Hey everybody, this is Sophie. This is Be Mama. Hey, it's Melanie. It's Be Mama. Is this our...

Second earliest time to record a podcast or our first earliest time? I don't know. I was trying to think because we did that one really early and remember how I sounded I was real out of it the whole time.

Well, I feel like I've got a little bit of a... I've got a little deeper voice than normal this morning. I feel like...

Well, that's... I've been up for a little bit, but I was so excited this morning. It took me forever to roll out of bed. But no one...

It's the last day of school before Christmas break. It gave me an extra measure of joy this morning. And I even rallied enough to sing Caroline this morning while she was eating her breakfast.

Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory. And it got a big fat r-roll.

Yeah, I'm a r-roll half. So...

Why do you want to be so embarrassing all the time?

Yes. Why do you want it? That's when we pulled up to the junior school the other day. She was upset and she was in a bad...

I'm just kind of cranky in a bad mood. And one less problem without you came on. And so I turned it up. And like we started sitting...

And she kind of like... It changed her mood for a minute. Like she kind of got energized by it, you know.

And then as we were pulling into the school park and like she like turned it down. And I said, what are you afraid of? I'm gonna do this.

And I kind of like did some dance moves. She goes, mom, just stop. Just stop right now.

Listen, I guess it was Sunday afternoon. We went to the Six Great Girls Basketball Gang to see Sama Alex's friends play.

And right before it started he said, mama, listen, I know you're gonna yell. But don't yell directly at any of them.

Don't say any of their names in a way that would make everybody turn and look at you. And I said, hey, you know what I mean?

I'm gonna go yell at a basketball game. Like I'm all in for these girls. And he was like, but just that's fine. Like yell for the team, but don't yell individually.

So after about the sixth time I did it, he was like, I'm gonna go over here and sit. And he did. He went, he moved.

We used to be so cool. We used to be so cool.

Uh huh. But now we're just being told, stop. Stop it. Just stop. So it kind of makes me want to do it more.

I would. I truly wouldn't out and out in Barisheart. Like I just, I wouldn't. But like when she tells me to quit dancing in the car, it makes me just want to dance all the more.

Yeah. Okay. And I think that's where you just listen. That's your coping skills. You develop in those moments, children.

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