DON'T SLEEP ON THE MALL

The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz

The Car Mom LLC / tentwentytwo Projects

Parenting, Kids & Family, Automotive, Leisure

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The sparkle is back on the podcast! This week, Kelly is in full teacher appreciation mode as she puts together gifts for her kids' teachers. But who scheduled Nurse Appreciation Week and Teacher Appreciation week on the same week? Lizz is basking in the glow of the end of solo weekends with the kids, at least for the time being. Her final weekend without Matty taught her a big lesson for the future: the mall is a great place to entertain the kids! Panda Express, Barnes & Noble and a playground all in one indoor place? Yes please! Drama erupted in the Stumpe household when Libby's ponytail suddenly appeared on the floor instead of on her head. Who cut it off? The answer will surprise you! At Lizz's house, she is in full potty training mode with James. So it's no surprise that the first items in her Last Three Transaction is all potty training related. Kelly, on the other hand, is experimenting with Amazon fashion finds. In Industry News, Honda is pulling back on their EVs and relying on their tride and true models. Hmmmm... who could have told you that would happen? Finally in Ditch the Drive-Thru, Kelly is reminding you of some Carpool classics!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Carpool podcast with Kelly.
0:06.0	Brought all three my big kids in the room and I said who cut off Libby's ponytail.
0:09.5	Because guys, when I'm telling you like the rubber band was intact, like it was a clear cut of the ponytail.
0:14.8	And Liz.
0:16.0	But I'm like, can we just like not call out other people and try to make people feel bad?
0:20.1	Like we're already all trying
0:21.2	our best to like make it through. Can we not make people feel bad for wearing biker shorts to the
0:27.1	park? Your mom time off starts now. Welcome back to the Carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz.
0:35.2	Mom told me the other day, Liz. She goes, I could just tell you girls had your sparkle back. She's like, you know, Liz was sick and then you were sick. And I'm like, so the podcast has been sucking? She's like, no, no, no. She's like, I could just, you guys were both. Like I was like our last two episodes. She's like, you girls just felt back. I'm like, thanks mom. That's good to hear.
0:54.3	We have really been kicked down slightly, but we're on the up and up. Totally. So,
1:03.6	kind of a big week for the people. It's teacher appreciation week nationwide. I thought this was
1:10.6	just my school's thing.
1:11.8	And it's nurses appreciation week. Don't love it. They're on the same week.
1:16.5	Okay. Yeah. Sure. Hell. Like, who was in charge of all these days, national days, national weeks? Like, get it together.
1:25.5	If I had my way with that calendar, I would make such different decisions, you know?
1:29.4	Mm-hmm.
1:31.6	No, that isn't.
1:32.6	That is interesting.
1:34.4	And are we sure the teachers want, the teachers and parents want to be doing this in May?
1:38.4	Like, isn't there another month where this would also make sense?
1:41.1	Mm-hmm.
1:42.0	Mm-hmm.
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