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About this episode
Robert Irwin's potential as the next Bachelor sparks a lively discussion, alongside personal updates from Kelly and Liz about home renovations and family life. They dive into a recap of Dancing with the Stars, critiquing performances and judges' scores, while sharing their thoughts on various contestants. The episode also touches on influencer culture and the challenges of parenting, all wrapped in a humorous and relatable tone. Listeners will appreciate the blend of light-hearted banter and heartfelt moments, especially as they transition into a segment honoring listeners' stories of infant loss.
Topics:
robert irwin
dancing with the stars recap
influencer culture
home renovations
parenting challenges
infant loss stories
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Good news: Lizz is back in her home! Bad news: it's not fully done yet. But they are getting there and it feels good to be back in her own space. Expect a lot of before and after content to come from the remodel. Kelly isn't done with her home projects either as the next one is going to soon have her whole family in the recently vacated basement at her parents house.
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Spoiler alert: Kelly and Lizz are recapping 'Dancing with the Stars' and they have a LOT to talk about! Who deserved better scores? Did the right person go home? Plus, why Lizz needs to have a word with Disney+ and this being a "family friendly" show.
In Last Three Transactions, Lizz has been doing a LOT of transacting to get the finishing touches done on her home. There's the silver wipes to clean the plate her mom won in the pageant in the talent competition (btw did you know she sang for the Pope?!?). Then the Marine Corps. sticker so she won't get pulled over by a park ranger again. Yes, there's a story there. Meanwhile, Kelly is spending money on dry cleaners, hand steamers and a mini karaoke machine.
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It is October and Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, which means the return of Blake's Besties. Each episode this month, Kelly and Lizz will be sharing the stories from listeners of their little ones gone too soon and celebrating the short lives they lived.
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Welcome to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly. Here's what I want to say about Robert Erwin, and here's what I want ABC to take away from this. Robert Erwin needs to be the next bachelor. Pay them in whatever he wants. And Liz. So there was like a thread in the Carpool group that I might be pregnant, saying that we would have Easter eggs as it, Kelly and I can barely get our life together to record to podcasts a week. You think we can prep Easter eggs? No. Your mom time off starts.
Now. Welcome back to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly. And Liz. Happy Thursday. No, yeah. Happy Thursday. Happy Thursday, a happy October. Wow, spooky season. Happy day to me. I moved back into my house. Wow. Wow. It's everyone. I saw you on your stories yesterday. I said, no, you're McKenzie child's pumpkins. Like it's really hard to see someone else living out your dream. I know. I'm so.
Yeah, I didn't feel I didn't feel great about it, but they did send me like I did get McKenzie child's PR. Like I'm not. I'm not going to beat around the bush. Like no, I didn't spend $150 on a pumpkin. But like they did send it to me. Yeah. So like listening to me very closely. If you are an aspiring influencer, because I just like no one told no one like would have told me this as an like we so much trial and error. You simply have to get on this platform called shot my yes.
It's like shot my verse LTK like you guys have probably heard of LTK like to know it. Well, the new name on the block is shot my and they're coming for LTK's neck. They're coming for LTK's neck. Like okay, how long have we been on shot my like probably a year now at this point. Maybe not even like like to know it. I never got like never got any PR from like to know whatever. I'm sure people did. But I never did. Like I got on shot my immediately got PR.
And which is like guys. This is unrelatable. I get it. It's the best part about being an influencer.
Well, is unrelatable slash aspirational to some so it's unrelatable to you. That's fine. If it's aspirational to you. That's also fine. There's different things to different people.
But shot might also loves the micro influencers because Elizabeth and Charlotte get significantly more PR than I get.
Because this child would like I had all my lore about the teapot didn't even bother. Yeah, I don't exist in their world. Yeah. So I think they do.
Like they're looking. I think what what they've kind of hacked is finding like those smaller micro influencers who have maybe a couple of I mean, Charlotte is what 9,000 followers. I'm telling you the girls swim in and pay PR. Yeah.
So they so I'm just saying like if you want to do it, you simply need to be on shot my yeah.
And honestly, you can reach out. I'll send you a referral code. Yeah, maybe we can put it. Maybe we'll put it in the show notes. Well, cause do you still have to be invited to get a join the platform?
I don't I don't know if you have to be invited or not. I can't remember. It might help to be invited. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
There was a point where you know when you could have just sign up like you had to have a referral code, but we can put we can put a referral code in the show notes. If you're interested.
But anyway, so I moved back into my house a huge day for me. It's not done. So everyone's like, Oh, like let's see. I like let's see the before and after. It's not done.
It's slow burn. It's slow burn. It is livable. So like the moment it was livable, I moved back in with my family. And I'm so happy to be here and it's so beautiful. And I'm just like, I'm so happy.
I'm so I just I love. I'm so happy to be there is there is no place like home.
Yeah, it's so nice to have your own space. Yeah. And I it's how fun to be in for like the holiday, the holidays, the holiday.
Like to be in for fall and Christmas and like cuddly in the winter, like, mm hmm.
I'm very I'm very happy for you. I'm very excited for you. I'm looking forward to the big reveal. I know one thing about you as a professional content creator.
I'm sure you have some good before and afters that you'll be sharing. I did. I did capture some.
And someone asked me for a before photo and I want to go find it. And it's like, wow.
We have come so very far. So I'm excited. Oh, I'm excited once it's all done to show to show that. But for right now, just thriving, I'm ready to
get my life back in my life organized. Like not feel like I'm living in such a limbo. I mean, if you have I speak to anyone who has
lived like had to temporarily move in with their in laws or something like everyone says the same thing.
Like, it's fine. But man, being back at your house, there's nothing like it.
Well, so one like home project on our horizon that we have to do. It's literally the last thing in the world.
It's been money on. We have to get a new driveway. Yeah. And our it's a long driveway.
Yeah. And you need it. You need it. Yes. You need it done yesterday.
It would need to be done when we moved in. And we we like resealed it. Like try to buy ourselves. We thought to buy ourselves like three more years
not even bought us like a little seven months. I mean, when they like delivered the press cars, the guys are like, Hey, are you going to fix the driveway?
Yeah. Yeah. We're going to get to that. So anyway, we were talking about like when we do the driveway, like we want people to access our house for a couple of days.
So like we're not with them and dad. But I've already got the basement. It's all set up.
But like just for like four days. And I can tell you right now it's going to be about three too many.
You can tell right now. Yeah. Yeah. No, at that point, it'll still be fun. But but yeah.
Um, crazy and crazy. Anyway, we have an exciting episode to get to. And I'm a fresh off of watching Dancing with the Stars. Can we just do our recap now?
Yeah. So if you don't watch this with the stars, I still think you'll find this recap entertaining because it's also one.
Dancing with stars is our new micro hobby. It's at least my new micro. Yeah. And it's and here's the thing. If you're not watching it, it's not too late to start it.
First of all, 100% and I think you would enjoy it. And I think it's a fun thing to watch with your kids.
Well, I have some things to say about that ABC. You'll be getting a strongly worded letter from me as a mother.
Um, but it's so fun to like watch something like a little slower pace. I say slower pace. Like with your kids and it's like,
I was telling Georgian had you last night. I'm like, we need an eight. We need an eight. And they got an eight. And like they were so excited.
Yeah, it was. Yeah. It was so. It was fun. It's family fun. Um, well, okay.
Well, anyway, let's go through spoil our alert. We're going to be talking about the dances. We're going to be talking about who went home.
It's Thursday. You should have watched it by now. Um, okay. You just want to go through everyone. Yeah. So I made notes while I was watching,
which is not something like me to do. So we're going to go and order how they went. Okay. I made notes. I made notes too.
Jen, see your wife's best, best dance she's had. Her score should have been higher. I'm mad about it.
I feel like they judge the first few dances so harshly. And then they just get like Lucy Goosey with sevens and eights left and right as they go.
The judges. Here's the problem. And like dancing with stars. It really needs to look inward. The judges need to have like American idol judges were so good because you knew what you were going to get from each judge.
They're all I couldn't pin their scores if I tried. I have no idea what they're going to say. They're critiques or their comments never match the scores.
They're trying to be funny. They're not. Sorry, you're not funny. Yeah. Um, and it's like either be a harsh judge or don't be a harsh judge. But like what's it called when you do like a critique sandwich.
It's like they give a compliment. Then they give a critique. Then they give a compliment. Like I'm just tired of it. Like because I don't know what you're actually thinking. Yeah.
It does kind of sound like their scores don't really matter so much. And it's like really all about the people voting. Oh, I don't think so. I think the scores. Their scores do matter.
Okay. Well, I did she looked amazing. I said gold. Like I loved her out for she she crushed it. Best dance she's had.
Um, Lauren. So much to say here. First of all, spoiler alerts. Lauren gets sent home. Yeah. Um, my note was just snooze.
My note was seemed like she was thinking too hard. Yeah, she was like I think that she really shot herself in the foot by having them do a fifth harmony song because you could tell she was like thinking and fighting the choreography that she knows to that song.
Totally by doing this and what like I don't think that was a good choice. And like how embarrassing is that she goes home on the week where it's her song and like the other fifth harmony stars go there. Like I do I didn't really care for her. I mean it's a competition. So I'm allowed to have critiques.
I didn't think her. I think for her being a pop star. I was expecting a little bit better of a dance. I agree. Um, and she looked so mad.
And then Julian and Carlton. That's not his name Alfonso. Yeah. Julian and Alfonso. Literally. The fact that they have to then ask her right after. How are you feeling and she looks at the camera and goes pissed?
Uh, horrible. Yeah. Um, and then they so what did you learn for this experience? Like she was so mad. Um, which like I can understand why she's mad because I don't think that she is necessarily
like a bad dancer, but that's what it comes down to because she like Andy, for example, Andy has the votes because of his personality. She hasn't given us much personality or like much to cheer for or like so that's that's what it comes down to.
Like she just doesn't have the votes. And also I am like religiously on dancing with the stars side of Instagram. Like everything I see is dancing with the stars. She never comes across my dad.
Yeah. I agree. Where's her content? Where is it? Why isn't she lip singing as long as I don't know her? Like I don't know her. So I really like while I was surprised that it was her. I wasn't.
I was happy though because I want Andy for one more week because I wanted to see I want to keep seeing Andy. And I was just like, okay. Well, yeah. That's fine. All right. Okay. Moving on from her Danielle Fisher loved. I said loved big big improvement.
She looked amazing. She's stunning. And Tyler was like, let me just set the scene of the Stumpy House. I have, let me just sleep. I have all three big kids in my bed. Tyler sitting on like a chair in our bedroom completely plugged in. Like yeah.
Like won't even like entertain us to pangas on the screen. The phone goes down.
To Panga. I'm loving how she's just like going into like she's everyone's first crush. Uh-huh. Did you see the thing where she was like everyone needs to stop texting to Panga and I need to text my name.
Yeah, she was great. I think she's in. I really, I mean, it's, I like it's an improvement. She'll go far. She'll go far. Jordan chills so good. So different from last week. She's the only person I voted for. And not I got a little lazy towards the end.
But that was the first time I picked up my phone types of numbers in wrong because I'm dyslexic. So I had to type them in twice to get my votes in for Jordan. Unbelievable.
What I appreciated about hers was like she didn't do any stunts in the way that she has in the past, which like she's a Olympic gold medalist gymnast. Like she could throw some stunts in there. And I appreciated that she didn't lean on that. And she just like made it very entertaining.
And when she got emotional afterwards and like recognized how hard it was, that's kind of what I'm looking for out of Lauren too. Like that was a real like what this type of dancing is difficult.
Mm-hmm. And it doesn't matter like what level you are. Like you have to work. We have to work at it. And I like seeing her get emotional after like made me emotional. And I couldn't believe how good the actual dance was. Like literally chills.
That is a dance. I will go to watch again. That's like the dance that I searched on TikTok afterwards to rewatch obsessed. Yeah, obsessed. Dylan.
I have the funniest note. Dylan Efron does nothing for me. Mm-hmm. Does he do anything for you? No, he bothers me a little bit because he's like he's he literally says he like posts thirst traps. And I'm like you just kind of look like a regular guy.
That's what I said. I said he's I'm like tell her that's Zach Efron's brother. Yeah. And my note was he's the kind of guy who wear who would wear Christmas jammies.
Okay, but like a shirtless like just the pants. No, I disagree. Like he would be like I feel like I've seen his face modeling the men's little sleepies before.
Okay, sure. I said I said the dance. It was a sex. It was a sexy dance. But and like I liked it, but I felt like Daniella did all the work to like make it sexy.
I wrote the same thing that I said, why is Daniella moving? I said so boring. Daniella was moving so much more than him. Yeah, so I don't know like this is my first time watching.
I was like, I'm sure that some weeks like the pro and still is a competition for the pros too, but like he was just kind of standing there and she was like doing all these sexy moves.
And so like for that, I like I liked watching it was entertaining, but like I just felt like he was just kind of there.
And it was the Daniella show. It was the Daniella show, which is a good show to watch. I really like her.
Just with Daniella.
No, and like maybe it's just I mean, and that's fine. Like I just don't find him to be attractive or sexy in the slightest. And I just didn't like the entire thing.
I don't know what it is. I'm sorry. It's him.
And that's okay. And yeah, he's just I guess not my type and I don't enjoy it at all. Okay, like don't like it.
Okay, Elaine.
Excellent.
Excellent, loved her costume, loved her dance. And she is and I mean this with love like she is so old. She's like 54 and doing that.
And it's very impressive.
I've never heard that song before.
I was like, what is this music? What are these strobe lights? It felt so busy.
I couldn't focus on the dance. I was like I was like very overwhelmed with this with the song and the costume.
It was just like a lot coming at me. I'm happy. She like I like her. So like I'm happy to see her, you know, live another day.
But like I don't it was it was just kind of a lot for me. I would like you to rewatch it and dissect it a little bit more.
Yeah, no, I liked it. I liked it. I think she's gonna go far with me.
First of all, why did she have brown shoes on? Distracting like why could they have under a black heel?
Oh, well, you need to look back and it'll bother you. You just didn't notice because like it's a yellow and black alpha.
And then she had these like saddle brown shoes on and I could just tell like the costume department didn't have a black shoe in her size.
And I just expect more.
She is so fun to watch her facial expressions, the way she moves, the booty bumping.
I just love I'll watch that dance again. I love watching.
I said did not like the dance, probably my least favorite dance she's done.
And I can't believe they could say the word ASS on the song. And I have I have qualms with that because I'm watching it with my chill.
Well, because you're watching with your kids. I'm watching with my kids in this song says ASS every five seconds.
Oh, okay.
Come on ABC. I also hadn't even heard the song.
So I feel like she's supposed to be the queen of TikTok dances.
Like I think they could have done a better song.
I didn't like the dance. I'm also over her costumes. Like I feel like we're always seen.
And maybe it's because she can shake it like that that she gets where these fun pants and these long skirts.
But I'm just ready for like a little bit more traditional out of her.
I didn't I didn't I didn't care for that. I'm really mad that they let them play that song.
And there's like a whole thread in the Facebook page about it too.
Yeah, I watched after my kids went to sleep. So okay, but then I had a note.
So then after Whitney went, then like, you know how like sometimes the pros come out.
And then you realize like how good two pros dancing are.
Yeah.
Okay, everyone saw.
Yeah.
Like those pros are unbelievable, unbelievable.
Yeah.
Okay, Scott.
Okay, here's my things with Scott.
I wanted to like it.
Like I wanted to be like, yes, this is great.
This is fierce.
But I was like, it was just okay.
I said the moves a little girly.
Like I didn't care for the choreography.
I'm like, when I'm looking for a male dancer, like I want to see like you move very like masculine
like with your very feminine partner.
Like that's kind of like what I think.
Well, so I think that they is.
Yeah.
I do think like they were taking like the TikTok theme and leaning into a little bit more like a TikTok dance.
And I didn't mind that they went like the more like a feminine.
Like I wanted to be like, yes, this is so good.
Like go off.
But like it just, it fell flat for me.
Yeah, I didn't like it at all.
I'm ready for him to go home.
He's boring.
I mean, I am.
Okay.
Hilaria.
Sorry, she's amazing.
Yeah.
She's very impressive.
Then I saw something absolutely insane.
How old do you think she is?
I don't know.
I wanted to Google this last night because she has young kids.
Guess how old she is.
I'm going to say I want to say she's like 53.
She's 41.
Oh gosh.
And Gleb, her partner, is older than her.
Okay, wait.
I'm so sorry.
I said she looks like she's 53.
She doesn't look like she's 41.
And I don't even think it's that she looks.
I think she just kind of has that face.
Yeah.
And maybe it's because how old is Alec?
I don't know.
Because Alec looks so old.
Alec looks so old.
I know, but her kids are so young.
So she's 41.
Like, that was a crazy.
And Gleb is 42.
Wow.
Yeah.
Alec Baldwin is 67.
Yeah.
Okay.
She looks older.
Yeah.
That's confusing.
So it kind of also, when I found that out, I'm like, oh, then more points to Elaine.
Because I was thinking like Elaine and Hillary were kind of the same age.
Yeah.
Me too.
And no offense.
Like, Hillary's like a ripe 41.
Like, she's fine.
Of course she can get it like that.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
I'm less impressed.
Isn't that so interesting?
That's so interesting.
I mean, she's had seven kids.
So like, I mean, I don't know what I would look like at 41 if I had seven kids.
No, no.
She's an incredible dancer.
And she said she had like hip surgery.
Like, I can't imagine.
Yeah.
She's great.
Okay.
She's great.
Also, Christian.
Yeah.
That's so interesting.
Andy, 100% precious.
Like, when he, first thought it was a, it was a perfect song choice.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
And when he grabbed the camera, I literally, I grabbed her to daddy's hand and started shrieking.
I'm like, look how cute that is.
I know.
I was really happy that they leaned into like the sweet tender guy.
I do want to see more comedy out of him because he's just funny.
But I was happy that they took a beat from that and went and kind of capitalize on the fact that everyone's like,
all he's so sweet and innocent.
It reminded me of a dad dancing with his daughter at her wedding.
Totally.
Like, that's okay.
No, I know.
In a sweet way.
Like, she was literally wearing white.
I'm obsessed.
I mean, I don't think he's going to make it too long.
But I really, any week we get is a blessing.
And I will vote for Andy probably because I'm obsessed.
We're all obsessed.
Mm-hmm.
Robert.
Here's what I want to say about Robert Irwin.
And here's what I want ABC to take away from this.
Robert Irwin needs to be the next bachelor.
Mm-hmm.
Pay them in whatever he wants.
And get him his American tourist.
And get him a season on the bachelor.
Yeah.
Um, the way I gasped at the and the neck flip by Whitney.
She put her leg around his neck and then did a back flip off of his neck.
Obsessed with Whitney.
Obsessed with Robert.
I love it.
They want to go see a crocodile.
Like, that was just funny.
That was cute.
I will say, like, after rewatching Robert's hand.
So I'm just like, okay, it's like a little bit cringy to me.
Like, I don't like sexy Robert.
I like, I like Robert being cute.
I like him being himself.
And then that being like very endearing.
Um, but like, I don't, I did not like.
Robert.
I didn't need luckily.
Yeah.
I didn't need the shirt rip off.
Also, that's just kind of like,
that's a kind of a hard thing to watch with kids.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So then I'm just like, Tyler's like,
should they be watching this?
I'm like, it's just me family friendly fun.
I don't know.
Um, I couldn't know without the shirt rip off.
And that's, I mean, you know, maybe that's just the mom and me.
I couldn't know without that.
But yeah, he's looking good.
I'm like, I'm a Robert Irwin fan.
Yeah.
I'm a Robert, I'm a Robert Irwin fan.
And he's so absolutely darling when he's getting his scores
because he like has the same reaction.
When it's eight, he's like, oh, yeah.
And then when he's like seven, he's like,
I know.
I know.
I know.
But I'm nailing the impression.
Love him.
I said, my, my note was opposite of Dylan for me.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Um, and then next we have Alex.
I said, she's a star.
Like she has talent.
I honestly think she could win the whole thing.
Yeah.
It was great.
And I love that song.
I love that song.
I agree.
It's a hard dance, a hard song.
Well, when her, when her partner is like, um, who's her partner, Val?
When he's like, when he needs to learn the choreography because he's like,
this is hard.
Like, you know, it's hard.
But I feel like, I don't know, Alex are like that close to that.
I thought of like, she's just like a huge Tik Toker.
But she has talent.
Yeah.
Has a Kardashian ever done Dancing with the Stars?
Can you Google that for me?
Let me look.
I was really, really impressed.
And she's such a captivating performer.
Like, and she just looked like she was having fun, fun, but also working hard.
And that's what I like to see.
Kim and Rob bolted it.
Wow.
I need to go back and watch Kim's dances.
Kim did it in, um, 2008.
My gosh, that's so long ago.
Um, oh, and her partner was Mark Ballas.
Has he been doing this for that long?
That's crazy.
And then Rob did it in 2011.
Hmm.
Okay.
Interesting.
And that was Dancing with the Stars.
So I don't know.
I don't recap it every single week because it might not always work out with her recordings.
But unless you guys absolutely love it.
But if you absolutely hated it.
Love us.
No, but let us know kindly.
Um, when I sort of back to the bad bunny of it all, because wow, we got like a lot.
The way that I thought I had such a lukewarm take.
And then the way I got no fence, you guys, the most vicious DM sent to me.
Really?
Here were the two.
And here's what it's like to be an influencer in 2025.
Some DM saying, you need to educate yourself on bad bunny.
He hates America.
And some being saying like, wow, your white girl is showing.
He's the biggest artist in the world.
I'm like, literally, literally.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
Hey, I don't know.
I'm excited about it.
I don't know.
It's all that I said.
Here's a thing.
Two people different sides mad about it.
I'm not mad about it.
I don't care.
Actually, I don't care.
Yeah.
For, like, people that say, oh, he's the biggest artist in the world.
Okay.
Cool.
Well, I didn't know that.
I don't really, I don't listen to that music.
I listen to one type of music.
That's the only genre I stand.
This is our podcast.
We're allowed to talk about it and give our opinions on it.
I don't listen to that kind of music.
I only listen country music.
And I don't really listen to music anymore.
I think what the NFL's play is.
Let's get an international audience.
And Ken Bad Bunny do that.
And I believe that he probably can.
Because I think that he is probably.
And he is, I guess, one of the biggest artists in the world.
I think he's the most streamed artist in the world.
Probably because there's so many Latin countries outside of America.
It's not one of them.
So I'm good with it.
I like it.
Again, my take was Luke Warren.
My take was, I don't care.
I'm there for the Lions.
Yeah.
My take.
It was crazy.
It was crazy to get hate messages on both sides of the eye.
About it.
Like, okay.
Can't win.
Win some.
Lose some.
Okay.
Well, we'll see how Bad Bunny performs.
I'm excited to listen to one of his songs for the first time.
Um.
Anyway.
We have a really exciting content week.
Two press cars in my driveway.
Don't know what one I'm more excited about.
Actually, I do.
Number one, escalate IQ.
Amazing.
Yeah.
Number two.
Four runner.
Also amazing.
Couldn't be more different.
One has no tech.
One has all the tech.
And I'm enjoying both flavors.
Okay.
In a major way.
Okay.
Yeah.
Um, yeah.
I'm excited.
I haven't seen either one of them.
Um.
I'm excited to take a look.
I love it.
I love the look of a four runner.
The four runner regularly regularly stops me in the tracks.
Stop me in my tracks on the road.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I'm very excited about her.
So that's what's coming up this week on the curmer.
So real quick, we're going to do our last three.
Uh-huh.
Our last three transactions.
So where we share our recent pink account subtractions.
And boy, have I been transacting like moving into my new house.
I'm like, oh gosh.
Things need to be ordered.
Okay.
Let's hear it.
But here's the first thing I want to talk about, which is,
I actually kind of unrelated.
I'm like working on styling my bookshelves.
And this is actually a micro hobby.
I'm in that I'm really having fun with.
I'm really having fun going to consignment shops and thrifting
and like finding my personal interior style.
I'm having a really good time with it.
And so something I've been working on as styling my bookshelves.
And I have one bookshelf styled, I think really nicely.
But I use all my best stuff on one of them.
So now I'm kind of in the process of collecting for the other one.
And one thing that I've been after is a silver tray.
And I've seen some of it at the thrift shops,
but I've put them down because I'm like,
mom used to do pageants.
And when she did pageants, the awards they would give were silver trays.
And I was like, mom, she has some of them like displayed
or used for certain things in her house.
I'm like, do you have any like hidden in a closet that I can just like have?
Because if I'm going to display it on my bookshelf,
like I want it, it's nice if it's important to me.
And so she goes, yes, I probably have some talent ones you can have.
But just so you know, my favorite one is in my closet.
And it's my swimsuit.
Oh my gosh.
Oh, word.
So we have many photos of these.
I can find some, I don't know if I have any swimsuit photos,
but I can find some pageant photos.
She said swimsuit was the hardest thing to win.
And I won it one year.
And then I told dad I was like, this is so funny.
Mom like said that I can't have her swimsuit.
And he was, oh, that one's so hard to win.
And then she brought me her 1988 talent.
Her talent was singing.
She's an incredible singer.
People don't know that about our mom.
No, our mom is like, she's a choral musician.
Yeah.
So she's like in a professional choir.
And like she used to sing at the blues games, the national anthem.
And like our biggest flex, like this is the Catholic showing in us.
But when Pope John Paul II came to St. Louis,
our mom was the cantor and sang for him.
Yeah.
Our mom sang for the Pope.
Yeah. So she was in the same room as the Pope.
Where were we?
Why did we get a go to that?
Were we up?
We were born.
I have no idea.
I don't know what it was.
Anyway, she's an amazing singer.
So she brought me her 1988 Silver Trey talent award.
And she was, I couldn't find my 1989, but she was 1989.
I won evening gown talent and swimsuit.
And somehow I got runner up.
Like she stells a chip on her shoulder.
But when she got runner up to Miss Missouri,
that Miss Missouri who beat her ended up being Miss America that year.
So that feels good.
Yeah.
Or whatever.
I don't know if it was 1989.
But anyway, that was, so I have a silver tray.
So anyway, one of my last transactions was silver wipes.
It's like because it's tarnished.
So I got these wipes.
And they worked really nicely.
I'm going to ask her if I can have a tray.
Okay. Well, I think she has another talent one lying around.
You can't have some suit.
Can I have your swimsuit?
Can I have, she's literally going to say no.
It's in my, it's in my closet.
Okay. Well, I think she should give, I think she should give me about five to seven more years.
I think we do a sister swimsuit competition.
She awards it to one of us.
Okay.
Okay.
Great.
I'm done having kids.
So there's, I have a shot.
Yeah.
I'm not.
So.
Wow.
With the pregnancy room.
The pregnancy rooms are going to swirl.
Have you started talking about that again?
No, here's the funniest thing is the pregnancy room.
There's like Kelly misspoke.
And then so there was like a thread in the carpool group that I might be pregnant.
Saying that like we would have Easter eggs.
Is it Kelly and I can barely get our life together to record two podcasts a week.
You think we can prep Easter eggs?
I guess I can promise you one thing right now.
We do name clues.
Don't, we don't ever expect an Easter egg out of us.
Yeah.
Honestly, we could never forethought.
We don't know her.
And if Kelly did slip up, I would have edited that out also just so you know.
So anyway.
So okay.
So that's what you're doing.
I have not really been transacting as much.
You know, I just kind of went kind of banner heavy and I've kind of tightened the belt ever since.
Um, so like, truthfully my last transaction was a dry cleaning bill.
I have some other ones.
Yeah, it was a dry cleaning bill.
Um, I'm getting a lot of things dry cleaned lately.
I used to try to like wash more and then it wasn't ruining it.
Like if it said dry clean only I would do it.
But like if it says hand wash, I'm sorry, I'm dry cleaning it now.
Oh, okay.
And that's just like the adult in me.
And I was going so my husband is so crazy some days.
These are things that like I just would have never thought to ask while I was dating.
Um, he wants me to dry clean his golf polos because he just likes how they go there better.
And I'm like, what's that cost money?
I'm not dry cleaning your golf polos.
Yeah, that's crazy.
Like, yeah, I'm going to dry clean like my cashmere top.
And like, I'll do your button downs.
But like, leave your key keeps putting his golf polos in the dry cleaning bin.
So it's how I'm dry cleaning it.
I'm like, it's like four dollars.
Yeah, no, four to seven dollars to get this dry.
I'm not doing that, Tyler.
Yeah.
No, no way.
No way.
That's crazy.
I know he's being so crazy.
He doesn't understand how it works.
Um, okay.
One of my, like also one thing.
And if my mother-in-law, I know she's listening to this and she's probably cringing.
Because like, I don't know.
I am such a bad ironer.
Me too.
Arm, arm, arm.
Mom never taught it.
Mattie does the ironing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Maybe she doesn't know how to iron either.
So like, no idea how to iron.
Oh, that's it.
Can I go next?
That's a perfect transition to my last.
Yeah.
Transition.
So I don't know how to iron.
I need to go to ironing school.
Like I need my mother-in-law to come over and just really like.
Give me a solid lesson.
All in roll.
We'll make it work.
I know one thing I'll barbs on.
But if I had to guess, I would say she's never taken anything to the dry cleaners.
Because like, she doesn't need to.
And I need to, or we're going to be.
My shirts are just going to collect crap.
So anyway, I bought off TikTok show.
A steamer that looks amazing.
It's a handheld steamer, which I don't have a handheld steamer.
I have a giant steamer.
But like, I'm sorry, I'm not always doing that.
That's crazy.
Yeah.
This is like a handheld steamer that also kind of looks like it works as an iron.
But it's very small.
We'll see.
TikTok Shop is so good at getting me to transact, though, because I'll see a video.
And I'm like, oh, that's kind of cool.
I could probably use that next.
Like three.
Then like three videos later.
It shows me a different creator with that same product.
And I'm like, yeah, I mean, that looks like it's really working there.
And I'll go all over for a day.
Then the next day they'll show it to me again.
Like they know I'm going to buy it.
Yeah.
I'm like, I'm going to just beat you to the punch.
And they couldn't make the checking out process any easier.
Honestly, it's so easy.
I'm going to buy it.
Yeah.
I'm going to buy it.
I'm going to just beat you to the punch.
And they couldn't make the checking out process any easier.
Honestly, it's so dangerous.
It's like faster than Amazon.
Wow.
That is dangerous.
Like there's no add your address.
Like, oh, they have it saved from last time in your car.
You don't have to add your security code.
It's boom, boom.
It's so dangerous.
Hate it.
All right.
Well, let us know.
Okay, Simon.
That's what I'm up to.
Okay.
Well, in my new kitchen, I decided I can't have my like ginormous air fryer out.
permanently.
Like, I just, I'm over it.
My air fryer sat on my counter is one of those huge, huge ones.
You could never put it in the counter.
It was, I would call it a toaster oven.
It was, it was a toaster oven because it was also my toaster.
But anyway, I'm retiring it.
I'm going to, I have a smaller air fryer that I had from my single days
that I will put an account in a drawer.
So I bought a toaster.
Now, I went cheap.
I got $23 one off of Amazon because I haven't been a toaster girl
in so many years.
So I don't know what the toaster is on the market.
Like, what's the hot toaster?
What toaster I need?
I got a to slot $23 Amazon basics toaster.
But like, knowing full well that like, when I am good and ready and I know
what I want out of a toaster, I will get a better one.
I'm very curious with those ones with the touch screens.
Like, I'm wondering if anyone has those toaster with a touch screen.
Yeah.
So it's like, you can pick, it shows different burn levels.
So you can say, like, I have a bagel and I want it like this color toasted.
And then it like automatically doesn't.
I'm just curious.
Is it worth it?
Does it work?
Is it unnecessary?
You know?
Sounds unnecessary.
I still haven't come into a forest lotter.
And I'm a family of sex.
And that's like kind of crazy of me probably.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But we don't have toaster stuff every morning.
Like, we'll do waffles once a week.
But only give the kids one waffle because I also make them aged with it.
So I just haven't committed.
But this is where it's just, it's more perfect when you need an appliance influencer
because I'm still, I'm having crock pot decision fatigue.
Yeah.
It's the same thing.
Yeah.
Same thing.
Okay.
My next one is Hadi's birthday is coming up.
Huge.
And I bought her a present.
I bought her.
So she's getting like some Gabby.
She's so into Gabby.
So, first of all, I'm taking her to sweeten sassy, which is this place in St. Louis to get a makeover.
Like, that's what she wants to do.
The hair, the nails, the makeup, the photo shoot.
Like, that's what she wants to do.
Okay.
It's $40.
Like, it's an easy $40 for me to spend.
Like, it's all she was talking about.
But then the present I got, she's getting like a couple of Gabby dollhouse figures.
And then I found on Amazon, like a mini karaoke machine.
But it's just like, it just has two.
It's not karaoke.
There's just two microphones and a speaker that like plays their voice.
And I feel like that's going to be a really fun present.
Yeah.
Cute.
When were you out of the Amazon?
I got enough Amazon.
How do you just not really, she's just like not in her Barbie.
She's not a Barbie girl.
And I feel like how he's already so mature in like the toys she wants.
You know?
Mm-hmm.
Like, it's not just as simple as like buying a Barbie doll.
She's like, I want makeup.
I want a purse.
She wants ugly boots.
I'm going to say those are Christmas.
Yeah.
Um, George wants Nike dunks.
I'm literally, I'm so over all of this peer influence on my children.
I understand that that's growing up.
And I understand that also I have a lot of peer influence in my life.
So I get that that's part of life.
But the way that my kids know things existed.
And now they.
Things exist.
Now they want them.
George is trying to give him some.
He wants these Nike dunks.
Because his kid is class is these Nike dunks.
And I'm like, so first of all, George, you're going to want the same shoes as this kid?
Like, you want to talk about a different color?
Also, they're on his, I mean, so I'm going to put them on his Christmas list.
I'm going to do the, like, something they wear and how he's going to get uggs
and George is going to get these Nike dunks, I guess.
I don't know.
Okay.
Oh my gosh.
I'm just like, you know what I'm saying?
It's just like, really?
Like, you didn't even know what those were.
Yeah.
I know.
What did he say the other day?
He was like, when I get in a car, I want a Lamborghini.
It's like, what are you talking?
You don't even know what a Lamborghini is.
I think that's kind of funny.
He's like, I'm thinking, well, he, he, George, like the two,
George's two favorite words in his vocabulary right now are satisfying and rare.
He watches some Lego people and they're always like, look how satisfying
like this Lego build is.
So now George is always like, this is so satisfying, mom.
Isn't this so satisfying?
And I'm like, yeah, George.
And then he's like, I think when I'm 16, I want a Lamborghini or a cyber truck
because like those are so rare.
You know?
Yeah.
And I'm like, well, maybe a Ford Ranger.
Yeah.
We'll talk.
You see that one on the road right now?
10 years maybe.
That's your end.
Yeah.
And then how he's like, well, I don't know what car I'm going to get, mom,
because I'm going to have 10 kids.
Well, sounds like the car mom is on the case.
Anyway, those are just like things about me.
Okay.
The last of my last transactions, they're honestly like all very boring.
It's like I got a wood mop because now I have like wood floors.
I'm trying to like, maintain them well.
And, you know, you have to get the time code.
Well, I have a time code, but I was like, Google it.
If you can use the time code on real wood floors and you can, but you just have to be careful.
That like, you don't get too much water on them.
So it stresses me out a little bit.
The time code, it was that you're not stressed.
You got the time code does not put out a lot of water.
I have one.
I just, I haven't, I haven't used it.
And like, organizers like nothing fun.
But something that I did buy is a Marine Corps magnet for my car.
And here's why.
Number one, I can't put stickers on my car.
And also like, I don't know why people put stickers on their car.
Like, just put a magnet on there.
That's why we sell magnets.
Like to put like a bumper sticker on your car.
I don't know, I can't do it.
But it's just like, a magnet is just like such a better idea.
And also, I do feel like I'm hoping that if I, if I do ever get pulled over,
having like a military thing on my back, like, helps maybe.
Yeah.
Did I tell you about the time that I got pulled over by a park ranger the other day?
I didn't know they had the authority.
My words exactly.
They have lights on their car.
How do you know to stop?
Okay.
So I pull into the park.
I'm driving a blue Kia Carnival minivan.
I'm taking my kids to the park.
I pull in.
I see this little sign that says, hey, rides.
Here's the time.
I'm like, oh, cute.
I'm like thinking about the hay rides.
Anyway, I see the playground.
So I go and I park.
And then the lights go on behind me.
So I'm like, I kind of like park.
But I'm not really park straight because I'm like, oh, like,
I'm in the middle of a parking lot.
And then he, instead of like pulling up next to me or allowing me to like
get myself straight, he like wedges me in so I can't go anywhere.
I'm like, dude, the minivan, the park,
like, read room.
And he goes, that road that you were just driving on is a one way.
And I'm like, oh my gosh, what?
Like, what road?
And he goes, you see that arrow right there?
That's a one way.
That road.
Like in a parking lot.
And I go, you mean the parking lot?
And he goes, yeah.
And I'm like, okay, well, parking lot, I didn't say this, but in my mind, I'm like,
okay, parking lots on a road.
He's like, you were supposed to turn and go around to come to the spot.
So it was kind of like a, like a circle.
And instead of go.
Do I know a park?
Do I know a park?
Do you know where you are?
It was at Faust.
It was at Faust Park.
So it's like paint.
And now that I'm looking at it, I'm like, oh, I can see how it's painted.
But like, it, it was not intuitive.
And I'm like, oh, yeah.
I didn't even realize that that was a one way.
You know, so I'm going to need to see your license in your registration and your insurance.
So I give it to him and he goes back to his car and he comes back and he's like, well,
I'm going to let you off with a warning.
And I'm like, you're a park.
Do you have the authority to give me a ticket?
And you're like, obviously, you're going to have a warning.
It was an accident.
No cars were in the parking lot.
It was like, you were going down a one way road.
Like, I'm freaking out.
Like, oh, my gosh.
I have my kids in my car.
I was going down a one way road.
That could have been really dangerous.
Oh, no, it was the parking lot with no cars in it, except for him and me.
I am raging over this.
Also, it's not a warning.
It's a letting you know.
If you act, if you roll a stop sign speed, you're doing that intentionally.
To do something as an accident.
For him to tell me that I did something and I go, I said, wait, what did I do?
Because I did not understand the words he was saying.
Oh, my gosh.
So anyway, you're going to get a marine thing to it.
So anyway, after that instance, I've been thinking about that I wanted a marine course sticker.
And I did get let off with a warning from the park ranger.
But I just think it doesn't hurt.
Yeah.
So I can't, did I not tell you that?
No, you didn't tell me.
I have it a few weeks ago.
I'm raging.
I know me too.
Okay. Well, as we don't have industry news because simply like we have to go create industry news
and I have to get my butt to the dealership right now.
Okay.
So wrap this up.
But we do have a ditch the drive through and Blake's besties.
So before we get to Blake's besties, let's do ditch the drive through.
And I am going to bring you the ditch the drive through.
Okay.
And it's what I made for dinner last night.
Okay.
And it's nothing that you guys haven't made before.
But maybe it'll spark a tingle of inspiration.
A tingle?
A tingle?
I made stakes roasted potatoes asparagus.
Never misses.
Never.
I'm making that tonight for dinner actually.
Never misses.
Couldn't be easier.
Couldn't be like more hands off like the stakes are so fast.
You put the other things in the oven.
But then you know what I made on the side.
I literally took a picture of this meal because I was so proud of it.
I made homemade chocolate chip cookies.
Now, that has kind of been like a bit of a micro hobby of mine because I try to do these like super complicated like brown butter,
crinkle, you know, toffee nut, chocolate chip cookies.
Honestly, shut up.
Grab the Nestle toll house and make the recipe on the back.
It's full proof.
Yeah.
The best cookie dough ever.
Mm-hmm.
And I made those.
Tyler loves cookie dough.
Like it's his...
I'm not telling him it doesn't eat.
Like he's so weird about it.
Mm-hmm.
He was so...
This was like his dream meal.
And it was our anniversary yesterday.
So I'm like, you know, I was like trying to like make him his dream meal.
So stakes, potatoes, asparagus, cookie dough, baked them for me and the kids.
Laugh, Tyler.
Raw cookie dough.
Wow.
Sounds amazing.
I'm making...
Why for the...
Love a steak.
Love.
Okay.
Cal, well, let's get into our first episode of Blake's Besties.
So we are going to be reading some stories from our listeners about their infant loss.
So if you don't want to listen to that, I understand, and you can sign off now.
But if you do want to hear the names of the babies and honor them,
we are going to read them now.
So, this comes from...
Kirsten.
Our son, Everett, was born into heaven on June 17th, 2025 at 9.27 a.m.
He was beautiful just like his big sisters.
We spent the day taking in the awe of him, his perfect and whole little features.
God spared no detail when he made our son.
We held and studied him, sang to him, prayed with him, and told him
all about his family who will always love him dearly.
We were all so excited to welcome into our family.
Losing him made us realize he already was one of us.
Part of our plans and conversations present on vacations during each bedtime story family dinner in every quiet moment.
He was always making his presence known through a very sick first trimester in an act of second.
He was not just mine and my husband's baby, but our whole family.
Our girls loved him so dearly, drawing pictures of him daily,
listening to his heartbeat, setting aside toys to share with him,
and selecting his seat in the car.
We were excited for three across our outlist bench.
After a year of early losses, Everett was supposed to be our quadruple rainbow baby to bring home.
Instead, he beat us to heaven and will be our little saint up there until we meet him again.
I carried him for his whole life and we will spend the rest of ours missing him.
We love you forever, Everett.
I thought I was going to be able to listen to him like just without getting too emotional this year.
What's that woman's name? What's the mom's name?
Kirsten.
She's a beautiful writer.
Beautiful writer.
I picked that one to start it off because I just feel like it really probably encapsulates what a lot of people who have experiences are feelings.
In a very beautiful and honoring way.
She's a beautiful writer and put a lot of...
She said a lot of things.
She said a lot of hate to use the word comforting but a lot of comforting things.
You know what I mean?
This is from Sophia.
Hi Kelly and Liz, thank you for bringing so much joy with your podcast and your content.
I wanted to share a little about my angel boy Carter.
We lost Carter three years ago when he passed away at two and a half years old from Sudep.
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
He started having seizures at 18 months old about every few months and later he was diagnosed with epilepsy.
Other than this, he was the brightest light and happiest and funniest child.
Seriously, class clown status.
He could eat donuts every day if we let him.
Loved giving hugs and was obsessed with construction vehicles.
He honestly sounds just like Fred.
He loves thunderstorms and knows always like high thunder, high lightning.
That's so cute.
So cute.
We thank God for the time we have with him.
He changes for the better.
His little brother Hudson is now almost two and a half years old and we know he was a gift from Carter.
Hudson now says high Carter when he sees his brother in pictures.
Thank you for the opportunity to share about my angel.
Hi Thunder, hi lightning.
Thank you.
It's very sweet.
Okay, this comes from Shannon.
We said hello and goodbye.
Matthias Peace Baker on January 7th, 2017.
His older sister Lola knew mom had a brother in her belly before we did.
Matthias had his dad's cupid bow lips and thumbs that looked like mine.
His mom.
I crave Chick-fil-A with ranch dressing and sour cream and onion chips.
All he ever knew was love.
I miss him every day.
Thank you for remembering with us with us.
Well, that's Blake's besties.
And if you guys want to write in your own submissions or write in for somebody else,
you can do so at helloatthecarmoefficial.com.
Thank you to those of you who listened to this part of the episode.
It is hard to listen to, but I think it's really important to be a part of hearing
these moms talk about their kids in the same way we talk about our kids.
Yeah.
In the same episode where I can share funny stories about, you know,
George, one in a Lamborghini.
Like, I also want to hear funny stories about Carter saying hi to lightning
because they were all our children and all their stories deserve to be talked about and remembered.
Yeah.
So thank you so much for listening to The Carpool Podcast and we'll talk to you next time.
See ya.
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