeah. - Unless you don't like it, then it probably was an accident. I didn't mean to do that. I own it. So, you know, I'm here for it. - You know, I like five star reviews wherever I go. So I just had to make sure. I like it. I'm ready. - Okay. - And then we'll see how much we get through. So I really want to try and cap it at like 25 to 30 at the most. - Okay. - Just for my own sanity because I'm doing it every week. - Yeah. - And I'm just so nervous. - No, I get it. - Like I have no confidence I can take this on again. - Just come here. - I'm just doing it. - I get jibber jabberin. - Just say, "I'm the problem." - Good staff. - That's a problem. - Us together. - Yes, the problem. - We are, bro. - Who's going to watch us? - I don't know. I will watch myself. - You don't even need one of those clocks. Like a countdown timer. - Yes. - So we can know. - Yes. - Here's the thing that I have a teacher. I'm a teacher. - And I have those clocks. - That's nothing. - Where he goes negative. - He's going to make it. - Yep. - Still one more minute, guys. - But think what those clocks is. It just notifies you. - It doesn't actually make you stop me. - Because I can ignore it. - I can ignore any alarm. - That really is true though. Like I don't think it would matter. I think we would just be aware the time was up. - Yeah, exactly. Like, oh, okay. Anyway. - What do we do with that information is up to us. - It would be great. - Yes. Yes. It would be a waste. - Maybe we get coon. We have a alarm and he comes in and shows us. - Let's snuck at the door. - And then you and I would be like this. Anyway. So don't do that. - Even though we asked him. - Go ahead. - I'm here. - I'm going. - Go away. - I love it. - So yeah. So a couple of them we have is we have Smash or Pass. - Okay. - I'm so excited for that one. - I'm ready. - I think you're a Michael Ariel. - And then first to worst. - Okay. - And so that one we're going to, there's like five random things. And we're going to put them in our least or most favorite to least favorite or one of them. - Okay. - And then depending on time, I just added a couple of these like little conversation starters. - Okay. - So we can see. - I like it. - All right. I could have left that so it'd be easier. - You have it together. - Listen. - It's fine. I could have, I could have seen you out. - I'll play that. - I'll play that. - Okay. - And that checks out. - Yes. - It's all following you online here. - I feel like I'm just right back to where we started. - You know what I mean? - You're so organized. - Just shoving it into one pile. Just like when I clean it, just shove it into the closet. - Exactly. - Clean. - Exactly in it. - And you're going to tell yourself whatever you want to tell yourself. Because do you see a mess anymore? - You don't. - You don't see it. - Just don't open that door. - Exactly. - But we have to open that. - Yeah. - We have to get that. - Yeah. - Exactly. - And the kids forget. - Exactly. - It's like the Monica's closet. - Yes. - Literally. - This is my walking closet. It's a mess. - And that fits for you because you are very clean. - Very. - Yes. - Not a closet. - No. - You want your closet? - What? - Yours like your master's closet. - Yeah. - And you said closet. - Cause it. - Cause it. - Or not together. I like try to do it. And then each day it just goes downhill fast. And drawers. Oh, I just shoved my clothes in the drawers. - Well, you know, the thing is, you do it. And then it's, you know, like the, what is it? Like the put it away, don't put it down, put it down concept. - Yes. - I mean, I get it. - Yeah. - Yeah. - I understand the philosophy. - Yes. - It's there. - Yeah. - I just don't want it on my counter. - And that's the thing. - And I don't always have the effort or time. You know, but I need to pretend it's gone. - Yes. - So you can just. - I also just throw in the trash. - I love throwing things in the trash. - I just, all the time. Kids aren't looking. It's gone. - Oh, wait. - Another like what happened? - It broke. - Okay. - All the files had us. - So you got baseball cards? - Yeah. - Oh my God. - And I was like, listen. - I'm low. Why do you need it? - Because you don't. That's the thing. - That's what you don't. - Exactly. - And so we got the stack of baseball cards. And he's like, I was like, don't buy it. I remember the last stack. - They're all on the trash. - Gone. - I threw them all away. - You were just trying to tell them to do it. - You didn't even know. - Yeah. You didn't know. - I'm gonna tell you, it's gonna happen again. - You know, I'm gonna do those fucking cards. - All of them. - All of them. - All of them. - All of them. - Gone. - Every time I see one on the floor. - Gone. - Table. - Yep. - I don't care where I see it. If it's not put away in its box in its room. - Yeah. - It's gone. - Yeah. And I was really dissatisfied when I hear the vacuum suck shit up. - Like, oh. - It turned less. - It turned less. - So good. - It was. - What was that? - A logo. - There it goes. - A bead. - Yep. - Gone. - Gone. - Gnarsely it again. - And when you don't know what it is, it's the best. - Because there's no guilt attached to that. - No. - Because I have. - Gone. It was garbage. - It was garbage. - It was over-simulating me in the vacuum nu. - The vacuum said, buy. - The vacuum knows. And I trust that. - It just won't vacuum up a baseball card. - It won't. - It doesn't. - And there's actually a lot of things that won't vacuum up. - And I know that. - Yeah. - To be true. - Action figures. - Yeah. - Damn. - I know. - So many LEGOs though. - And Jeremy got a 3D printer. - Oh, okay. - Which is cool. - Yeah. - But there's so many more toys now. - Oh no. - Everywhere. - Oh, I'm sure. - Everywhere. - I'm sure. - Yeah. - What does he make? - He's like a spider-hoffigit. - Just 'cause. - No, see, I just-- - That's going to be actually a problem. - So many action figures. - Yeah. - So many. - Are they large? Are they small? - They're like, you know, like good size. - All gets loves them. - I'm sure he loves them. - And it's great. - He loves them. - Miles left his baseball cards. - But the dog loves them too. - And then does that make you happy when the dog's too much? - A little bit. - 'Cause then-- - A little bit. - And I'm like, you left it on the floor. - I-- - So kind of, F around and find out. - I'm not gonna lie, Niki. There's been a lot of things that the dog's chewed up. And I'm like, oh, darn. - Oh, no. - No! - Can't keep it, - Sorry. - Missing it all, sorry. - Look at his head, can't keep that. - It's gone. Abby's been really attached to a ping-pong ball. (laughing) - The dog got it. It was like, finally. - Yeah. - It's gone. I said, Abby, I'm sorry. You can't even bounce it anymore. - Yeah, you were so sorry. - Devastated, but. - What's gone now? - It's gone. - Oh my gosh. - It's so funny. - I said, "Oh, I'm gonna get it out of the way. He's gonna choke." - See, well yeah, I gotta watch out for the dog. - Yeah, I gotta protect him. I gotta get about it. - See, when they're big enough, they can chew on it and that's a great thing. - Mm-hmm. - But they get small and they got them on the garbage. 'Cause then it's dangerous. - It's very dangerous. - It's very dangerous and it's fine. - It's fine, I'm sorry. - Finn has a thousand little things. Like he's just a thousand little items. He loves just little items. And every time one gets chewed up, which is often, 'cause the kid doesn't put anything away. - Often. - Oh my gosh. - That's so satisfying. - It's just like the favors. - I hate the favors. - Like the little plastic favorite toys. - I loathed them. - Oh yeah, those are straight to the trash. - I cannot wait till I just fall behind Abby and I'm like, "Oh my God, I went." I don't know where and the dog gets it. I'm like, "It was fair game." - Like Valentine's Day? - Oh, listen. The dog got into the bag. We came home. - Daddy got it. - Candy's gone. Oh, it was. - The candy? - All of it. Gone. - No. - Yeah. Toys, lolly pops. - They're so stiff. - Fun, they're so happy. - Where you so happy with the dog. - I mean, I wasn't happy about the fun dip all over the floor, but it was not fun. But I was not sad about the toys. - You know, they can't like these whistles. And I think that is the meanest thing you can do. - Really? - Do you hate other parents? - Yeah. - Why would you do that? - What do you think that's good? Do you think any child got that whistle and wassling? It's like, "Hey, mom, I'm gonna go outside and whistle for a bit." - Yeah. - You know what that is. - First of all, you know it's not gonna be outside. - Exactly. - It's gonna be in the car when they're riding home. - Yes. And it's not like they're like, "Let me play a little song." - No. - No. - I'm not jealous of it. - It's hard as I can. I'm a boy. - So stiff, blood vessel. (laughing) - Like they're playing the clarinet. But it's an opportune and it's loud. - So loud. - And like, isn't that loud to you? - Yeah. - The one blowing it? - Yeah. - Do you hate that? What are you doing? - I don't want to. - Why? - Why are you doing it? You're closer to it. So why? Why do you like that? - From this to your ear. - I'm on the other side of the house and I'm cringing. - Yeah, exactly. - What are you doing? - Why? - It's my eyes twitching. I'm over it. - Can not wait to leave it on the counter. (laughing) - 'Cause it'll be gone. - The second it leaves your game. - It's okay. - The second it leaves your fingers. - I'm watching. - I am so watching. In the minute I see it on that coffee table. - I don't know where it went. - What about those little things in the trash? - I think they're slime. - Oh. - You know I'm listening. - It's not a slime. - It's slime's not a lot of the house. - I hate it. And Abby can't be trusted with slime. 'Cause she likes to push it into cracks of things. (laughing) To see if it fills. It does fill. - It does. - Usually does check out. - I hate it. - I load slime. - I hate slime. - I play dough, love it. Can I stand? Love it. - Yep. - Slime? - No. - No. - It's not allowed in this house. - No. - You can't slime incidences. - No. - But it's no longer allowed. - Hey. - Abby got it in her hair. - Yeah, to cut her hair. No, just to keep. Eventually it hardens. It does start to harden. - It does. - And she was in pain 'cause we had to really brush it out. And I said, well, I mean, this is a natural consequence of why we don't put it in our hair. - Exactly. - No slime housework for a reason. - Don't do it again. - Yeah. - This is why I don't like slime. I thought I could be a fun mom and I thought you could have it clearly not. - No, every time I thought I could be a fun mom, I've been proven otherwise. Always. - Always. - Always comes back to my brain. - Always does. There's never been a time where I'm like, that was great. - That's great. - And I'm so glad I did that. - So happy I did that. - Always have regrets. - Instant regrets. - But I hold on. - No, no. - It's now I know I'm just not a fun mom. - No, and I'm okay with that. - I've come to terms. - I really am. - Every once in a while, I'll have moments, you know, and like you said, always regret. But those, it's fewer and far between at this point. - So I could be a fun mom as a teacher. - Oh, that's nice. - 'Cause I don't care what happens in the classroom. So I will do slime in the classroom. - So you get to get it out. - I get it. - And that side. - And I can be the vote mom to not be a part of your own. - And then I hear the car. - Why do they get it? They were learning. - It's different. - And you don't get to learn. You already learned the day is over. Fun stops when we hit the car. (laughing) Should have been in my class. - It's not so sad. (laughing) But it's just reality. - Yeah, it really is reality. Like, but you know what happens? Those little toys just circle back to that. I have a treasure box. - I like that. - And so for the other kids, not for your kids. - Right. So I take my kids little toys, put it in the treasure box. One day, opening up my classroom, Abby came to school with me to help me and she opened the treasure box. And she goes, I have one of these. - Do you? - And then she started to go, she turns, she goes, this is my stuff. And I said, I, I, (laughing) I didn't know what to say. I said, I have no idea what happened. Must have been from the same store. I said, I don't know. I think I got it from the dollar store. - Yeah. - So it came back home with us. - It came back. Wow, it was almost genius. - It was almost genius. - It was almost. - It's going back though. - It will. - Every day I go to the back. - I can't go in her room and I put a bag in. - Yeah. - So if you want to get rid of it. - That's genius. - Pass it to me. I will. - Give it to my kids and it goes to the other home. - And then they have a podcast and they go and be like, (laughing) - That's it. - I said, that person. (laughing) Sorry, your kids love it. (laughing) - Mine don't. - Get some to sit. - Still and do what they need to do. I don't really care what I'm concerned of. - I don't care. - And it's out of my house. - Exactly. - So it's a win-win. - It's a win for you. I'm happy. - I hope you see it so win-win. - For both the wins are on your side. - It really is. - You know, usually the term is like win-win like both sides. - Hey, the winning is that they learned 'cause they did the right thing. But I am. It is a win for me. Either way, it's a double win. - It doesn't matter who's winning once. - It's a win. - It doesn't. - It doesn't matter who had a win. (laughing) - It's all about me right now. (laughing) - Now we know. - Now we know. - Now you will know where all those treasure box toys comes from. - Guarantee their children's toys at home. - That's so funny to keep. - Yeah. - Yep. - So that will be in the podcast. But we should probably start the publisher's start there. - I am definitely gonna put that in there. - 'Cause the 30 minutes is coming quick. - It's already been recording for 11 minutes. (laughing) (upbeat music) - This is not my first rodeo. - You're just now old enough to be aware. - I will never let him live things down. - Well, that's fine. That's normal. That's what we do. (laughing) - Damn. 38 minutes. - Shit, man. - That's when other people do it, Nikki. - That's exactly what it is. (upbeat music) - Girl. Girl. Girl. Girl. - Same. (upbeat music) - Hi guys, welcome back to Girl. Same, our Girl's Night podcast. Tonight you're hanging out with me, Brittany and Nikki, and Girl's Night starts now. Hey. - I'm so excited. - Yeah, I'm so excited. - It's been forever. We've already been talking for 11 minutes. (laughing) - 'Cause we're so ready. - We're so ready. We're so excited. No, I've missed this so much. It's just such a good space to laugh and talk. - It is. - Vent and all of the things. And I talk a lot about validating each other, but that's what we need to hear. We were talking earlier how you aren't as put together. I'm not. - I'm not, but we all need to know that. - Yeah. - I'm glad I could be together. People feel better about this. - I love it. - I love it. - But we all need to know that, 'cause nobody does. - Exactly, nobody does. - Nobody does. - It's literally the last thing I say at the end of this podcast. - I love it. - I said, no, but they should together. - I love it. - I'm so excited. - It is. So I'm really excited tonight. We're gonna talk a little bit, catch up with each other, and then we have some new games that we're gonna play that Nikki hasn't gotten to play before. So I'm super excited. I would like to tell you this week has been the busiest week of my life. My children are in all of the things, and they do all of the things, and then like, I don't know why I think that. (laughing) - I feel like I'm went wrong somewhere. - You were trying to be a fun mom. - Yeah, and this. (laughing) - Thank you. It is. And then you have to be like extroverted. - You do. - And like, it's a lot of, it's a lot of things. - Mm-hmm. - You know, they had, Miles had a talent show. - Oh. - At least we had some drama. We had two birthday parties this week. - Oh. - Yeah, I started the week. - One during the week, one today. - Oh, who did the further parties during the week? - Thursday. - Wow. - A Thursday. - That's impressive. - Wow, that's a word for it. - That really is. - Wow. - Yeah, it was. And then we had a birthday today. Then we went to the wrong one. (laughing) - I love it. (laughing) - Mickey, the party was an hour. And we showed up 36 minutes late. (laughing) But you showed up. - Do the math. - It's not crazy. (laughing) - To be there though, it's still good. - I did, I mean, this is like, about 40% to be fair, you're always late. (laughing) - Wow. - Way to call me out in a piece. - Never miss it because nobody has their shit together, right? So we all have our things. - I have a hoarding problem in a closet. (laughing) - We've got that. - To be fair, I used to be on time. - I love it. - I used to be an on time person. Like, I always on time. I would even say a few minutes early, okay? - But then somewhere in long lines. - We had kids. - We had children. Also, I think the marrying part was actually, really, the thing that did me is. - I think I'm not the problem. - Yeah, no, I'm gonna, I'm gonna even say more comfortably. I am not. (laughing) - Oh great. - And then every time I leave the house, my children act like they'll never see me again. Like this is me going off to war. - Always. - I'm like, I'm going to dinner. - I always come back. - I'll be back in two hours. - Yes. - And I wish, it feels bad 'cause like, they're so, it's so hard for them to detach and so easy for me to speak. - It's really, sometimes it really is. - But bye. - Bye, I have to go. (laughing) - So true. (laughing) - But yeah, they're, you showed up. - I did. And that's what counts. - It really is. - And it was 36 minutes. So to be fair, the invitation did not have an address. And I would like your thoughts on this. So it was at a Taekwondo place. And like I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar with it. So I could have chained. - Googleed it. Apparently it is. But I did not know this. So I googled it and only one, what did Google, I put it in my Apple Maps. And like the only, it only had one location. - Okay. - And so I was like, well why wouldn't you put an address? If there's multiple locations, sure you'd put an address, you know? - Absolutely. - No address, one location on my phone. So I'm like, this must be it. So each, we drove 18 minutes. It was right by our house. It was actually just two minutes away. So we drove 18 minutes. We go in with the president, with the kids. And there's like a party happening. And so the kids put their shoes away and they run in. And then we check and we're like, you know, asking, it was just to confirm this is for, you know, we named the kid and he was like, oh, I don't think so. Let me look and so we're like, and then he goes to like, no, and he names a different kid. And we were like, okay. - Oh no. - Do you know, where do we go? - Oh no. - And so he looked her up and he was like, he told us where to go. And then we had to drive then the 18 minutes. - Oh my gosh. - Back to where we started. - Wow. - So. - I love it. - It was something. - I love it. - It was true to us. - You showed up to a party on time. - Technically. - So we were really, - Five minutes early. - Five minutes early. - We should lead. - You did. - We did. - We were early. We thought we were so early. We were there before that. - That's on them. - We're not having an address. - Okay, that's what I'm saying. - That's on them. - Because if it was one place, there's no chain. - Okay. - That's a nice picture. That's great. But if you put, say, urban air. - Yep. - Which one I need a location. - Which one I need an address. - I also like your thoughts on, when you have a birthday party at noon. Do you think you're eating or not eating? - Yes. - I also have a house. - I feel like if it's three o'clock, - Snacks. - Exactly. - If it's lunch or around five or six, - You have to assume. - Yeah, to assume there's gonna be pizza or something. - Yeah, and there was a lot. - I agree. - So I was a little, I was a little-- - I actually would also agree. (laughing) - I may have asked this before. (laughing) - Nikki hasn't had a girls night in a while. - That's my girls night. - Chardry, so I'm having a party at the way. Do I need a surf food? - Yeah. - And that, well, in that sense. - Because in that sense, - Snack time, you surf snacks. - Right. - Lunch time, you surf lunch. - So we were just a little baffled by the whole thing, to be honest. - So did it. - They have just cake. - Cupcakes. - Okay. - Yeah. - So, yeah. - We didn't feed the kids, but it was only an hour, and for us it was only 24 minutes. - It's not a whole day. - It's so much fun for me. - So really, you had your cupcakes. - Yeah, I do that. - And that was fun. - Good thing the birthday kid from the other party didn't already open the gifts. - 'Cause you imagine, I'm gonna need you to wrap that back up. - So, where's the wrong party? - That would have been worse. - But it didn't feel great, plucking it out of the pile when we left. (laughing) - Oh no. - Couldn't walk up any of this, so I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna, I'll just grab that. - This is it. - The bag. - Yeah, we decided we don't wanna be here. - What, great, thank you. - So, I gotta collect the, the way I kept the cup. - The way I kept the cup. - Should have been as nice a pizza. - Oh, that, you should have waited. We should have waited. Yeah, and your slice, and be like, you know what, I gotta go get that present. - And then the worst thing was that I text her, 'cause I felt bad, you know, obviously that's a little, that's pretty late. So I was like, I'm so sorry, we went to the wrong location, we're on our way, and then we get there, and I look at my phone and it didn't send. It actually never even went through. (laughing) So, I have forgotten about birthday parties, and have gotten a text saying, are you coming up like, oh no. (laughing) I got lost. (laughing) I'm trying to get, I can't get in the car. I gotta go. (laughing) We're in the way right now. - Oh my goodness. (laughing) You got a hustle, get your shoes on. (laughing) We'll figure out a present on the way. I changed it in the car. Just grab your, oh, here's the stars you got. Make it the car, here's a 20, throw it in the car. (laughing) You got a party to go to. (laughing) - I don't know, I'm gonna wait for that. So if we're wondering, you're a party, don't just get in there, right? - There was one time you came, you looked a little disheveled when she's getting in. (laughing) The kids were sweating, I don't know. It was probably it. (laughing) It's probably, I probably forgot. I do forget. - Yeah, I do. - Danielle, a friend of mine, had told me that she had come to our last birthday party the week prior. - And she showed up present, kids in tow. - Oh my God. - Pulled in, and she was like, you should lay there's more cars here. And she looks at the invite. She's like, wrong day, pull out, get out, go. (laughing) - Your death point just goes. - I told her, it was like you should have knocked. - She's like, never. (laughing) - Never. (laughing) - I mean, it happens. - It does happen. - There's too much going on. - Way too much going on. - Too much to remember. - And I think those stories are so funny because they just really make me feel really. - It really does. I got a text the other day that said, I'm getting really excited. And I said, I'm so glad. What are we gonna do excited for? - I love that for you. - And she goes, our comedy show. And I said, can you remind me of what? - That's an even trigger. - When the cop, I remember, 'cause it got canceled. 'Cause it was the blizzard and face, whatever, the shutdown of everything. And so we couldn't go. And it got rescheduled. Well, I didn't put on the calendar. I said, okay, cool that word. - If it's not on the calendar, it does not count. - It does not. - Forget it. - So you had to physically watch me do it. - Oh yeah. - Otherwise, I'm screwed. - There's nothing worse when people reach out about something and just vaguely say, you know what that reminds me of? And this always makes me feel really bad. But that one time I completely forgot. And you sent me that message. And you were like, I'm here or whatever, for dinner. Remember that? - I don't remember this. - Okay, it didn't happen. - It's okay. - No, it didn't. - Probably didn't face me. Oh my goodness. - It still makes me feel guilty. - Did he still hang out? - No, because I was literally like a scrub. I hadn't showered. I worked out and cleaned. I mean, I was nasty. And then you sent me, you're like, hey, I'm here. - But here's a deal. I was probably on the wrong day. - No, you were there. And then I was like, I literally looked at Kuna. I was like, I remember now. I was like, fuck. And he's like, what? I was like, I'm supposed to meet Nicky. - I was like, okay, what? - Yes. - I remember. - And I was printed up to come in. - Oh good. - I ended up having somebody to come. - Okay, that makes me feel good. - I had already ordered a drink. I remember now. - Yeah. - I wasn't man. - I felt horrible. - I was so bad at drinking. - I sat there for a second. - She, I smell. It happens. - It happens. It obviously did not phase me. - I'm glad that now that makes me feel better. I literally will never forget. 'Cause I looked at Kuna. It was just one of those like, no. - Like, and then I'm picturing you like all dressed, looking all cute with your drink at the table. And like, waiting and no one shows up. I'm like, that is the worst. I'm the worst friend ever. - No, I'm pretty sure somebody ended up coming. - I'm gonna drink. - Or I finished my drink and left. - I remember it all worked out. - And that is what matters. - It really is. - That's like a weight off of my shoulders. - I didn't know. - I'm so glad. I'm sorry that sat on you. - It was. - It was. - It really did. - I literally was like, I'm gonna walk away. - I'm gonna forgive me. - No. - I think that might have been that was the final straw. - Clearly not. 'Cause I came back. - Well, how was your week? So it's like, it's busy. You know, I just feel like, so I'm working, right, so I'm back in the classroom. - Yep. - I'm back in school. So I just feel like my brain is going 100 miles per hour as all of us as moms. We all are. And this week, I have to, so part of being in school, I have to prepare lessons. Very detailed lessons for my classes. More detailed than I actually put into my lessons. And I had to record the lesson. And I was feeling so good about this lesson, like solid phonics lesson. And rolling it out into real classroom didn't go as planned. So I had three kids in the small group. And two of them were just doing a wonderful job. I had one that just turned the chair around and started picking his nose in the mirror, redirected, fell out of the chair, redirected, chiseling my eraser, redirected. I spent more time redirecting and teaching phonics. Now I'm sure. (laughs) - I sent my mentor and I said, "I'm sorry, here you go." I don't know what to tell you, but this is reality. - Yeah. - Lesson plan looked great. - You know, in theory, right? - I passed though. - I passed it. - I passed the assignment. She said solid phonics and loved the video. (laughs) - But that's reality. - Yeah. - So yeah, but it didn't go as I thought, I thought I was gonna have this engagement and back and forth and they were gonna be on it, getting everything correct and we were picking noses and falling at a chair and not only falling out of the chair. (laughs) Hands in the air, slow mo and then gone. (laughs) If you could just see me freeze. - Yeah, like, can we get back up? - It's the same, I mean, it's the same at home. - It really is. - I mean, the way that they're all over and they do all things, like, I mean, there is no, like, I don't know anymore. - No, I just have like, Abby. - Yeah. - So I just don't. - I have a fin. - Yeah. - I don't, and people gas when she does things, I'm going to wait. - Every single time, the way that fin, even like when you walked in and fin jumped. - Yeah. - Like that, like I heard him hit the ground and I knew. - I knew. - I heard the thumb, I said, "Oh geez, I thought you fell down the stairs." - I know. - And you said it, the way you said it made me laugh because it wasn't like, "Oh my gosh, I thought you fell down the stairs." It was just like, "No, I thought you fell down the stairs." - Abby falls down the stairs all the time. - Constantly. - Constantly falls, constantly slides into this week. Speaking of this week, this week, in this week, she actually got hurt. So she was running, I've told her to not run, going into her room. - She was running, I told her not to. - She should not run. - She got excited. I don't know why she was just having to get in her pajamas. And also I hear a big bang and then instant crying. And I was like, "How serious is this?" - I'm going to give it a second. - I'm going to give it a second. - I'm going to give it a second crying. - So I really, in a second. - In the covers, I was shutting down. And so it started getting louder and I was like, "Oh geez, this is bad." Well, the more I looked her, the worse it got. Like she had a big knot on her head, her threshold broke. So we clearly need to now really need to fix it. - Yeah. - Because a nail got into her hand. - Oh. - And so that was the first time I was ever, "Oh my goodness, you're actually hurt." - Yeah. - 'Cause it happens all the time. - Yeah, she falls out of chair. She falls just standing. - That's literally the voice. Like Miles is always falling down the stairs. - Finn jumps down them. But Miles just falls down them. And so at this point, you hear, it sounds so bad. But you'll hear like, (imitates singing) - Oh. And no one bats in I. - Nobody. - Because, wait, because I hear the owl. - Yes. - But sometimes I think it's just a reaction. - It's 90%. - It's 90%. - Oh, it's just a reaction. - It's 90% always just a reaction. - Yeah. - Though Miles will, you know, we just, we'll hear him and then he'll get up and he'll walk in Rubbin's elbow or Rubbin's knee and I'll be like, what happened Miles? And be like, fell down the stairs. - Yeah. - And he's kind of stuck doing that Miles. - He's kind of, gotta be careful. Maybe hold the railing. - Always. - And he'll like, yeah, and he'll pull run off. And I'm like, okay, great, great talk. - August always rocks his chair, the kitchen, table's chair. And I'm always saying, August, stop. You're going to flip out of, right? And so one day he did and he went to go get mad and I just stared at him and he goes, I know. And I said, I'm so glad you know, pick the chair. (laughs) - That's like, as he did. - But can I say it anyway? - I want to say it. I've walked and I said, I eventually did. I've been telling you. - Well, you don't know, I'm sorry, but if I'm gonna have to remind you 38 times and you're gonna be like, - I'm gonna pretend that I'm not talking whatsoever. - And then you falling at her, I have earned the right to say I told you so. - I say it for a reason. - Yeah. - And that's what I get to do. - It is. - Okay, while you're sitting there, crying, holding your arm. - Yes. - I was gonna look at you and be like, I did tell you though. - I've been telling you. I do check. You good? I told you. - I did. - I told you. - I have said that. - If you go fuck and I'll give you the kisses and I'll love you and all the things. - But you know, he finally had a, I told you so moment back to me. - Oh, that's not good. - No, it was not good. - 'Cause those are kids. - They always leave their lunch boxes at school. - Yeah. - Always. Right? And so Renee couldn't find his lunch box and he wanted lunch. I said, "Oh, it's about to go in a shopping bag because you, again, I've told you not to." - Yeah. - Well, 10 minutes later, I was like, "Man, I can't find my lunch box. Like you're going through and Bonnie, I looked at you." I go, "I think I'll let my lunch box work." And August just looked me, he goes, "I thought we had to bring it home. Didn't you say we always bring a home?" - How so you don't listen to that?" - I was like, "Okay. Tushae, you're right. I did forget." - Yup. You're like, "It's not cute." - You're right back to me. - It really, yeah. - He wasn't wrong though. - It's like a certain age when they start realizing that when they make those, connect those dots, you know? And it's not cute when they didn't. - He couldn't wait. - I know, that's smart. - I know you're gonna fuck up eventually. And I'm gonna, you know what? - I'm gonna enjoy every second of it. - I'm gonna send you, 'cause I know I will. - I already knew that. - You just found the corner. - I've been fucking up for years. - You don't even know. - I've always been a fuck up, okay? This is not my first rodeo. - So I would appreciate if you just didn't do this. - All right. Okay, I can tell you, you keep your mouth shut. - Okay, okay. - You still don't have your lunch box. And the funny thing is, his lunch box was there. (laughing) - It was buried. - It's in your thing. - So like Miles, he's very like, when he wants to say, when he wants to argue his side, most of the time, he's like so adamant. Like even when he's completely wrong, like there's no chance of being right, like he holds it so tightly like he's doing. - I am right, I am, yes. - And so but every once in a while, he actually is right. And that's the problem, because he's so wrong all the time. - All the time. - So often. But then when he's right that one time, he won't let me live it down. - No. - It's like that's now what we hear about for the rest of us. It doesn't matter that he's literally been wrong every other time. - Mm-hmm. - He's one time, and he will remember forever. - Yes. - Forever. - And he does because there was one time he was saying it about whether or not I turned in, it was like a field trip form. And I felt very confident that I had very confident. And turns out I didn't. - You're one of those. (laughing) And I didn't turn it in. And so he came back and he was like, I told you, I told you you didn't. And I said, I didn't have this form of you said. - You know, he's got like, I didn't know. - Like I didn't know what the conversation was. - The teacher also probably told them. - I'm sure he did. (laughing) - Whatever. - Speaking from experience, we have told them. - I'm sure. I'm sure. - And so your mom. - Yeah. - Then we need the form and the money. - And here I am, like I already did that. Please leave me alone. (laughing) - So he played the kid. - They bought ice cream. - Thanks. - Clearly, 'cause I did give them the money. - Exactly. - I mean, for the most part, I remember those. You know, I mean, he's never missed a field trip. You know what I'm saying? - Exactly. - So ever since that one, ever since then, which was first, the beginning of third grade, he's halfway through fourth grade. Every single form. - They always get it. - He now, like, won't let me, like he won't let me live it down. Remember that time though, you did forget. Do you remember that one time? Do you remember though? 'Cause it does happen to now. - He's gonna leave this time and forget. - I don't want you to forget this time. - I'm a huge son of a bitch. - I'm three kids. - Do you know how many field trip forms I've gotten in on time? (laughing) - And it still was on time. - Have you ever missed a field trip? - Exactly. - Have you ever? - Doesn't matter. - Never. - Yeah, but listen, you didn't sign it that one time. - But you know, to be fair, I do that to my husband. - Well, that's fine. That's normal. That's what we do. (laughing) - It's when other people do it, Nikki. You're right. - I can do that. - Right, you're exactly, 'cause I did tell you. (laughing) - And August has an amazing memory. - I saw it knowing. - We'll always remember. - Yeah, Ali has a real good one. - He'll be in therapy for it. - Yeah, well, it doesn't help you. And when it's like it's best to forget. - It's best to forget. Just block it out. (laughing) And the thing is, I work at my kids school. And so the teacher is no, I'm on it with my own classroom. - Yeah. - Don't check my kids' backpacks. - No. - I don't. - I don't. - I check every one of them, 'cause they don't unpack. - I see. - And so, sometimes Abby will show back up at my door, 'cause her teacher will send her back down with the Wednesday. pack it and I have to clear it out in my room with my class. I'll be waiting to me. Oh, you're right. And I'll have to take it out. She leaves the room, goes in the recycling bin, because I get all that stuff. Yeah, you know, I know. Well, we miles dumped like this big pile papers in front of me the other day. And I'm like, what is all this? And he was like, this is what was in my back bed before breaking Oh, oh, okay. I would know they're getting at the age they should do it themselves. What I'm saying. So are we there? Yeah, I'm using kindergarten. I feel like she's at that age. I always loved that you hold your kids to like these higher standards, because I want to hold my kids to the inside. Okay, I really try to. Yeah, but sometimes I'm too tired and I just do it, but not the backpack. I don't check the backpack. Listen, we have when they get home, they're supposed to put their lunch way and their water bottle away. And that started like just getting them to take it out of the backpack. That was a journey. Finally got through that. And they just tossed it. Not where it goes, right? So step two, let's get it where it goes. Okay, but then they were just leaving everything in the lunch boxes. So then once we we established we take it out of the backpack. And then once we established we put it where it goes. We had to then establish we take this stuff out. Then we had established that you take an empty out the nasty stuff in it. And not just dumping in the sink, but they do it. They do. It took. I don't want to talk about how long it took nature. Well, it's but we I feel like we're pretty much on the other side. Because Abby leaves a trail from the car. Something's only making out of the car, but she's a kind of runner. I feel like it's going to be forever. Like I don't know. We call it the Abby tornado that just comes through. That's been and we it just leaves a trail in her path. And it's kind of exhausting sometimes. Oh, that you know, I'm terrified sometimes to open her bedroom door. Listen, I tell miles every day, we don't need to know every single place you've been in this house. We don't need to know. I don't need to know that you got milk because the milk's out and that you sat at the table because your books are over there and you walked in the family room because I don't need to know that. I don't actually want to know that. I want it to be a mystery. Yep. And Abby, it's usually a trail of crafts. Just little cut up pieces everywhere that is meant to be it's something in her mind everywhere. And it's now making its way she glues it glues to her door. I said, Abby, how is that stuck there? It's glue. She said glue. And I said to the door, she said, yeah, I'm like, okay, I'm going to have to draw a line to that. Like I allowed the stickers on the dresser. I said, okay, you know, your room do your thing girl glue that that's hilarious. That's where I get almost glue. No, no, luckily not. She I thought it was going to be cute. I set up a desk in her room, a crafting desk. I love it. Yeah, the glue's gone. Oh, yeah, the glue and the scissors are gone. Yeah, well, those can be earned back with a little spot. The kitchen only now kitchen only I you tried she was mature enough and I was wrong. That was on me. Yeah, you know what? And that was okay. That is because that to me sounds like a horrible idea. That's one that you should run by other moms because someone would have said, don't do that. That's don't and you know, I yeah, yeah, yeah, luckily, I was able to get it off the door. We do need to paint the door now. Hey, word lessons learned lessons were learned for your lessons. I don't think Abby learned. Abby did not listen to no because she's still gluing things she's doing everything is glitter taped. That's so much. Yeah. The tornado through the house. All right, while that is the third that's the that's the episode. And I feel like I feel like that's a great way to end it because we circle right back how we started about how it really doesn't pay off to ever be the fun mom. Yes, it literally does not pay off to be the fun mom. We didn't get to a single game. No, but it was our first step so back we had a lot to say. I was so lucky for those guys. Actually went really. We do need that time. We need to we need him at the door. Darn. Oh my gosh, I think that's so good. I told you I looked up. I was like, oh, I told you we aren't gonna be good at this. All right, anyway, that's girls night. Thank you so much for hanging out with us. If this is really gonna feel like a true girls night, we need to hear from you. Your stories, your wins, your fails, all of it so that we can share them here on the next girls night. So make sure you send those in. Find us on all the socials at girlsame the podcast or girlsame the podcast at gmail.com. And don't forget, nobody really has their shit together, not even Nikki. No, we don't, no, don't even try join us for girls night every Wednesday. Yay. Hi. Girl. Girl. Girl. Girl. Girl.