THE POWER OF A QUILT UNDER A TREE

Summary

THE CARPOOL PODCAST WITH KELLY AND LIZZ
Episode: "THE POWER OF A QUILT UNDER A TREE"
Date: June 3, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Kelly Stumpe and Lizz St. John catch up after a jam-packed week filled with family events, travel mishaps, and prepping for their much-anticipated Auto Show. They share behind-the-scenes insights into their family’s fundraising closet sale, car industry news, parenting hacks, summer routines, and the ways they're embracing slower, more nostalgic summer moments—culminating in the titular "power of a quilt under a tree." The discussion is peppered with signature sisterly banter, practical advice for millennial moms, and a touch of automotive industry expertise.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Closet Sale & Auto Show Prep

00:54 - 06:33

• Lizz has taken over planning their big closet sale fundraiser for charity, wrestling with how to price high-value yet pre-loved items:
  • “It's kind of my thing now... How do I price a thousand dollar dress for a charitable resale?” – Lizz (01:09)
• Discussion on ensuring the event is about raising money for charity, not haggling over prices.
• Family involvement: their mom Chris donated lots of high-end items, Tyler (Kelly’s husband) contributed shoes after an unexpected growth spurt, and kids are assembling themed grab bags for the event.
• Preview of grab bags (surprise $210 luxury skin cream inside!), how the pricing will be structured for VIP night and event days.
• The auto show itself is also growing beyond their current venue:
  • “We’ve outgrown the space. This will potentially be our last time at this venue... We’re gonna need a bigger venue.” – Lizz (06:46)

Kelly’s D.C. Trip & The Joy (and Horror) of Toll Roads

07:13 - 09:42

• Kelly laments D.C. traffic, toll roads, and astronomical housing prices:
  • “I spent three days in D.C.—not my favorite town. The traffic was like nothing I'd ever seen before.” – Kelly (07:13)
  • “$1.5 million for what in Missouri would seriously be a $400,000 house.” – Kelly (09:10)

Car Industry: Eastern Motors, Jingles, & Crash Test Realities

09:44 - 16:45

• Kelly shares her enthusiasm for the Eastern Motors dealership and its unforgettable jingle, sparking a nostalgic riff on classic commercial jingles:
  • "Eastern Motors Motors, your job's your credit credit. I'm obsessed. Bring back jingles." – Kelly (10:00)
• Commentary on how modern ads don’t compare to catchy jingles from their youth.
• Kelly gives an in-depth, passionate recount of attending the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash tests as part of a Mazda creator event:
  • Key stat: “40,000 people still die on the road every year. Which was like kind of a lot. Kind of hated hearing that.” – Kelly (12:25)
  • Praises IIHS for setting more rigorous standards than federal guidelines, and clarifies why modern cars appear to fare "worse" in crashes, but actually better protect passengers.
  • "It's almost like the more crashed a car looks, the better job it did absorbing the impact and protecting the passengers." – Kelly (13:37)
• Reveals Mazda’s unexpected dominance in recent safety awards, expressing surprise and the need for more consumer awareness:
  • "When I think safety…I'm still thinking Subaru, Volvo. Now it needs to be Mazda." – Kelly (20:09)

Family Life & Derby-Themed Engagement Party

21:33 - 27:54

• Recaps a lively “derby themed” engagement party for their brother Craig, with full family gatherings, themed cocktails, and plenty of Southern-inspired touches:
  • “There just ain't no party like a Sun Truck party. We're so fun.” – Kelly (22:13)
  • Lizz reveals party “hacks” for pregnant women, like requesting a Shirley Temple in a cocktail glass to avoid kid-cup vibes.
• Parenting tip: Kelly shares using conversation-starter cards to help her daughter Hattie navigate adult socializing at the party:
  • “It's really important to Tyler and I that our kids know how to have adult conversations…just a fun thing to do at your next adult party.” – Kelly (25:34, 27:38)

Summer Schedules, '90s Nostalgia & The Power of a Quilt Under a Tree

36:06 – 43:39

• Kelly reflects on not postponing joy, urging listeners not to “delay your summer activities” waiting for a perfect day.
• Describes simple summer rituals: tie-dye, buying the first watermelon, swimming on a random day, linking it to the cherished chaos of 1990s summers.
• “The power of a quilt under a tree”:
  • Kelly details her newfound love of sitting outside, grounded with a quilt under the shade, as an easy way for moms to rest while kids play around them:
  • “It really—and I’m grounding, which I think is so important for our nervous system…just the power of a quilt under a tree.” – Kelly (39:33)
• Discusses snack hacks and managing kids’ meals in summer:
  • “Every afternoon I have been getting ranch and veggies and just putting them out…Some days it looks like the most, some days it’s just carrots…whatever.” – Kelly (40:55)

Podcast Updates & Announcements

29:25 - 31:30

• Announcement: "Carpool" will drop down to one episode per week during the summer to accommodate their busy/family schedules, but will continue “Side Hustle Summer” spotlight segments.
• Invitation for listeners to submit their own side hustles—looking for creative, accessible entrepreneurial ideas.

Book Club & Media Habits

34:09 – 36:06

• Ongoing book club drama: Kelly is behind on "Yesteryear," Lizz has finished but is conflicted, and they set a deadline for next week.
• Reflection on preferring audiobooks or podcasts and the difficulties of squeezing in personal enrichment during a packed schedule.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It is my new vocal stem. It goes Eastern Motors. Motors. Your job’s your credit. Credit. I’m obsessed.” – Kelly (00:03, 10:00)
• “It’s almost like the more crashed a car looks, the better job it did absorbing the impact and protecting the passengers on the inside.” – Kelly (13:37)
• “You don’t want to be having the same drink as George and Hattie at the party.” – Kelly (24:55)
• “You can’t delay your joy this summer. Because I think summer is a season…The time for summer is now.” – Kelly (36:06)
• “There is just the magic and the power of taking a quilt outside and putting it under a tree.” – Kelly (39:32)
• “You want a snack? Here’s a spoonful of peanut butter. A peanut butter popsicle is what it was called.” – Liz (40:28)
• On snack game: “If they eat dinner at four and they're hungry again at six, I'm happy to get a snack. You had an amazing dinner.” – Kelly (42:18)
• Jingle nostalgia: “I’m so sad our kids aren’t growing up with jingles anymore.” – Kelly (45:24)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:54 – Charity closet sale & auto show preview
• 07:13 – D.C. trip frustrations: traffic, tolls, and real estate
• 09:44 – Car jingles and overhaul of modern ad styles
• 12:23 – IIHS & car crash tests; modern car safety explained
• 21:33 – Derby engagement party & inclusive family moments
• 25:34 – Parenting hack: conversation cards for kids at grownup events
• 36:06 – Summer routines, delaying joy, and how to "make it feel like summer"
• 39:32 – The “power of a quilt under a tree” and simple grounding rituals
• 42:18 – Kid snack and meal schedule hacks for summer
• 29:25 & 31:13 – Announcement: switching to one episode/week & side hustle submissions

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Essential Takeaways

• The sisters blend substantive auto-industry analysis with relatable family and parenting talk.
• Summer is now—don’t wait for the “perfect” day to make memories.
• Emphasize simplified joy, creative parenting, and practical hacks (from dress sales to snack trays).
• Car safety technology and the IIHS are worth celebrating—and Mazda’s under-the-radar safety reputation is a must-know.
• Tune in for both practical advice and plenty of laughter—a welcoming, engaging listen, even if you missed the episode.

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For more recaps and parenting hacks, catch up with The Carpool podcast every week—soon to be once weekly for summer!

Transcript

[Kelly]

Welcome to the carpool podcast with Kelly. Eastern Motors has a jingle. It is my new vocal stamp. It goes Eastern Motors. Motors. Your job's your credit. Credit. I'm obsessed.

[Liz]

And Liz, because what I hate is when you're pregnant and then you order a mocktail and they bring it to you in a plastic cup with a lid on it and like, you know, 10 cherries and you're like, okay, your mom.

[Kelly]

Time off starts now. Welcome back to the carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz. Hey, Lars.

[Liz]

What up, girl?

[Kelly]

Mainly my blood pressure. Is that, you know, my cortisol pressure.

[Liz]

Huh? My weight's up. But to be expected.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Auto show is in 12 days from the time of the recording. 10 days from the time that you're listening to this episode. And I think the most important thing to realize is it's not too late to get your [e-mail] Guys, I have

[Liz]

been non stop working on this closet sale. Like, it's kind of my. I'm kind of take. I've kind of fully taken it over. Chris dropped off so much stuff.

[Kelly]

That's our mother, if you don't know so much stuff.

[Liz]

She, she was saving stuff to try and like get a rack at a resale shop so she could resale clothes. You know, make a little side money. But that like, realistically, like, she maybe wasn't ever actually going to do that. So she's like, whatever, I won't do it. I will just donate all of these clothes. So they're like really nice brands. Like, I'm like, how do I price a thought in a thousand dollar dress for a charitable resale? Like, I don't know the appropriate.

[Kelly]

Right. Because pricing for a closet sale when all the proceeds go to charity is a little sticky because this isn't a garage sale. This isn't a resale sh. Shop. I want the things to go because I want to raise the money. Will we haggle? No, it's. We're not haggling.

[Liz]

No, I mean, I just think you. It's also tricky too, because I like, they're. Yeah.

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[Liz]

They're used.

[Kelly]

Close.

[Liz]

Like, yeah. Garage sale pricing would be much different than this. But I'm like, okay, I'm sorry. It's like a 180 dress with tags on it. $70 is a great deal and it's

[Kelly]

half off and you're basically making, you're making a charitable donation. You're getting something. That's why I love ex.

[Liz]

So anyway, my point being also saved. You haven't bought your tickets for the auto show. Like, at the very least, it's worth doing for this closet sale, because it's insane. And I still have to pick up the stuff from Marek, which I'm sure she's going to have. She said she has a lot. She was like, liz, tell me how much you want. Because, like, I have. I could. I could give you a lot, or I don't have to give you that much. I'm like, merrick, give me what you got, girl.

[Kelly]

No. Everyone's getting into it. Tyler. Recently. Tyler's feet grew recently, which is, like, so random. And one thing about my husband is, like, if he finds something he likes, he will buy it in every color. So he found these to covis boots that he loved, and he bought them, like, two years ago. Like, dress boots. Like, not even cowboy, but it's like more of a dress boot. And he outgrew them. And so then he went and bought three more pairs of these two kova boots. Like, he doesn't spend any money on closing. This is. This is all he does. And so he has three pairs of your. If your husband is a size 10 wide, Tyler's got some shoes.

[Liz]

Yeah, yeah. And if you're size. If you're a size 8 to 9 and shoe, like, it's gonna be a heyday, like, for females.

[Kelly]

Yeah. So anyway, I told Tyler a joke

[Liz]

this morning about his feet growing. He called me about something, and he was telling me he was donating his to covas, and he goes, it's the weirdest thing. My feet grew. I'm like, well, Tyler, pregnancy does that to you. He's like, I'm stealing that. Whatever. Anyone else I'm gonna say, after my fourth pregnancy, after my fourth kid, Tyler is so funny.

[Kelly]

He will literally, like, trial joke. He, like. He's like, this is gonna be my new joke, and he'll, like, tell it to me. And I'm like, I think. I think you need to workshop it. And then, like, I'll hear him. No, it is good. That one is good. But he has other ones that, you know, I think they need to be workshops. But also, what I feel like when I don't think Tyler's funny, everyone else thinks he's so funny.

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[Kelly]

Do you know what I mean?

[Liz]

Tyler's charming.

[Kelly]

Teller is charming.

[Liz]

He has a. He has a charm to him that even, like. Even if you tried to say the exact same thing in the exact same delivery in the exact same cadence, it would fall so flat. But because Tyler said lands anyway, I

[Kelly]

Think our goal for the closet sale is like, so it'll be open at the VIP night and I'm hoping we make a dent in it at the VIP night. VIP night prices will be set. And then I think like when the auto show starts, like, those prices will be set and then I would imagine around one we'll start discounting what's on the tag.

[Liz]

And there's a little bit of everything. Like some stuff is. There's there. I've got a two dollar price tag and I've got, you know, a hundred dollar price tag. So there's just like kind of everything in between. So anyway, I'm very excited about it and I know just.

[Kelly]

Me too, me too.

[Liz]

I mean, there's some good stuff in here. I'm like, are we sure we want to get, like, get rid of this?

[Kelly]

But then you remember it's for charity and you're like, yes, I do. Yeah, I know.

[Liz]

It makes it a lot easier.

[Kelly]

It does make it easier. Well, while you're working on that, I've got my niece and Hattie upstairs working on the grab bags.

[Liz]

Also so fun.

[Kelly]

Also so fun for charity. Grab bags, duck pond, whatever you want to call it. Basically how it will work is if you're at the auto show or the VIP night, you'll come to this table, you'll pay $20 cash or I don't know, I guess card. We'll figure it out. I would probably buy like two or three because like you spend 60 bucks. Every item in there is worth more than $20. So that's what they're doing right now. They're going through all of my items and making sure if something's not over 20, they're matching it with an item. So like the bag is worth over $20. And I was looking at like their spreadsheet. This is obviously a great lesson for both of them. Hattie's helping, you know, my other niece Evelyn is like on the computer doing it. And there is a cream in there that is worth $210.

[Liz]

Oh my gosh.

[Kelly]

And one of you is going to get it for 20 bucks.

[Liz]

Yeah, yeah. That's crazy.

[Kelly]

I mean, I got it for free, so like I am passing that on. But there are some high ticket creams, hair products, jewelry. So fun.

[Liz]

Not too late. Get your tickets at the car. Mom.com.

[Kelly]

like all of that. And we haven't even talked. We haven't even talked about the cars and the other activations we're going to have. Like, it is the event of the summer. People are saying, I know, I know.

[Liz]

We've. We've outgrown the space. Like this will be our problem. Potentially our last time at this venue. Like we're gonna need a bigger venue.

[Kelly]

What's next? Like a convention center?

[Liz]

I guess we could fill it easy.

[Kelly]

I know we could fill it easy. Anyways, here nor there. Since last we've spoke, I have lived 10 lives because we couldn't get two episodes in last week. So sorry. Because ya girl was jet setting.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

I spent three days in D.C. not my favorite town. The traffic was like nothing I'd ever seen before.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And get this, Elizabeth, in D.C. you have to pay to use the highway.

[Liz]

Like a toll.

[Kelly]

So yeah, they have tolls everywhere. Like I'm always seeing tolls. But then they have. Then the traffic is horrible. And then they have these lanes that you can pay to go in these lanes that are going fast. And it's like 17 to $50 to go in the lanes that are moving.

[Liz]

Oh my gosh.

[Kelly]

Crazy.

[Liz]

That is.

[Kelly]

And I'm like, hey, if you guys just opened up the other lanes, there wouldn't be this much traffic.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Instead of putting a price.

[Kelly]

I don't like it. No, I don't like it.

[Liz]

This is a free country and they have tolls.

[Kelly]

So I'm just like. And in St. Louis, there's not. I haven't. We don't have a single toll. No, there's not a toll to be found. Our highway is free. Another reason to come to the auto show. Like that's. Or move here. So I was like really shook by the traffic and at one point I went to go. One of our aunt lives in D.C. so I went to go meet her for dinner. And from Sam's house where I was staying, the restaurant was like 40min was a little far. But like I live 40 minutes from everything, so I was expecting that. So I get in the car, I turn on a podcast, I start driving. I'm 30 minutes into my drive. I look down, I'm still 40 minutes away. Like it wasn't. I wasn't moving. That's like I was moving but the traffic was like, kept getting worse and worse and worse. That. But like by the time I actually got there, it took me an hour and a half to go. Wait for it. Miserable to go away for it. Liz. 17 miles an hour and a half.

[Liz]

Who would you.

[Kelly]

And then I was going on Zillow because I love when I go to a new place and like explore the Zillow. I just want to know What I'm getting. I want to know what the houses are worth. Oh, my gosh.

[Liz]

So expensive.

[Kelly]

Like $1.5 million for what in Missouri would seriously, seriously be a $400,000 house.

[Liz]

Oh, my gosh.

[Kelly]

It was crazy. The prices.

[Liz]

I didn't know D.C. was so, like, happening. Like, I get it's like the capital, like, where all the politicians are at, but, like, I didn't realize that.

[Kelly]

It was like, I couldn't believe the prices of the houses. Like, I could not believe it. I don't. That and the highway. And you have to pay to use the highway.

[Liz]

Okay, but how is the ihs?

[Kelly]

Okay, so the ihs. So I went for. I went. I went for two reasons. One, I went for a capital One event. I was interviewing this guy who runs a dealership called Eastern Motors, and Eastern Motors has a jingle that.

[Liz]

No. You've been singing it nonstop.

[Kelly]

It is my new vocal stem. It goes Eastern Motors Motors, your job's. Your credit credit. At Eastern Motors Motors, your jobs, your credit credit. I'm obsessed. Bring back jingles. I haven't seen a good jingle in a while.

[Liz]

No, that's true.

[Kelly]

It used to be. Give me a break. Give me a break. Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar. Where are the jingles? When's the last time you heard a good jingle?

[Liz]

Well, yeah. Not like a good neighbor. State Farm is there. Speaking of most recent ad.

[Kelly]

Okay, that's.

[Liz]

That's the only one I can think of.

[Kelly]

I'm looking at modern jingles instead of lengthy lyrics. Brands use audio signatures to build immediate recognition, optimizing for short skippable formats. So they're think. Thinking like McDonald's.

[Liz]

Yeah, but that. I'm with you on the vocal stem. Like you want to know a vocal. Another vocal stem. Reese's puff. Reese's puff. Peanut butter chocolate flavor. Education connection. I went down the Internet.

[Kelly]

We should do a great eight. I'm not ready to do it today, but we should do a grade eight of the best jingles. Yeah.

[Liz]

Okay. I think we can bring back the grade eight for that. For that reason. So anyway, you're the iihs, Kelly. Stay with me here.

[Kelly]

So anyway, at this dealership I was at, it was incredible. They sell 10, 000 used cars a year. And it was like. It was what I would call a used car factory. So, like, we were at their headquarters, and, like, a car would come in that they bought from the auction. And then it's this huge warehouse, and they have signs over the sections of the warehouse, and it was like detail shop, parts department, paint, tire and wheel. And these cars go through this little factory to get ready for retail. It was so cool. It was so cool. It was a really great, really great dealer experience. Okay. So then I went to the IHS and so Mazda invited 40 creators there and they were talking a lot about why the number 40 was so important. And that has since escaped my mind.

[Liz]

They're clearly trying to make it 40, 000 people.

[Kelly]

40, 000 people still die on the road every year. Which was like kind of a lot. Kind of hated hearing that.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And then there was a good thing about 40 and then there was 40 of us. I really wish I could remember more. Anyway, so there was a, there was a big batch of like there was a wide net of creators. There was not that many auto. Actually very little auto. I think there's only three of us who were auto related. And then there was a lot of like lifestyle, parenting, good storytellers, which I'm not a great storyteller so I'm happy, like they're there to capture the story. But this was mine and Sam's Super Bowl. It was her birthday and she literally, I don't think could have spent her birthday at a better spot for her. It was the most interesting morning of my life. Like I couldn't believe. It was so cool to see the cars crash tested. It was so cool to hear about their process and like I knew all of these things but to really see them in action and to see the crash checks and to see what a well oiled machine they are. Like if the IHS has no fans, I've passed away because I am their biggest stand, I'm their biggest fan. They are doing. No, no, not to be dramatic. Life saving work, the Lord's work life.

[Liz]

Was it jarring to like walk through that hall with all the crashed cars and just like to see a freaking giant SUV just destroyed.

[Kelly]

So there's so much about this and I really think again, I need, I am kind of like the, the IHS's mouthpiece. I'm not paid by them in any capacity but like I feel like I have to be the one to deliver the message to people because people will always send me this reel of an old car, a super old car like hitting a pole and then a new car hitting a pole and the new car has a lot more damage on it than the old car. And everyone's like, they don't build them like they used to. And it's like, right, because that was before crumple zones existed, the more crash. I'm not take this with a grain of salt, but, like, it's almost like the more crashed a car looks, the better job it did absorbing the impact and protecting the passengers on the inside. Like, they are designed to crumble. That's when people are always like, my car was completely destroyed, but we were fine. It's like. I know. That's the point.

[Liz]

Interesting.

[Kelly]

The more. You know what I'm saying, like, the more a car compacts, the more it absorbs the impact. So it really isn't that jarring because I'm like, that's. That's the sign of a. Well, that's a sign of a safe car, basically. Okay. Do you know what I mean?

[Liz]

That's so interesting.

[Kelly]

Yeah, very interesting. I think the craziest thing I saw was their rollover crash test, which. So, like, basically, there's federal standards, and a lot of the times the federal standards are just not up to snuff with the IHS. The IHS is like, that sucks. We want more. And from 2009, 2022, the rollover crashing that the. That the government mandated was, like, lame. Like, it was one and a half times the car's weight. They had to pass to. To meet. To meet the rollover standards. But the IHS is like, well, if you're going at a high speed, like, one and a half times the weight of the car is. The math isn't mathing, for lack of better words. So the IHS is like, we're going to test it at four times the amount. And I posted a reel. Go back and watch it if you have it. It's the real's not the reel's not getting enough love because it is one of the most interesting rules I ever made. But it's an.09 Sportage versus an 09 Tiguan. Same cars pass the same federal regulations. I'm doing air quotes when I say that one. The Sportage moved 15 inches on the rollover, and the Tiguan moved one. It was crazy to see the side by side. Yeah. And then this was really fun. Then we got to go out to the track, and we got to test their crash prevention tech.

[Liz]

That's spooky.

[Kelly]

And they were like, does anyone want to ride while we do it? And I'm like, get me in the car. So basically, I got in the car with this guy. He goes up to 25 miles an hour. There's, like, a barrier. It's made out of styrofoam, but, like, you still don't want to hit it.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

It's a fake car made out of styrofoam. And he takes his feet off the brake and we just wait for the Mazda automatic braking to kick in.

[Liz]

Oh, my gosh. And I guess it did. It passed.

[Kelly]

It passed with flying colors. Like, I love crash prevention tech. And then they do a lot of night tests. They do pedestrian. They do motorcycle. Like, it is so cool. If I was smarter, I would love to work there because I'm definitely not an engineer. Like, I could never.

[Liz]

No. Like, I do think if you are, like, if you do have that brain capacity though, and you are an engineer, like, what a fun dream job. Dream job. What a fun place to work.

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[Kelly]

And then we got to see the crashes of the CX5. So fun fact about Mazda is they are the most awarded brand by the ihs. They also recently just clinched Consumer Reports safest car brand. So it is kind of all coming up Mazda in terms of safety.

[Liz]

This was kind of news to me.

[Kelly]

Well, kind of news to me too. I honestly think Mazda needs to do a better job of like getting that. I mean, I mean, I guess that's why they hired a bunch of creators. But I agree that needs to be because when I think safety. I'm sorry, I'm still thinking Subaru Volvo.

[Liz]

Yeah, I'm not cross my let my mind.

[Kelly]

No, now it was. It needs to be. And we saw the CX5 get crash tested and we're not allowed to speculate how it did.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

So I can't wait to see how that comes out. But if they do get this award, it will be their 100th IHS top safety pick award.

[Liz]

Wow. I mean, I'm sure if they invited everyone out and like gave these details, they're probably pretty confident in.

[Kelly]

People were smiling. The Mazda crew was smiling after. After the crash.

[Liz]

But we're not speculating.

[Kelly]

I'm not speaking. I'm saying they were all very excited.

[Liz]

Okay. Yeah.

[Kelly]

So we'll see what happens.

[Liz]

And,

[Kelly]

yeah, it was just insane. Now do I have my gripes about Mazda? Yes. And you know what? They came up to me and they go, we saw your CX90 video, and we're gonna bring all your design critiques at the next meeting when I go to Japan. That's what this woman told me.

[Liz]

Oh, my gosh. Okay. That's crazy.

[Kelly]

I know. So I was like, okay, so maybe we will get ceiling vents one day in the CX90 and a little bit more legroom, and maybe they'll stop, you know, measuring the. Never mind.

[Liz]

So you did that. And then this weekend, we had such a fun party. We had our brother's engagement party. So it was derby themed. Our brother and our brother Craig and his fiance Charlotte, everyone dressed to the nines. Everyone had a hat. It was so much fun. Chris, she wanted to make sure she had all the southern flair. Like, she had the decor. She, like, it was lovely. And our sisters came in town for it. Like, the whole family was there. We were together for, like, you know, a few hours for the first time in months.

[Kelly]

I know, I know. I miss. I miss our sisters so much. It was kind of like. So it was not enough time with the sisters, but there just ain't no party like a sun truck party. Like, I'm sorry. We're just. We're so fun.

[Liz]

Chris is really good at planning a party.

[Kelly]

Our mother's incredible at planning a party. And our dad has really good energy.

[Liz]

And dad has good energy and pays for the party.

[Kelly]

And funds. Yeah.

[Liz]

And a checkbook.

[Kelly]

Yeah, I know.

[Liz]

It was.

[Kelly]

He can't tell our mother. No. So it's just, like, all works out well.

[Liz]

It was so much fun. I love an engagement party. I remember my engagement party being the most fun because it's the first time that you're kind of, like, getting together with, like, the other family. And this is going to be. We're gonna be together a lot because their wedding is in England next summer. So, like, we're all gonna be traveling together. So it's just, like, such a fun way to kick off this actual year of an engagement.

[Kelly]

No, I totally agree. I'm not the biggest themed party person, but the derby theme was an excellent theme.

[Liz]

I love a theme, Kel.

[Kelly]

Yeah, I know you love a theme. I'm not the biggest themed party girl. But this was a really fun way just to get everybody dressed up. So everyone. Because when you're dressed up, sometimes you have more fun. You definitely have more fun when you're dressed up. So that was really fun.

[Liz]

It's a good conversation starter, too.

[Kelly]

And, like, people definitely got more dressed up than they would have if we just said it was an engagement party, for sure. Don't you think?

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Mom did a really good job of having, like, you know, fun cocktails. So we had Hugo Spritz. We had mint juleps. We had Palomas.

[Liz]

Did you hear how stressed out mom was about her cocktails, though? Why? She. She told me. Or Sydney came over to my house and told me she was. Oh, Mom's so stressed out because she said that the mint juleps are supposed to have crushed ice, and she doesn't know where she's going to get crushed ice from. And it's not going to be an authentic mint julep if it doesn't have crushed eyes. She was literally considering, like, going to, like, Sonic and getting a bunch of crushed eyes.

[Kelly]

Oh, she's so crazy.

[Liz]

So she could be, like, authentic. Like, this is how. How intense she is about it. But I don't know if there was crushed ice. I don't know if anyone missed it or not. I wasn't obviously partaking. I did ask, though, the waitress if she could bring me a Shirley Temple in a cocktail glass, though, because what I hate is when you're pregnant and then you order a mocktail and they bring it to you in a plastic cup with a lid on it and, like, you know, 10 cherries, and you're like, okay. But I. I don't. But I also don't want people to think that I'm drinking because I'm not. But, like, also, like, let me act like I'm. I don't want to look like a kid.

[Kelly]

You don't want to be having the same drink as George and Hattie at the.

[Liz]

Exactly.

[Kelly]

The same cup. The same drink as George county at the party. Totally.

[Liz]

So that's. My hack is to order it in a cocktail glass.

[Kelly]

Do you want to know my hack for Shirley Temples?

[Liz]

Yes.

[Kelly]

With your kids.

[Liz]

Yes.

[Kelly]

Club soda and grenadine. Nix the Sprite.

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Yeah.

[Kelly]

Not as good. Does Check the box. And they're not drinking so much sugar.

[Liz]

And they probably don't want as many,

[Kelly]

I imagine, because it doesn't go down quite as good, but, like, it's still good enough. I do that a lot.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And I did bring Georgia Hattie to the Party, which was so fun to just like be a mom of like, you know, a seven and five year old. Like, who am I?

[Liz]

I know. They were so well behaved. I loved your conversation cards that you had for Hattie.

[Kelly]

So I. George is really. George is really social. Like, George has no problem talking to grown ups. I mean he could always practice. But like I wanted to give Hattie like something to fall back on. But it is really important to Tyler and I that our kids know how to have adult conversations. And I wanted my kids to go around and talk to people who they don't see a lot, who they know, but they don't see a lot. So I had these kids conversation cards that someone gave to me and I gave them to Hattie and I said, I want you to go around to all they're going to just ask them to pick a card and read the question and then answer it. So then like the cards would say things like, what's the grossest food you ever tried? What's your favorite season? What do you like?

[Liz]

To. My question I got was, what, what? What do you like to do on your birthday?

[Kelly]

Cute.

[Liz]

Like they would be very cute. Easy to answer. What superpower would you have? But like kids would find it interesting and kids could maybe then respond.

[Kelly]

So then the thing was like grown ups would tell Hattie and then the growns would like ask Hattie to respond to them. And like, you know, then it wasn't a long conversation, but you know, a minute, a minute and a half for a bunch of grownups. And she had a lot of fun going around and having those conversations. And I just think it was really good practice. She was so cute. She was even asking the waitresses.

[Liz]

Like I saw like one of the waitresses was like hunched down having a conversation with her. Her. I'm like, oh, this is so cute.

[Kelly]

It's just.

[Liz]

It was very sweet and I was very proud of her for going around and doing it.

[Kelly]

I was a really good idea. Thank you. I was very proud of my idea. It really stretched Hattie and I thought she would. I was gonna make George do it with her, but I'm happy I didn't. I'm happy that she just did it on her. I did a couple of.

[Liz]

I think George would have taken over.

[Kelly]

I know. And that's the thing, and that's what I need to remember sometimes is sometimes they need to be separated so Hattie can flourish and grow and not be over. Not. I don't like the word overshadow, but like, George just has a really strong, loud, outgoing personality. Yeah, but, yeah, I was.

[Liz]

That's a total hack. Where can you get those on Amazon or where do you get them?

[Kelly]

Yeah, I just linked them on my stories. They're not the exact ones I have, but, like, any will do. And also, like, do it on index cards. Like, you don't have to, like, Google questions. Do it on index cards. Have your kids practice their handwriting. Like, it's just a fun thing to do at your next, like, adult party.

[Liz]

Yeah, totally.

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Very cute.

[Kelly]

And I really enjoyed bringing my kids. I mean, I like, I don't like to chase babies and toddlers around. I have no problem taking Howie to the bathroom, you know, getting them a plate of chicken fingers and, like, showing off how darling my kids are. Like, I actually really enjoyed be. I had more fun with them there than. Than with them not there.

[Liz]

I agree.

[Kelly]

George did a sprinkler on the dance floor. Hattie got a tambourine.

[Liz]

Yeah. Hattie was doing backward somersaults on the dance floor, actually. So how do you try. Did her version of the splits? You know, it was. They brought the energy. They brought the Tyler Stumpy energy we all know and expect.

[Kelly]

Totally. So funny. And now. Yeah, so now it's just full blown. Auto show, auto show, auto show. I am excited. It's in the beginning of the summer this year, so we can kind of like, no offense, get the anxiety over with.

[Liz]

Yeah, I need it to be over.

[Kelly]

And then we have to start talking about baby St. Johnny.

[Liz]

I know, I know. I'm kind of starting. I'm starting to order some stuff and just prepare stuff. Like, I'm kind of getting a pit in my stomach about not only like, having a baby, but, like, giving birth and recovering and, you know, having three kids and just what that looks like. It's all feeling very real to me. So I'm a little bit overwhelmed. But Maddie and I had very good conversation about it last night and I have. I need, like, a plan of action. But, like, really, I'm just, I'm. I need this auto show to come and go so I can, like, not feel guilty about.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Doing, like, thinking about it and doing other things because there's just a million things that need to be done for work, so. And with that being said, too, with all that, I guess now would be a good time to say that we are going to drop down to one episode a week in June, in the summer.

[Kelly]

I've been dreading. I've been dreading telling people so. We haven't.

[Liz]

I know, but here's what we are going to do. We are still gonna do side Hustle Summer. We actually now would be a great time to start getting submissions for Side Hustle Summer.

[Kelly]

So let me show you what that is.

[Liz]

Yeah, let me just get a few announcements out of the way. Number one, we're going down to one episode a week. Number two, side Hustle.

[Kelly]

Just for the summer. Just for the summer. We will be back.

[Liz]

Side Hustle Summer is your opportunity, if you have a side hustle that you are doing to bring in some extra income for your family that essentially anyone could pick up and start themselves. Write into hello@the CarmomOfficial.com Tell us what your side hustle is. If you have an account, a website or anything, link it just so we can kind of like get the vibes. Get your vibes. And we will pick a few people who we think have, you know, interesting side hustles. Like people we had last year. Was this the girl who does like baby storks, like when you have a baby and then they plop the storks in your yard? That was her side hustle. We had the marketplace mom kind of come on. That was kind of her start to her profile. We had some laundry coops, cotton candy, like, so it's just like what is your side hustle? And you know, and we will talk about how you got started, how other people get started. And, and I just think we're all kind of craving a little bit of obviously extra income and also maybe a creative outlet. So if you have a side hustle that you think fits kind of the description I just gave, you can write into hello, the car momofficial.

[Kelly]

Com.

[Liz]

So we will have those coming. So depending on how long those episode, how long those conversations go, those might be tacked onto the end of our one episode a week, which means it'll be a really long one episode a week. Or maybe we'll release those as like a second, just like something else, a shorter episode to listen to.

[Kelly]

That's a good point.

[Liz]

We don't exactly on what that's going to look like, but I guess we could maybe start those like late July, late June, early July.

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[Kelly]

and

[Liz]

then the other thing, Kelly, that I have to ask you that I'm Kind of nervous to ask you is, how are you doing on the book club book

[Kelly]

yesteryear? Not good because I touched. Okay, okay. Please don't tell me anything about it. Let me tell you about my life right now. First of all, you're gonna make me cry because I'm so stressed out. I have my book club tonight. Like, with my real book club.

[Liz]

I.

[Kelly]

They're coming over to my house tonight. I have four hours left on the audiobook,

[Liz]

but I have a hour and a half. Are you telling me that on your hour and a half drive to. To dinner, you chose to listen to a podcast and not one of the two audiobooks that you have committed to listening to? You need to stop listening to podcasts.

[Kelly]

Kelly, here's the thing. I. Here's the thing. Let me explain this to you. One, I didn't think about yesterday or two, my book club book. I had the physical copy, and I was trying to get around to reading that before I bought the auto book, but I ended up having to buy the audio because I didn't have time to read the book. I will get yesteryear done this week. I'm gonna finish this book today. I'll power through yesteryear. I heard it's kind of a dumpster fire, kind of in a good way. I think I'll fly through it.

[Liz]

Yeah, no, I was. I finished it and I was. I did find it interesting to listen to. Like, and I'm doing the dishes. When I was driving. Like, it was. I wasn't bored listening to it. Right by the end of it, I was like. I don't know if I like that or hated it. So, like, I'm really excited to talk about it. Like, I really need to talk about it.

[Kelly]

Perfect. This time next week, I will have it completed.

[Liz]

Excellent. Because I do believe that was the timeline in which we set so.

[Kelly]

Totally. So thank you for reminding me about that, though. Yeah, I will get. I will get that done. I am enjoying reading. I am enjoying reading.

[Liz]

Yeah, I'm enjoying listening. Because I don't read, but I do listen. And since I finished the book, I was like, what do I do now? Like, I just liked having something to listen to, so I need to find a new one.

[Kelly]

So, anyway, summer's in full swing over here, and I have started. I feel like one thing I want everyone to take away from this podcast episode is similar to how I feel around the Christmas season. You can't delay your joy this summer. You can't delay your summer activities by, like, waiting for it to feel like, the perfect summer day. Because I think summer is a season. And, like, for a lot of. I think some people's kids are still in school. That's crazy. Not ours. Like, the time for summer is now. Like, we are in our summer vibe. And I spoke about this a couple weeks ago, but, like, my kids, we always tie dye shirts in the summer. And I always. I'm telling you, I always, like, wait for it to be, like, the perfect time. You know what I'm saying? And I had the tie dye kit, and it was like a random Tuesday. And Hattie's like, can we please tie dye? And I was like, no, no, no, not today. And she's like, why? And then I was like, because it doesn't feel like summer. Like, it was kind of rainy out and, like, I'm a little overstimulated, but I was like, fine, we'll just do it. And. Most chaotic 45 minutes of my life. Not even 35 minutes of my life. But the kids had so much fun with it.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And I think I like to delay some. Sometimes I feel like I want to delay things. I don't want people to get burnt out on it. Like, I already bought a watermelon for the season. Like, I was, like, delaying buying a watermelon because I'm like, you know, it's not. I was telling the kids, and it really. The watermelons aren't great yet. It's like, it's not the best time. But I bought a watermelon yesterday, and they were like, it's summer again. You have a watermelon. Yeah. We're so excited. Yeah. And, you know, we've been swimming a lot, and we've been, like, just in my head, like, blowing through, like, my plans for summer. But that's okay.

[Liz]

Well, I see what you mean. I see. I see what you mean. Like, you don't want to, like, totally. Like, some stuff you maybe do want to save for, quite literally, like, a rainy day. Like, like, inactivity. But also it's like, what are you gonna. Like, you have. You literally have all the time in the world in summer. So it's like.

[Kelly]

And I want to feel like that because in other aspects of my. I mean, after the other show, but even in the moments where I can. I really. You know, it was so funny because we made fun of 90s summer a couple of episodes ago. But, like, the more I've reflected on it, the more I'm like, no, I do kind of want a 90s, like, slow, boring summer. Boring and fun. But just not fun all the time.

[Liz]

Someone made a comment on the Facebook group about us talking about the 90s summer, and they were like, similarly to like the 90s Christmas trend. Maybe we just have nostalgia to it because we had no responsibilities and, like, no school. And, like, you weren't cutting up the watermelon.

[Kelly]

The watermelon was.

[Liz]

Slice was being handed to you. And you weren't setting up and cleaning up the tie dye kit. You were just having fun with the tie dye kit. So I think that also the kind of the problem, but like, just something about our generation and just romanticizing things on social media. It's like, no, you just, like, are romanticizing a childhood. Like.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Which is great. Like, and I hope everyone has. Roman can romanticize their childhood. But like, there's a portion of it that it's. That's just. It's just being a kid.

[Kelly]

It's just. You're totally right. It's just being a kid.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And now we get to be that for our. For our kids, which is fun. Which is fun and exciting. Another thing I've really enjoyed this summer so far. Again, on June 1st, I'm like, this is just the magic and the power of taking a quilt outside and putting it under a tree.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And it just kind of. And if you want to, like, be lazy, this is working well for me. I go under. I take a quilt, I go under a tree. I bring my phone, I bring my energy drink, I bring my iced coffee, whatever I'm sipping on. And I just sit my butt under that tree. And like, the kids come to me as needed. But I'm sat there and I'm just relaxing there. You need mom. Here's mom. Yeah, Sit with me. I'll read to you. Go play. But like, I'm outside, but I'm not. I'm just. I'm very relaxed, though. Like, it really. And I'm grounding, which I think is so important for our nervous system. So I've really been enjoying just the power of a quilt under a tree. And then I think it's really smart in the summer because I've already noticed, like, they're. The kids are being insane with the snacks. Like, we're blowing through it. I'm not the biggest pre. Pre packaged snack person. We just don't really do that. We didn't grow up like that. We grew up in an ingredient household. Like, we grew up in the most intense ingredient household you'd ever seen in your life.

[Liz]

You want a snack? Here's a spoonful of Peanut butter. A peanut butter popsicle is what it was called.

[Kelly]

Peanut butter popsicles were our snack all the time. So, no, I have more snacks than I had growing up because I don't know. I don't know how mom did it. Like, that was so crazy. Like, were we always so hungry, like, or just, like, bored even, you know?

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

But every afternoon what I've been doing is. And I'm.

[Liz]

I'm.

[Kelly]

I'm in my disposable grind. Sue me, don't care. Every afternoon I have been getting ranch and veggies and just putting them out every afternoon. And some. Some days it looks like the most. Some days it looks like peppers, cucumbers, you know, combination. The other day I literally just threw carrots. Big carrots. Didn't even peel them. Whatever, they were fine.

[Liz]

There's something fun about that, though.

[Kelly]

I washed them. I washed them. But I've been doing that every afternoon. So I'm kind of like trying to, you know, get my summer schedule out. So my kids wake up so early, we do breakfast, they get screen time until, like, I have my head together. And then around 8 o', clock, the screens go off and breakfast is done. And then my kids are literally ready to eat lunch by 10:30. I'm okay with that. I let us eat lunch at 10:30 because I'd rather them eat lunch than a snack. So then we have lunch literally around 10:30, sometimes 11. Then the little kids go down for a nap. And then when everyone wakes up, I put my veggies out, like that's what's on the menu. And then I start cooking dinner and we eat dinner on four. And I know that's not gonna work for everybody because that's just kind of our schedule allows for it. But I like having their meals again where more like their snack time is and like, their snack time where more like the meals are. Because then if they eat dinner at four and they're hungry again at six, I'm happy to get a snack. You had an amazing dinner.

[Liz]

Yeah, it's when you snack at four, then you're not hungry at six that it's frustrating.

[Kelly]

That it's frustrating. And I personally, like, with my health journey with my diet, I really, like, I feel better when I stop eating earlier in the night. I try to stop eating four hours before I go to bed just so my body can digest. I think it's helped me a lot. So that's another reason why I like eating dinner early. So I don't have a snack after I. But I Fill up and then. But I also know, like, the kids ate before, so I've been enjoying that.

[Liz]

No, that feels good. Yeah, I. I see. I'm actually trying that tonight. So, like, the power of just like a veggie tray or just like setting snacks out and kind of just like leaving it. We are starting swim lessons for James this week. So it's the next eight weeks, once a week, but it's at mom and dad's house because I don't have a pool. So I'm going to be. It is at 5 o', clock, so I am going to be bringing dinner to mom and dad's house, so my kids eat. So I've ordered all the stuff for a veggie tray. And I ordered stuff to make like, ham and Swiss, like sliders that I'm going to put in the oven to kind of like cook them and melt them a little bit. I'll put them in the oven at mom's house. But, like, then I just, like, want to set it up by the pool and just like, see what happens. And I'm really looking forward to it and I hope it goes well. Always experimenting with my children.

[Kelly]

I love it.

[Liz]

And their. And their lack of eating.

[Kelly]

Yeah, they. They will catch up one day. And when it's just like, take you by such surprise.

[Liz]

No, you know what? Yesterday actually, last night, I made steak for dinner. And since we buy like a cow, we just get like. I pulled it out of our freezer and so it was two ribeyes. And that's, you know, me and Maddie and the kids. And then we also have leftovers the next day because the kids usually don't touch it. They both ate all their steak. I actually ran out of steak. I was like, maddie, you have to stop eating your steak. Because I. There's. They're looking like they're gonna run out, and it's like we need to give them as much. As much meat as they will possibly eat. So that was really exciting.

[Kelly]

That is so exciting.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Wow. Okay.

[Liz]

Okay. Yeah. No, so. So things are happening. So that's why I'm kind of excited about. And that's probably actually gonna be my ditch. The drive through tonight, too is just the power of like a Hawaii, like a Hawaiian roll, sliders, kind of in whatever capacity that looks like for you, whatever meat you could do, you could literally do anything. You could do anything. You could do pepperoni. You could do like a pizza version. You could do an Italian. I'm gonna do ham and Swiss. You could do turkey. You could do meatballs. You could do burgers. I see, like, ground beef burger sliders.

[Kelly]

Yeah, we've done that one before.

[Liz]

And you, like, pop them in the oven for a little bit and, like, I'm gonna do, like, a butter dijon Worcestershire thing on top, and it's just. It's gonna be delicious.

[Kelly]

Well, don't get that Worcestershire anywhere near me, Elizabeth.

[Liz]

I know. Well, that's. You're not gonna be there. Figured it was King's Hawaiian.

[Kelly]

Needs a jingle. That just seems like a good marketing strategy for them.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

I'm so sad our kids aren't growing up with jingles anymore. I really, like, need to reflect.

[Liz]

Well, you know, what jingle. What jingles my kids are growing up with are Daniel Tiger's jingles. The way we sing. If you gotta go potty, stop. Bingo right away. Daniel Tiger has some good jingles.

[Kelly]

I'm not on my Daniel Tiger grind. Literally never seen an episode.

[Liz]

It's on pbs.

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It's very slow.

[Liz]

It's very, like. I like it because it's the. The problems that Daniel Tiger faces are such real world problems that the kids are going to run into. Like, oh, I have to go to the potty, but I'm not at home, so I have to go into a big potty at a place that I don't know. And that's, like, what the entire episode is about.

[Kelly]

Yeah, okay.

[Liz]

It's like going potty somewhere that's not your house and what that and what that means. So anyway, you should get on it.

[Kelly]

Okay, well, that's gonna be your dart through then, which is good. We do. I kind of have to hop because we have an auto show. Meetings means meetings. Go, go, go, go, go. So, everyone, thanks for listening to the Carbo podcast. Don't worry, we will be back on Wednesday. No, we will be back on Friday, but I will be in Vegas, which we didn't even talk about because our life is insane.

[Liz]

All right, well, we'll catch you next time then.

[Kelly]

Okay, then. Bye.

[Liz]

See ya.

[Kelly]

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