Emily Moran (00:00)
You
Jodi Lynn Turpin (00:01)
Hmmmm
Emily Moran (00:02)
Hello everyone and welcome to the Joyful Mamas podcast. I am so excited or we are so excited to be here with you. I have Jodi here with me. You can say something Jodi. And we're gonna do our best to be as serious as we can in making this. We are best friends so we do find...
Jodi Lynn Turpin (00:14)
Hello, I'm Jodi.
Emily Moran (00:24)
A lot of our conversations end in laughter, laughter where you can't even hear us laughing. It's just like a silence because it's so hard. But ⁓ we're so excited to be sharing this podcast. It's something that really just came out of a moment of knowing and a moment of, wow, we have to do this. We have to create this podcast called the Joyful Mamas podcast. And it was literally just like a name I threw out there and she's like, let's do it.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (00:50)
Hahaha
Emily Moran (00:51)
And so here we are and We wanted to give you this first episode with a really good foundation to understand who we are Why we wanted to create this podcast and what to expect from us on this podcast. So Why don't you go first Jodi and talking about yourself and your family? Yeah
Jodi Lynn Turpin (01:11)
Okay, great. Well, welcome everyone. I'm
really excited to do this. I love sharing and Emily and I have good banter and I don't know, it's going to be amazing. So I am Jodi Lynn Turpin. I'm the mama of two. have a 17 and a 20 year old. Their names are Lucian, he's the 20 year old and then Jude the 17 year old. So when I reference them and I am married to Shelly.
and he is my rock and absolutely amazing. ⁓
Through this part of motherhood and growing, it's really interesting to me because Emily's at a completely different stage. know, her little guy is so much younger, but we're still learning at the same time. And even though like a 17 year old, it's very similar to like a one year old. So I find it really interesting. I think, I don't know if I'm really answering this question very good. Of who I am.
Emily Moran (02:10)
No, that's good. That's good. It's good for people to know that we're at two completely different stages of motherhood. like Jody said, like I have Fox and he's only 19 months at the time of recording this. And it's ⁓ so much, there's so much you have to experience to decide to.
go through in the early stages of motherhood, but then there's also so much at Jodi's stage of motherhood as well. And we love that we're at these two different points because we're going to have so many different perspectives coming into this podcast. Jodi has the wisdom of doing the younger years already, and I ask her lot of questions about that. But then she also turns to me to ask for guidance about certain things with her boys. So it's so rich, I feel, that we can come together like this.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (02:54)
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (03:00)
and other information about my family. So I'm married to Timothy. My name is Emily Moran and I've been married to Timothy for, it'll be 10 years next year. We had our ninth anniversary this year. And yeah, I'm just starting the motherhood era. I feel like I...
⁓ I want to have a few more kids. I feel like at least three more children and people feel really funny when I say that I've got one and I want three more at least if not more Jodie understands that because she thought she'd have many many many many kids and she Yeah
Jodi Lynn Turpin (03:22)
You
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Yes, like seven or something.
Emily Moran (03:38)
And you know, it's like she does, because there's kids over at her house constantly. So when you go there, it does feel like she just has this big group of kids. And you're like, only two of these are yours? ⁓ So yeah. So we just feel like we have this great ⁓ perspective to share from two different points of the journey. ⁓
Jodi Lynn Turpin (03:55)
All are welcome, bring them in. I'll take all the kids.
Emily Moran (04:06)
but so much deep love for the journey of motherhood as a whole.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (04:09)
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (04:11)
So we wanted to create this podcast because we want to help mamas remember that there is so much joy to be found in this journey. If you look online, it's so easy to see how you can become a martyr on the journey or you can feel a little bitter about the journey or unsupported. Our culture has a lot of challenges and a lot of hiccups, I'll say. And it's easy to focus on that instead of focusing on the joy and the positivity and
greatness of what you're experiencing. And obviously every situation is different but we believe that there is the potential to harvest joy in every moment.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (04:51)
⁓ I completely agree. feel like you're taking all the work like I'm thinking it and then you just like say it out loud. So you guys are probably not you guys have probably noticed that about us a lot. But also, you know, some things you have to take less seriously. So like when something happens, I saw a video of a mom messing up in this video, like she squeezed like a lemon and it went all over the place. And then all three like her two kids and her just started laughing instead of being angry.
Emily Moran (04:55)
We always do that.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (05:20)
And just remembering all those little things, I think that's really helped me a lot. Just laughing and being like, okay, what can we learn? What can we learn from each other's mess ups? What can we learn from each other's joys? And it's so much fun.
Emily Moran (05:30)
Yes.
I completely agree. And there's so many moments where something happens and I'm really heated in the moment and I'm frustrated. And then the next day I'll turn to Timothy or to Jodi and be like, this happened last night and it was hilarious. You know, like I'm laughing about it. That that was even my reaction or that I took it to like such a dramatic place in my brain and I was so dramatic about it. And I was like, that was not a big deal at all. Like that was definitely I should have just stepped away and take
in a breath instead of reacting because that was ridiculous.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (06:07)
Yes,
oh, been there, done that pretty much every day, right? Like either with yourself and your choices as a mother or your choices with your children. And you're like, oh, why did this happen? You know?
Emily Moran (06:11)
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes. And sometimes it's like, whoa, that really happened. And you kind of feel like dumbstruck. I feel most of the time in my journey, I'm like, that was so ridiculous of me. Or that was such an insane situation that it unfolded like that. Oh, gosh.
So I do have some prompts. We'll just keep going with it. We have like sort of point form and we'll just keep doing that for this podcast and for every podcast. We'll have like point form and we're just going to run with it however it flows. We might stumble over our words because we're imperfect people, but it's just going to happen the way it happens. So please.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (06:52)
haha
Yes, sorry, Emily. I will say this to
Emily's very organized. Like she has like really good lists like, yes, I'd like to do this. I'm in like La La Land. And then I'm like, let's just go here and there and all over the place. So I think it's a good match up.
Emily Moran (07:12)
Yes, yes. It is,
it is. Yeah, and so much of our friendship is like that where she'll come to me, Jodi will come to me with like this big brain dump and I'll be like, it's just like this. And she's like,
right and or I'll come to her with like way too much structure she'll be like why don't you just do this Emily? I'm like that's true so it works really well like this Pisces brain and this Libra brain just come together really well
Jodi Lynn Turpin (07:43)
It's very nice, it's very nice.
Emily Moran (07:45)
Yeah, so the one prompt I thought would be really helpful for people is like how has motherhood changed you? How has it redefined you in some way Jodi?
Jodi Lynn Turpin (07:55)
⁓ I love this question so much because when I started, ⁓ want to say this as well. So Lucian, my older son, is from my first marriage and I'm so grateful for him. And actually we should do I'll do a whole podcast about that, about my thoughts of divorce and, you know, things like this. But and then I married Shelley and we had Jude. But I was able to start over two times or exactly pretty much three years apart. And so
Emily Moran (08:09)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (08:24)
I did it and Lucian was so calm and he was like, just helped me be like a calm, happy person. And then Jude was even more calm and like quiet. Our house is so quiet too. Like even when there's a million people here, you're like, ⁓ it's very quiet in this house. So for me and as I've grown and I'm really loving this like older teenage and then 20 year old time right now, but I feel like I've been growing with them.
And shout out to like everyone, every mom and dad who has come before us because they had no idea what they were doing just like we have no idea what we are doing right now. So as our kids learn something, I feel like I'm learning it as well right along with them. Like they have a heartbreak, my heart breaks right along with them and I'm able to like heal that younger part of me that, and you felt the heartbreak with me too. I know we all do that together when that's an experience to my house, but you know, you're able to do it.
Emily Moran (08:56)
Mm-hmm.
.
Yeah.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (09:21)
over again in this beautiful, gentle, open, no shame, no criticism, just kind way of doing things again. That's with everything. I'm just giving heartbreak as an example, but like everything, you know, you forget to put gas in your car, you forget to, you know, you do this, you do this. And you're like, let's just be cool about it. Let's talk about it. And they give me that space too. My kids are amazing. I like them. I like them.
Emily Moran (09:43)
Yeah.
They are. They really are. Yeah,
they're good kids. ⁓ No, I completely agree. And even though Fox is only 19 months old right now, like I find myself, like he goes through something and I find myself remembering it, whether it's like an actual memory that comes to my brain or it's like a visceral memory coming through.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (09:53)
not too bad.
Mmm.
Emily Moran (10:13)
of that experience when I was that little. And I know they say like, you don't remember. I think that's total nonsense. I think you remember everything. Like obviously your subconscious stores at all. But like I am having memories of things that used to happen. I remember the first time I breastfed him. I remember going like having one of those like two minute sleeps in the newborn haze. And I remember I had this like really vivid memory of being on my mother's breast. And I was just like, whoa.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (10:16)
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (10:43)
Like that was really cool and and only because Fox was doing it that I remember it like it just struck this like little like somatic memory inside of me so I completely agree and Aside from that like I feel like motherhood is has really helped to redefine or I should say refine who I am and Help me sink deeper into like the bare bones of who I am like I think when I when I gave birth is like I hadn't
Jodi Lynn Turpin (10:45)
amazing.
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (11:12)
no self worth struggles anymore. It's like they completely left my body and I was just like, obviously I am worthy because this baby is born so perfect, child of God, amazing, perfect in every way. Like I was born the exact same way. I was born just as worthy as this baby. And it just brought such a powerful like fire in my belly. And for so long, it was like a year, like I sat with that so much and I would cry.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (11:16)
can do it.
Emily Moran (11:42)
every time I thought about it. There is just such a profound realization in that, that like, wow, we're all born in this perfect image of God and if we can all remember that when we're having these really monumental life changes, I think we would be able to ground ourselves a lot more in the knowing that like we are worthy.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (11:44)
You
Emily Moran (12:06)
So that would, I would say like, yeah, I would say that's like the biggest way I felt like motherhood has changed me. There's some other smaller ways we'll cover on the podcast as we go, but my gosh, that was like a huge aha once he was born. Now taking that and leading into one personal story that that you, if you'd like to share about motherhood, it can be funny, lighthearted, whatever you want. If you want, can go first because I already know what I'm going to say.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (12:07)
That's so perfect.
Mm-hmm.
No, I actually
thought of a different one. Like I said something and then, shout out to my kids because first off, because I know we're going to be telling stories and my kids are older, so I don't want to ever embarrass them, but I know this story will embarrass it. Well it embarrasses me. So one night Lucian's car stopped working kind of like he shouldn't have driven it, but they didn't know what was wrong with it. So he asked me, may I drive your car tomorrow to work?
Emily Moran (12:45)
Mm-hmm.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (13:02)
But also it was told maybe he should get up at 8 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. to like go get the thing, like the oil or whatever was needed for the car. He didn't. So he goes to jump in my car in the morning. And guess what? There's no gas in my car. Imagine that. I don't have gas in my car. So he runs back in and I am recording my podcast right then. And he comes in. He's like, there's no gas in your car. And I said, ⁓ boy, I'm not surprised. And then he runs upstairs.
And he goes to Jude and he's like, Jude, can I use your car? Thankfully he could. Jude didn't need his car that day. So he goes and then he just leaves. And then later he's like, why don't you ever have gas in your car? You know, like, I don't know. So then I was worried that there was, I do let it go pretty low. I'm pretty lazy about putting gas in my car and I have all these drivers here. I've got Shelly, got Lucian and Jude.
Emily Moran (13:46)
Is that a thing you do?
Jodi Lynn Turpin (13:56)
It's so polite, they could just put gas in my car for me. Use my card, whatever. But then they did fix the car and actually it was really good that he didn't drive it because it was a few things like power steering fluid and everything. So anyways, that's my ridiculous. I mean, lesson learned all around, right?
Emily Moran (14:01)
Yeah.
Yeah, for sure.
I love that. There's no gas in your car. ⁓ gosh. That's such a Jodi thing. I didn't even know that that was a habit of yours, but it makes sense completely.
Okay, so my story ⁓ Last night Fox was having a little bit of hard time falling asleep. So if we don't get him to sleep by like 8 p.m
He does have a really hard time falling asleep. He reaches that overtired window and he just gets frustrated. He just can't settle. So it's like 8 20 or 8 30 when we finally tried to put him to bed because we had a friend over last night for dinner. And this is why I don't like dinner anymore because it pushes bedtime and then we're up super late. So he ended up being up till 10 and finally fell asleep in my arms in the lazy boy. Thank goodness. And then in throughout the night though, he was like tossing and turning so
I think at one point he must have kicked me in the face and this happens all the time usually it's like my cheek or my forehead or something when he's had those bad sleeping nights. Well, he must have hit me really hard. I do remember my eye hurting but I don't remember it hurting that much because I woke up with a black eye and I've never
ever in my life had a black eye and I babysat kids that were like insane that threw things at my face that like I remember things hitting my eyes when I was babysitting and being like that's gonna be a black eye and then it was nothing there I've never had a black eye so he must have hit me hard enough that my eye hurt in the middle of night like I remember my eye hurting but I just thought oh maybe my eye just hurts for some reason but nope I woke up and my eye was like had this brown ring around it and I was like what the heck am I? and
Jodi Lynn Turpin (15:54)
Mm-hmm
Emily Moran (16:03)
I just like, okay, well, I guess I'm covering that for the vlog.
But,
Jodi Lynn Turpin (16:08)
Just think of the stories
you can tell about it. Like every person you meet tell a different story that what happened. That's what we used to do with the boys. Like tell them a different, every single person a different story of how you like broke your nose or how you did this or how you did that.
Emily Moran (16:14)
yeah, yeah.
Different version. Yeah. Oh yeah. And then like the final
story, like when you finally tell it in like 10 years, it's not even the same story anymore. I think that's natural. That's the evolution of stories as they come through us, right? Oh gosh, that's so good. So.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (16:27)
No, that's, I think that's so fun. Like, I don't know.
Yes.
You know like when
toddlers go like this, sorry I just interrupted you, and they like hit you? And then that's, you can get a black eye, or I got a bloody crack lip one time from that. It wasn't even my kid.
Emily Moran (16:42)
yeah.
yeah. Or sometimes
your teeth will just like hit your top teeth and you're like, my teeth are broken. Like you're convinced that your teeth are shattered because of how it happened. Or if they just hit you right on like the tooth, like through your lip. And then you're just like, ⁓ like my front teeth are bent backwards for sure without a doubt. That's happened to me a few times and my gosh.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (17:03)
Mm-hmm.
Ugh.
Emily Moran (17:12)
I think, because I have weird teeth problems, like I don't like anything to do with teeth and I'm just like, great, now my teeth have fallen out and I have to to dentist. Like I instantly jump to worst case scenario because it's such an unpleasurable experience for me. Because you have the same thing.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (17:26)
I'm sorry, I'm laughing at you. I
know, I had a dream last night that I lost all these teeth off the front. I know. I was fighting for something though, but it doesn't matter. Okay, we have to move on people.
Emily Moran (17:34)
No! That's the worst. on, people! ⁓
Jodi Lynn Turpin (17:45)
You and me.
Emily Moran (17:47)
So every episode we are going to bring our teas because we are herbalists and we love tea and that doesn't mean though that we're only drinking herbal tea. This is recorded in the morning so I have an Earl Grey tea with me. What do you have Jodi?
Jodi Lynn Turpin (18:05)
Mm-hmm. Well, I have two actually, but I finished the coffee already
and then of course, that's a dog cup and then this one is Joyful Tea. So it's Calendula Rose Tulsi.
Emily Moran (18:18)
That's Jodi's recipe. So we make herbal recipes and herbal blends all the time of different things. So we'll have our cup with us every time and that's how we'll introduce the episode. say hi and we'll say today I'm drinking whatever it is and we welcome you to bring your cup and to have a drink with us to brew that herbal tea or your coffee or your black tea or your Scottish tea. I love Scottish tea.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (18:20)
Mm. Mm-hmm, I love this.
Emily Moran (18:46)
So brew whatever it is you want and listen to us. Maybe you're in the car, maybe you're at home doing laundry, folding all the tiny clothes, or maybe you're just shoving those tiny clothes into a drawer and saying like, that's it, that's all I'm gonna do today. It's all wonderful. Yeah, so with that though, we also will probably share, if we have an herbal tea, we'll share like, this is why I chose this and that could be an intuitive feeling.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (18:47)
Mmm.
It is, it's perfect, good job.
Emily Moran (19:14)
that could be maybe to support our body, whatever it is, because we want to give you some little tips on how to bring herbs into your daily life like that. Yeah.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (19:22)
Yes, yeah,
I needed this cup this morning. I mean, I drink this a lot anyways, but I had a saucy morning. So when we got on, we need, it was challenging. It's okay though. I'm laughing right now.
Emily Moran (19:29)
Yes. It's challenging morning.
Mm-hmm, it's all good.
What else do I have on the list of things to talk about?
Jodi Lynn Turpin (19:41)
what we're gonna talk about on the podcast.
Emily Moran (19:43)
Yes. So, do you to go first for that one? I very easily take the lead, but I'm going let the manifestor go.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (19:47)
Sure!
It's okay.
I like it though. I like when you just ask me, I love being asked questions. So that's great. It works out well, right? So we're going to talk about our spirituality, faith. We both love nature. We're outside every day, ⁓ you know, hiking and different things and how this pertains to being a mom and with our kids or without our kids. ⁓ the self work that we do along this, along these lines. And then
Emily Moran (19:57)
It's Yes. ⁓
Jodi Lynn Turpin (20:21)
fun times and fun things we do with our family. Also, hopefully we can do some a little bit more ⁓ controversial subjects because I think it's really important what we both do think it's important to talk about because we both have different opinions about things too. So we will always give both of our things very openly. And again to share with us like if you want to hear about a certain thing, you're like, I'd love to hear Jodi and Emily talk about this or whatever.
Emily Moran (20:30)
Yeah.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (20:51)
That would be wonderful.
Emily Moran (20:51)
Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. Like always write into us at the show notes, you'll have our email, but you can also message us on Instagram. We've got a separate account for the podcast. And I think we'll also cover things like intuition. Like I work a lot with the Wheel of the Year, so I'm probably going to do some episodes on like how to introduce the Wheel of the Year festivals to your children and how to welcome them into that experience. I think we should also do some episodes on that of like how to bring your kids into your spirituality or your faith in a very
Jodi Lynn Turpin (21:01)
Mm-hmm.
Mmm.
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (21:22)
like gentle and nurturing way that doesn't feel like you're forcing anything on them especially with like your boys at the age they're at right yes yes
Jodi Lynn Turpin (21:28)
Yeah, way different. Like, oh, this is going to be so fun. I'm like, super excited. I'm like
fantasizing about everything that we can talk about. Okay.
Emily Moran (21:37)
Exactly, like there's so many ways to do it and even we'll talk about our journeys with like what did our families teach us? What did our parents teach us? And of course like we'll have our perspective but we always welcome you to come to the table with whatever your perspective and your opinion is. Jodi and I do fall more on like the crunchy mom perspective but we also...
Jodi Lynn Turpin (21:55)
Mm-hmm.
Sorry.
Emily Moran (22:06)
very much respect and love you for where you're at and so if you come into this we're not like no you can't be in our circle we're very much open and loving to whoever comes into our circle and I have a lot of mom friends that don't fall on the crunchy mom perspective at all so like it's just everyone is welcome here is what I'm trying to say
Jodi Lynn Turpin (22:10)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yes, and we're
so proud of you, however you're doing it. However you feed your kids, however you raise them, whether you work or you don't work or whatever the heck you do, I'm so proud of you. I just have the chills in my heart right now because I'm so excited about everyone's journey. And it's cool that we're all different.
Emily Moran (22:30)
Yes. ⁓
Yes. Yes, it's...
Yes, exactly. was just going to say that like we need to celebrate how we're different. We need to celebrate that we do things differently because if we didn't do things even a little bit different, it would be so boring. Just be like, oh yeah, I did the same thing today. Oh yeah, my kid had the same problem and I responded the same way. Like it would just be so flat and mundane to live this existence. And that's not the point. Like motherhood, we're supposed to, we're supposed to have challenges. We're supposed to have differences. We're supposed to feel a little irked by things and be like, no, I'm not going to do that for my baby.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (23:11)
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (23:13)
like that's how the fire of the fierce mother comes through you so yes yes so as far as the actual podcast go we are planning on doing it weekly
Jodi Lynn Turpin (23:18)
Mm-hmm. I love it.
Emily Moran (23:27)
⁓ If you look at like the I think Apple requires you to say how often you do it. So with Apple I put unknown Just in case Something changes maybe you want to do it more often. Maybe you want to do it less often Maybe I have another baby because I am in that era of making babies and maybe it'll be a little slower but we do want to do it weekly and The way we're do it is we're gonna have one release with both of us and then Jodie will take one week and then
Jodi Lynn Turpin (23:51)
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (23:57)
they'll be both of us. And then I'll take the next week and we're going to alternate like that.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (24:01)
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (24:01)
And
this will be a mix of audio or video, whatever's most convenient. Likely the solo episodes will be just audio, just to keep it simple for uploading purposes. And then anything that's us together, so you can see how quirky and ridiculous we are. Or with a guest will be video. So if it's just us, the length will probably be like 15 to 20 minutes, even less, even like 10 to 20 minutes.
We're going to try to keep these short bite-sized because, you know, we are trying to speak to moms here. And then if we have a guest, it'll likely be 40 minutes or longer just because it's naturally a little bit harder to cut it down into a smaller episode. Yeah, I think that's about... that covers all the details, right? Did I miss anything?
Jodi Lynn Turpin (24:32)
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Yes,
yeah. And if anyone has any suggestions for guests, we have a lot of people in our on our list, but please share it with us. Yes.
Emily Moran (24:53)
Yes. Mm-hmm. Yes. Yes. Absolutely.
Or even if you feel you have a great story that you'd like to share that you feel could support another mother, please just write into us. We'd love to hear it. And then we want to close with a spark of joy. So I'm going let you go first, Jodi. Unless you don't have one yet. OK.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (25:05)
Hmm.
No, I do, I do.
So my older son plays Magic the Gathering. Does everyone know what that is? It's like with cards. I actually don't understand it. The cards are pretty. I like pretty. So whenever he like makes a new deck or like comes home and he's got to tell us a story and I have no idea what's going on, but I listen because that enthusiasm and excitement. just the other day he comes and he tells you, Oh, I did this and I use this new deck and
Emily Moran (25:27)
Yep.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (25:42)
know, his 80 year old friend John was there and this and that. just... That gives me so much joy. And that was just maybe that was Saturday. Yeah. I'll take those little stories.
Emily Moran (25:49)
I love that. Well,
he has such a charm and such like a presence when he is talking about the magic cards. Because anything he's passionate about, right? Like he's just a really passionate kid. And well, he's not really a kid. He's an adult now. But I just love that about Lucien. Six foot two, 20.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (26:00)
or anything, right?
Yeah.
is my tiny little six foot two year old. Two year, wait, six foot two 20 year old. Like
Emily Moran (26:16)
I understood what she meant. It's a thing you clarified for everybody.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (26:17)
tiny little guy.
Emily Moran (26:21)
⁓ So funny. Yeah, so ⁓ this week, ⁓ so Fox can't do like the buzz of a bee sound. So he goes like that. And it's the cutest thing because every time he sees a bee outside on a flower or be in a book, it's right.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (26:21)
six foot two year old okay and what is your spargo joy?
Emily Moran (26:47)
So, yes, or two nights ago, I think it was, or maybe three, I can't remember, ⁓ we were reading this book called The Little Yellow Bee, and on the cover is the bee, but then when you flip the first page, it's like the, it's a lift a flap, so the top of the flap has the bee just hiding behind the flowers, and all you can see is its butt sticking out with the stinger. So he points to it, and then points to his butt, right? And I'm like, yeah, there's a stinger coming out of his butt.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (27:13)
Mm-hmm.
Emily Moran (27:15)
And so he's still pointing to his button, he goes...
And I'm like, nobody else would get this. If they saw my kid do this out of context, they would think that he was farting. And talking about farts.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (27:37)
⁓
Emily Moran (27:38)
And so he
did it for like, must have been 10 minutes. Like he just kept playing, coming back to the book, pointing at it, pointing at his butt, go pfft, over and over again. And we laughed so hard every time Timothy and I were in stitches over it and we just love it. Yeah. yeah. It was so fun. I just love those moments though where it's like.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (27:52)
Aww. he's so cute and sweet too. What a little guy full of joy.
Emily Moran (28:03)
they get really obsessed with something and they just keep repeating it and it's even funnier when it's like that where it's like a funny gesture. that's good. All right. Yeah, so that concludes our first podcast. We did it. We actually found the time as oh yeah, we're supposed to meet at nine. We met at nine thirty and then we didn't record until like ten to ten. It was just like, blah, chaos.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (28:07)
Mm-hmm.
Aw, thank you for sharing.
I know even this morning was a challenge, right?
Emily Moran (28:31)
So it is what it is. We got it done. I'm so proud of us. And I can't wait to see where it goes.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (28:39)
Me
too, I'm super excited. This is going to be so much fun sharing and sharing and sharing. ⁓
Emily Moran (28:42)
Mm-hmm.
Yes. All right. Yay. Thanks for tuning in, and we hope to see you on the next episode.
Jodi Lynn Turpin (28:46)
I'll just clap a lot.
Bye.
