Mother Knows Best

Maddie and Kenzie are joined by their mom, Melissa. 

It’s time for mom to step up to the mic and tell all. 

Maddie and Kenzie are asking her anything they want.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is Take twenty with Mattie and Kenzie Ziggler and
I Heart Radio podcast. Welcome back to Take twenty. Hi guys,
today we have a really really fun episode because oh,
now you know who it is. It's our mom. Um. Yeah, Hi,

(00:25):
this is Melissa or mother. I got up at five
this morning and I was like, I'm going to be
on the podcast today. I'm so excited. We knew that
she would be so excited. Her name is also Margaret
sometimes Margaret. Oh my gosh. That's a whole other thing
that I think we actually spoke about the podcast, Um,
and yeah, we just we love you so much. We
talked about you in like every episode, so we felt

(00:47):
it was very necessary you and you. I feel like
you love that we talk about you. She probably record
that section and then I and then she posted on it,
and so I just I always know the first day
our podcast came out, we talked about her on the
first episode, and she came into my room and was like,
can you crop this for me in the screen records
this for me because I don't know how to do it.

(01:07):
And I was like, oh, okay, you just want to
post about what we say your name and now just pp.
I'm like, hey, can you get that part where the
girls talked about me and cut in paste? Um? Okay, well,
why don't we just get into it? Why don't we
just why don't you tell the people? Mom? Uh? Why
don't you introduce yourself? What do you do every day?
What's your life? Like? Well, I'm a mom, I say,

(01:33):
I identify as a thirty two year old mom, but
you're not thirty two. Yes, but what I do all
day is basically watch puppy dogs and run errand's for you, guys,
and I love it. She's an incredible mom. You guys. Um,
I already came to your house this morning to pick

(01:55):
up something, went to FedEx, and she's like our own.
It's it's funny now because now that I've moved out. Uh,
she's it's like almost like she's our person. Like you're
just so oh my gosh, it's just Boosts opened the door. Well, okay,

(02:15):
you can come in, but you have to say it. Okay,
he's a boy. Um. So we obviously like grew up
working with our mom, which was an interesting dynamic. I
feel like that's not a normal circumstance for a lot
of families. So we started working. Kenzie was six and
I was eight, and we started a reality show with
her mom, which is such a like interesting way to

(02:38):
grow up. How was that for you, mom? I mean,
I was lucky because I got to be with you guys.
So that's the lucky part of it. I man, and
I got to see everything all the time. So I
was lucky because a lot of moms have to work
full time and then send their kids to daycare and
they don't get to see them until evening. But I

(03:00):
got to see you guys all the time. So was
it hard seeing us in that environment? Though? Like as
a mom, for sure, I hated it. I had to
bite my tonel all the time. If I would be on,
you know, a reality show with you guys in the
same situation, I'd probably be put in jail. I mean,
it's interesting now because looking back, which obviously we don't

(03:23):
have to dwell on this topic because you know, but
it's definitely interesting because when we were younger and you
would stick up for us, we would always be like
scared of like, oh no, we don't want to like
make it worse with you, like mom, don't whatever. But
now looking back, it's so fair that you wanted to
stick up for us because you were your kids and

(03:44):
you just wanted to protect this as much as you can,
and you did such a good job doing that. So yeah,
it's cool to see that perspective now. Um, so what
what do you think your favorite memory with us is?
Because I I feel like we have so many, but
we don't really remember anything from when we were younger.
I have so many great memories with you guys. Like,

(04:07):
it's really funny when I go through the photo albums,
it makes me kind of choked up. Um, I knew
the tears were gonna come. I just didn't know they
were gonna come this because now, because I loved every age,
it's really funny when people say, oh, I can't wait
till my kids grow up, I'm like, what, that's crazy.
Like I loved when you were infants. I didn't care
when you cried. I like I liked all the stages.

(04:28):
Like Mackenzie didn't want me to put her down for
four years. She'd be Mommy, I want to be back
in your belly. I know. I mean, I love that. Um,
but the one thing that was really really fun was
your birthday party. Um, Mackenzie was three and you were five,
and we did ponies up and down the street in

(04:49):
our neighborhood and that was like so fun because of
your eyes and you were just it was just like
a really special time. But like all of our little
vacations like to Disney and to Hawaii with Greg and
you know, we just have so many fun memories. And
mind you, we did all of this while in matching outfits.
My mom used to match us all the time, but didn't.

(05:10):
I have like a moment mom where I was like,
I don't want to match anymore. So you were like
six and you said, Mom, I don't want to I
don't want to do this anymore. And I said, okay,
So then I did you in coordinating outfits, which was
like what like color like the same um like it
was jim Boree. So our neighbor Melissa, she worked in
jim bore So she would drop off the whole line

(05:32):
and let me go through it and then she would
charge me for whatever I kept. It was she was
the best. Then I would just get like big girl,
little girl stuff and the same color. Okay, we need

(06:03):
to we need to settle this right now. Who what
do you what are you about was the more troubled
kid when they were younger, because we still I still
don't know this. It was probably mean, like what when
we were younger, and who would like have timber tantrums?
Who would you know? Maddie was the easiest baby. I
could take her to get like my nails and pedicure

(06:25):
and my hair collar and she would just sit on
my lap. And then when you came along, Kenzie, you
just were like such a busy little beaver and you
were just like like I couldn't really go to dinner
with you when you were little because I wouldn't let
me put you in a chair. I had to eat
like and bounce. She's like, let's go, let's go. I'm

(06:46):
still like that. I took you guys everywhere, but you
were a little bit difficult. Well but I still am not.
You're like the easiest kid ever. God, you're so easy
And all my friends say that too funny. What um,
what made you feel? Because I know there's like the

(07:07):
saying that people are like you're never actually ready until
you have a kid, you know, like you can never
really prepare yourself. But was there a moment where you
were like, I'm really ready to have kids. No, I
mean I always wanted to be a mom because like
all my friends wouldn't go to college, and I'm like,
I want to be a mom, you know, That's what
I always wanted to be. So No, because I always
kind of took care of everybody's kids, like your brothers

(07:32):
they were little, and I used to have all the
like twelve cousins sleepover for every holiday, and I would
take them bowling, and I would take them, you know,
do parties, and and then you guys came along and
it was just so fun. I mean it was you
were definitely destined to be a mom, like even dog mom,
or even just like you, like you said, you even

(07:53):
just provide for like you used to provide for all
of our friends at the dance studio and all of
our school friends. Like you, You've just always been so
generous with yourself, and you give so much to everyone.
But I feel like, also you now, I feel like
I have to practice more like self care for yourself
because you spent your whole life giving to everyone and

(08:14):
you still do. But I'm doing already work. So that's
like taking all my you know, all my free time,
which I love. Our mom makes cookies for every for
every week for the homeless shelter or for the homeless,
which is like amazing, amazing. And also I'm sure that's

(08:35):
so special to them because cookies are just such like
a I don't like when you grow up, like your
mom makes you cookies or your grandma makes you cookies.
I feel like it's like a very like comfort thing.
So it's very sweet, and they're they're very sweet cookies. Um,
it's just such an issue having the cookies in our
house all the time though, because I I always say

(09:00):
to you, let me have to because then you have
to give the rest away? Is that why? Well, I
say only in even numbers because I bacon even numbers.
So you're like, if I give two away, then the
rest will be even for everyone else, right, Yeah, but
then she liked her leftover. She puts in the little
cookie thing and they'll be gone in a day. Yeah.
And my friends, my friends love her cookies. It's just
it's they're so Also, you don't even use a recipe,

(09:22):
you just make them. She just like kind of goes
with it. It's so crazy, and they actually taste they
actually taste good every time. Also, Okay, I'm very interested
in this because we actually never really talked about this. Kenzie.
You're gonna be like, WHOA, this is weird to talk about.
What how why did you name us what we're named?
And like why, like what was that about? I wanted

(09:45):
to have M names really, so that's why I did M.
So I knew that I wanted all M names. I
wanted six kids, so oh my gosh, wow he wanted
six I didn't know that I did always wanted six kids.
Why does Maddie know this? And I don't know She's

(10:07):
talked about it a bunch um, so go on? Why
but MS? I just um, so, I back when you
guys were born, there wasn't like the internet like it
is today. So I bought a book and I would
just circle MS, you know, and it was really I
had some really really cute names, but I just loved

(10:27):
your names. Yeah. It's also funny because we don't even
like because my mom used to scrap book like all
of our childhood memories and we have just so many
different scrap books of all of our memories. And you
used to write every day, like in the calendar, like
what activity we did that day? But even the day
I was born. In the in the scrap book, you
were calling me Maddie even though my phone name is Madison,

(10:49):
like from day one, and Kenzie literally never goes by Mackenzie.
So it's kind of funny that we didn't really like
stick to our I'm sure one day, well we'll want
to be called by full names. But maybe because I'm
I was missing my whole life and then and now
you're you go by Melissa. Yeah, yeah, um. And I

(11:10):
loved being pregnant by the way, I you were so cute.
You were the cutest pregnant woman ever. You're so cute.
Didn't you have braces? I had braces when I was
pregnant with you kens that's so cute because I couldn't
afford my parents couldn't afford him, and then so that
I got him later in life. Well, you looks really

(11:31):
cute with them. I have never seen someone pull off
braces literally. Also, do you have any of your old dresses,
like from when you were younger, because literally where all
of them? Whenever I see old photos of you, like
in the scrap books, where you're wearing this like hot
black silk dress, I'm like, why didn't you keep that

(11:52):
because we would be wearing that today. Yes, Oh I
have that dress. I want it that dress at home?
Will share it? Share it? Oh my god, listen, I
go to Pittsburgh first, so I got the raid. Yeah,
as if you're going to wear it in the snow,
I will. I was looking for my through my closet
the other day because I was donating stuff, and I'm like,

(12:13):
your girls, you guys probably would love some of my stuff.
I really like old jackets and stuff like, Oh, you
need to look through my closet. Can we please? Is
it in Pittsburgh? Yep? Okay, great, Um, that's okay. This
is like, on a more serious note, what was your
biggest fear about raising kids? Um? Other people? I was

(12:36):
really I UM. I hated like school bus. I didn't
like I was always worried about your guys going on
the school bus, which you only went on once. Um
and Kenzie forgot to get on. So that's another story
in itself. UM. I was always worried about other people,
like stealing you or hurting you or me you so,

(12:58):
and now we're like in the industry that's the most
like cutthroat, just like a scary place to be but
I taught you well, and you don't. You're never alone
in any It's true, it's true, it's and it's funny
because you weren't even like a helicopter mom, like you
always let us do what we want. You always, But
if I didn't want to dance, she was like, quit

(13:20):
and then I did quit. Yeah, exactly, Well that's that's
like literally, probably the best thing, one of the best
things about you is you never pushed us to do anything.
Like a lot of the girls that we danced with
in our dance studio ended up not liking dance because
their moms would make them practice at home, and you
only put us and dance because one like obviously you

(13:41):
did it in the beginning just because oh that's kid,
I'll put my daughters in something. And then they actually
ended up liking it, so I then, you know, treated
them to that because that's something they were passionate about.
But I feel like we never lost our passion for
the things we do because you never pushed us to
do it right. And the food issue, like I think
that like the mom, some of the moms the studio
wouldn't let their kids eat whether they're not have to

(14:03):
eat cards or they're not a girl. I'm like, eat
whatever you want. You're a kid. And it's I tell
Maddie this all the time. But like when I feel
the most insecure, I always walked downstairs and You're always like, oh,
your body looks so nice, and I'm like, that's so nice,
Like that makes me so happy. I know, I kind

(14:23):
of want to be you, you know, Oh my god, listen,
you have a bang and body to you. Do you
do have a your age? You we always say that
for your age. No, I was saying, I know. I
was saying, like, you look younger now for your age
now than you did when you were thirty years old,
is what I'm saying. I wasn't saying like you guys.

(14:45):
If you can see her right now, she has a
high ponytail curled with hoops like a pink bedroom. She's
living her best age life. Yea, Um, what kind of
parents did you have like an expectation of like, oh,
I think I'm gonna be like this parents when I'm
older or did you kind of just wing it and
be like I'm just going to see how it goes
and then no, I knew i'd be like my mom. Yeah,

(15:08):
so she was like your inspiration going into having kids.
Oh yeah, because we played games, we baked together. I
always sat in the kitchen and talked to her while
she cooked. She never taught me had to cook, but
she taught me how to bake. Um. But my mom
was so fun and she would like break out and
dance and um, you know, and just like me. And
she would sing just like me, really good. My we've

(15:32):
grown up with her mom singing opera in the house,
which is hilarious obviously not seriously like she would do it,
but she still does it like randomly, Like remember yesterday
we heard her singing. We we were upstairs and we
heard you singing off for dancers for yourself. We're like,
what is she doing? I was singing to the puppies.
I was. I was saying this the other day. I

(15:54):
was like, I always used to like kind of make
fun of mom for like being the way she is
with the puppies, because she's like probably the craziest dog
mom I've ever met. But now having our own dogs,
we have implemented so many of the things that you
do with your dogs, like we treat them like humans.

(16:14):
Well I can say though, yes, we do talk to
our dogs, but not my mom. I will like, and
I have such a vocabulary, I cannot. I will be
walking down the stairs and she'll literally be talking to
Ivy like, so, what do you want to do today?
You want to do this? You want to do this,

(16:35):
you want to and I'm like, like, who's there. I'm
like what do you mean? I'm always like who are
you talking to? And he's like, Ivy. It's very cute. Though, Well,
she told me she didn't want to be home, so
I had to take her on all my errands and
it was like, oh, it was so hard. But I
think I think the best thing is you use them

(16:56):
as an excuse, Like she'll be like, oh, i've he's
laying on me, so can you please go get me
a water from the fridge. I don't want to wake
her more. My favorite is when she's like she'll call
me and she's like, oh my gosh, I you know,
Boots just FaceTime me and he wants to have come
over and sleep over. I'm like, oh, did he did

(17:16):
he FaceTime me? Because I didn't see that happen. Um, okay,
well mom, this has been so much fun, but we
actually you guys We are doing a part two with
our mom, so stay tuned for this next episode asking
her juicy questions. So it's not over yet. Get ready, Mom,
We're going to ask you some some good questions. Okay,

(17:39):
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