We Sort Through Today’s Mom Personas And Decide What’s Extra, Genius, And Just Real Life

Ever met the legendary snack-wagon mom who rolls up like a mobile concession stand while you’re praying both cleats made it into the bag? We lean into that contrast—joyfully extra versus gloriously enough—and sort through modern mom personas with humor, empathy, and a lot of real talk.

We start with the cozy stuff: a sponsor we actually use, cold-weather comfort food, and the magic of seasonings that make busy nights easier. Then we dive into the fun: sports sidelines stocked like mini stadiums, the kid who is Batman year-round, and the surprisingly effective power of “toddler charcuterie” for picky eaters. Pickup lines get their moment too—are you the early-bird strategist saving your kid from the heat or the efficiency queen who refuses to lose an hour idling? Both have a logic, and we map the trade-offs.

We also unpack digital overwhelm (too many school apps), the ethics of ring-light Target runs, and how gratitude for teachers sometimes looks like a week-one coffee card and a mid-year bottle of wine. Late-night rage-cleaning gets a loving roast, balanced by the case for choosing sleep. There’s a nod to matching family outfits, a salute to the mom who silently mouths “We’ll talk in the car,” and a spirited debate on color-coded vacation itineraries versus letting the day unfold. Smart homes and voice assistants round out the tech talk: helpful when hands are full, complicated when they own your routine.

Through it all, we land on a simple truth: love shows up in many forms—labels and last-minute drives, Costco and corner stores, coordinated photos and thrifted chaos. If your kids are fed, safe, and seen, you’re doing it right. If this made you laugh or feel a little lighter, tap follow, share with a mom friend, and leave a quick review telling us which “type” you are—we want to hear your take.

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Transcript

Sponsor Shoutout And Cozy Food Talk

SPEAKER_02 0:00

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SPEAKER_00 0:20

Welcome to Coffee Talk with the Cajun Mamas. Grab a cup of coffee, settle in, and let's dive into real conversations about life, motherhood, and a little inspiration to brighten your day.

SPEAKER_01 0:34

Welcome back to Coffee Talk with the Cajun Mamas. We have a fun episode ahead.

SPEAKER_02 0:40

I'm so excited about this.

SPEAKER_01 0:42

It should be very interesting. First, let's talk about our uh our official sponsor of Coffee Talk with the Cajun Mamas this month is Hal. Yes, our friend Hal.

SPEAKER_02 0:52

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You need to have some good, quick, easy meal.

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But something that's gonna go a long way. Yeah. And just good for the soul.

SPEAKER_01 1:16

It's comfort food.

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That chili, especially. Absolutely. So, and and it also, I mean, we're still in um football season. You go in places, you bring in things, her dry dips, the Mardi Gras, Cajun dance party, Mexican fiesta, just deal with it.

SPEAKER_01 1:34

Um the dance party is my favorite. That's your favorite.

SPEAKER_02 1:37

It's almost like hey, Cajun Dance Party is like a jazzed up French onion.

SPEAKER_01 1:42

French onion. Yeah, I agree.

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But my favorite is again Mexican Fiesta. Yeah. Because you can add a can of corn and some shredded cheese to that and take it up to a whole nother level. And I'm telling you, yeah. That that is that's just elite. It's elite. It's elite. So cracker mixes, there's so many different things you can do to get your kitchen ready for just maybe another snow day. Oh, you think? Are we putting that out into the air? I don't know. I don't know, but I sure do like to have all the seasonings on hand so I don't have to worry. Uh, it makes meal prepping easy. Yep. I don't have to worry about nothing. And flavorful tasty. So, y'all don't forget to go subscribe with your email address on her website at how the cajunladyaccent.com. Stay up to date on any sales specials that she's got going on. Yeah. And you might even want to get one of those logo pots she's got going.

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Setting The Game: Rating Mom Types

SPEAKER_01 2:57

Thank you, Hal. Okay, so um last month we did an episode about like a mom stereotype that was the white SUV mom and the black SUV mom. And y'all just about went nuts over that. Yes. That reel uh for this that episode went viral. Well, almost went viral. Got a lot, a lot, a lot of views. Lot, a lot, a lot of views, like over half a million. Yeah, and a lot of comments. Um, so I thought like let's do a whole episode on these different like mom types, yeah, uh styles of momming, okay? And we just gonna like sort of rate them and talk about them. Um, and let me just disclaimer this is no judgment on any type of mom. If you momming your children, you doing all right. You doing it the right way that you see fit to mom your children. Um, but we just like to poke fun and laugh with y'all. We're not laughing at y'all, we're laughing with y'all. Because y'all could say the same thing, turn around about us with those Cajun moms. And they do. And they do. And that's fine, whatever. But just in the spirit of fun, okay, we're gonna talk about different types of moms here. And y'all weigh in in the comments and let us know if y'all know some moms like these moms, if y'all wanna be like some of these moms, if y'all think these moms are ridiculous, whatever you want to comment, we we're here for it.

SPEAKER_02 4:17

Yes. Yeah, we are here.

SPEAKER_01 4:20

So we're gonna call this unhinged or okay.

SPEAKER_02 4:23

Okay, absolutely reasonable. Or absolutely reasonable. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 4:26

I just feel like that's a good thing.

SPEAKER_02 4:27

Are we gonna just say it unhinged? Are we gonna like claim it?

SPEAKER_01 4:31

No, I just I feel like so. We could rate it as like, do we think, okay, that's just is this reasonable or is that reasonable or not crazy. This is not for me.

SPEAKER_02 4:40

Okay.

Sports Snack Wagon And Costco Culture

SPEAKER_01 4:40

We can go that route. Okay. Okay. So, um, okay, so the the mom, the could be soccer, could be football, could be, could be whatever, sport mom that shows up to the practice or the games with a whole wagon load full of stuff, a collapsible academy wagon with a full snack bar set up inside. Okay, she's the mom, the sports elite mama. Is she extra? Yes. Do you also kind of want to wish you was adopted by her and wanna eat her snacks? Also, yes.

SPEAKER_02 5:21

Yeah. I feel like if she's rolling up with that many snacks, she probably wants me to go eat some too as a parent.

SPEAKER_01 5:27

You think it's an open invitation?

SPEAKER_02 5:29

Yeah. Do I think she's extra? Absolutely. When do you have time to do this?

SPEAKER_01 5:37

She is going on a Costco run or a Sam's run.

SPEAKER_02 5:42

If she has no, she's going on a Costco run. She don't go to Sam's.

SPEAKER_01 5:46

Oh, Costco's above Sam's?

SPEAKER_02 5:48

I feel like that's where fancy people go.

SPEAKER_01 5:51

Okay. Okay. Or is she making a Sam's order online? Because that's how I order my snacks. I ordered. But you are not. But I'm not her. I am not her. You are correct. You are correct.

SPEAKER_02 6:03

Okay. Costco has healthier things. Okay. Okay. I find like you go find more healthy snacks at Costco. I'm telling you, this mama shops at Costco. She does. Okay. Okay. She's she she saves money in that way. But then also, maybe I kind of want to wring her neck a little bit. Maybe I'm like, oh Because I am just rolling to the practice hoping that we have the right socks. Yeah. The right shoes.

SPEAKER_01 6:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:35

You know, if we have both cleats, we're doing good.

SPEAKER_01 6:37

We have the equipment. You rolling in at practice startup start time and the door flings open and the kids fly out.

SPEAKER_02 6:45

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 6:46

Yeah. There ain't no time for water or snacks.

SPEAKER_02 6:48

No, if you got a snack, I just stopped at the uh dollar store and got some little Debbie pie, and that's what you're getting. If I'm the snack lady. I feel you, sister. I feel you.

SPEAKER_01 6:59

Okay. Move on to number two. I thought this was appropriate since Halloween just passed not long ago.

SPEAKER_02 7:05

Okay. The mom who lets her kid wear the Halloween costume every day in public, mid-May, and literally does not care.

SPEAKER_01 7:13

That child is Batman. That mom is free. She has transcended. Look, she picked her battles.

SPEAKER_02 7:23

Oh, and well, too.

SPEAKER_01 7:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 7:26

I don't care. You want to wear the Moana top with the Ilsa bottom. I literally do not care.

SPEAKER_01 7:33

You have clothes on your butt. Your butt's not showing. Do you have matching shoes? Yes. Perfect. Do you have shoes on?

SPEAKER_02 7:41

Even better. I just I that don't bother me. I don't bother. This is my type of mama.

SPEAKER_01 7:47

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 7:47

Okay, she don't care. Halloween costume? Sure. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 7:51

I'm with you. The mom who makes charcuterie boards, quote, charcuterie boards for her toddlers with goldfish and lunchables and calls it building their palate. What even is that?

SPEAKER_02 8:04

Is it pretentious or is it marketing? Because I suddenly want one. Okay, now let me let's talk this out. Okay. Because I have a picky eater at home. And I'm what to get her to eat things, I would tell her, let's make a homemade lunchable.

SPEAKER_01 8:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:23

So that means a couple of little pieces of ham, things that she likes. So it could be ham, could be a little bit of shredded cheese, could be a couple of crackers on the side. All right.

SPEAKER_01 8:33

You just present it in a fun way to get her to eat it.

SPEAKER_02 8:35

Yes. Now, bringing out a charcuterie of all these things with her friends, no, probably not. You know?

SPEAKER_01 8:43

Mm-hmm. But if that's how mom chooses to get you to eat your meat and a little bit of dairy or, you know, cheese and cheese protein. That's that's a win. I'm about it. All right. So definitely not unhinged on that one. Nah. Okay. Uh the mom who is always 30 minutes early to pick up, sitting in full hair makeup. I don't not know, I don't know a mom like that.

SPEAKER_02 9:09

I don't understand those mamas that sit in the line like to be first.

Costumes Year-Round And Toddler Charcuterie

SPEAKER_01 9:16

Yeah, just so your kid don't have to sit in the heat again. Man, I was always rolling in the back of the line though. Because I feel like no matter if I get there early, the first one or the last one, like, do you really pick your kid up that much sooner? I have to be there an hour ahead of time to get there early, to get in the front. But once the car line starts rolling, from front to back is only what 20 10, 20 minutes?

SPEAKER_02 9:42

I've literally seen parents, grandparents mostly, sit in the car line waiting for their kids like right after lunch. Like 1 30. Starting at 1 30. And I'm just like, don't you have anything else you could do? I have a lot. You know, and and it's okay if you pick them up a little bit 20 minutes later than they got out of school, because then you won't have wasted 32 minutes to an hour of your life.

SPEAKER_01 10:11

That's what I'm saying. The times don't weigh each other, don't equal each other.

SPEAKER_02 10:15

Uh-uh. So if I've got somewhere else to go, like if they got a dentist appointment, I'm just gonna take them out.

SPEAKER_01 10:21

Yeah. Yeah. We check out even. Yeah. All right. That's a little unhinged for me, getting to there.

SPEAKER_02 10:29

I think so. And definitely uh if there's makeup involved, then I'm probably doing it in the line.

SPEAKER_01 10:34

In the car, for sure.

SPEAKER_02 10:35

We're gonna make the most of that time.

SPEAKER_01 10:37

For sure.

SPEAKER_02 10:38

Okay, versus the mom who literally speeds into the parking lot sideways every single day, four minutes past cut off.

SPEAKER_01 10:44

Dang.

SPEAKER_02 10:45

Man, that would have never happened at our school because they would have sent them to uh the gate closes and you gotta go check them out.

SPEAKER_01 10:52

Yeah, you can't make it.

SPEAKER_02 10:53

They make it very inconvenient for you. You're not rolling in four minutes late.

SPEAKER_01 10:57

No. Mm-mm.

SPEAKER_02 10:58

Mm-mm.

SPEAKER_01 10:59

The mom who throws full-blown birthday party level snacks for just a Tuesday soccer practice. Who you just thought of?

SPEAKER_02 11:06

We well, my friend Amy. Yes. She's so we're talking individual name labels, laminated, possibly prayed over. We're not worthy. Okay, so Amy is this type though. Let's talk about our friend Amy. Amy, shout out, we love you.

SPEAKER_01 11:23

We love you, and we want some cookies.

SPEAKER_02 11:24

Yes, and and if there's extra, she I always get some because I live by the school. But you live near her, she can't bring them home. Yeah. So what can I do but eat Sandra's cookies? So Miss Sandra, her mama makes cookies specialized for the kid. So, like uh the the boy, he liked um horses. Everybody got a horse-shaped cookie for his snack decorated by Miss Sandra. And then the little girl, the little girl, she gets little decorated cookies too for soccer practice. Yep. Soccer ball cookies. Yep. I got the extras on those.

SPEAKER_01 11:58

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 11:59

Mm-hmm. Yum.

SPEAKER_01 12:01

Yeah. I've never been like that. I've been sending them with a box of little dabbies to that's their school stuff. Or gummies. Or gummies or chips from Sam's if you're lucky.

SPEAKER_02 12:11

From Sam. Yeah. You know I like my Sam's now. God. I'll do the same thing. I am not a Costco girl. You already know that. Okay, let's see. The mom who puts their kids' teacher a$50 Starbucks card in a folder, in the folder, week one.

SPEAKER_01 12:26

Dang, that's a teacher's dream, I think, huh? Yeah. From that side. That's not bribery, that's strategic investment. I respect the game. Listen.

SPEAKER_02 12:37

That, and then sometimes mid-year, they'll come with like a bottle of wine and be like, just in case it's my kid, you need to have this.

SPEAKER_01 12:47

Now that's that's smart.

SPEAKER_02 12:48

That's something special.

SPEAKER_01 12:49

That is special.

SPEAKER_02 12:50

You know, come with a$50 Starbucks card week one, and then by Christmas, wine. Wine.

SPEAKER_01 12:58

That is this is great tips.

SPEAKER_02 13:00

I had a parent that was like, please don't open these right now, but when you get home, open this. And it was a six-pack of Michelob. And I had never been so happy. I mean, straight to your heart. Straight to my heart and straight to my belly.

Pickup Line Extremes: Early Birds Vs Late Comets

SPEAKER_01 13:12

Yes. Probably all at one time. All right. Let's see. The mom who rage cleans at 11 p.m. with a headlamp and a murder playlist going unstock unstable? Yes. House is spotless. Also, yes. Honestly, an icon. I have never been one to stay up late to clean. I will go to I choose sleep every time.

SPEAKER_02 13:34

I wake up early. I'll wake up early to clean or skip a nap.

SPEAKER_01 13:40

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 13:40

To clean. You know I like my afternoons.

SPEAKER_01 13:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:43

Okay. So I will stay, I will skip a nap to clean. I'm listening to Dolly Porton.

SPEAKER_01 13:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:50

I do like murder shows, but I want to sit down.

SPEAKER_01 13:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:53

But I just I don't know about that one. I don't know about people staying up late to clean. Are you a late cleaner? Like, if you are in the comments, please let us know. Because I feel like that's a type of thing.

SPEAKER_01 14:03

I've definitely heard of that. Like, you know, some say they can't they can't sleep if they're if they know their house or their kitchen is a mess or their house is a mess, they can't sleep. So kids get tucked in bed and they go cleaning. And I'm just like, no, that's it. Kids go get tucked in bed, I go to sleep. But that's not me. I know.

SPEAKER_02 14:21

The mom who refuses to download class dojo and is just raw dog in the school year on vibes. Okay, but for real, there's too many, there's too many apps. Too many apps. Why can't we just have the one? We have one for dancing. This is a complaint because I can do it now. Okay. We have reminded. Yeah. Was another one. Remind, banned. No, but there's another one. Remind.

unknown 14:50

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 14:51

I could look at my my phone right now. Shout. Shout was one. Yeah. Um, let's see. What uh group me.

SPEAKER_02 14:59

Group me.

SPEAKER_01 14:59

It's the group me.

SPEAKER_02 15:00

Oh my gosh. Yes. All of them. And everything is something different. Dancing is banned. I can't keep up with all the ortifications. Is remind. This one is that one. And I'm just like, my kids are the one rolling into dancing with the wrong stuff because I cannot look at all that. I know. I can't look at all of it. I know. It's too many apps. I gotta keep up with my actual job apps. Yeah. And so that's that's hard enough. So she's just like, I'm not doing it, and we're roll-dogging it and just in it in the newsletter, and I'm not gonna read that either.

SPEAKER_01 15:32

Okay. There was one, um, because we're not gonna have time to get through all these, I don't think. But there was one that I read and it struck a nerve, and I know you will too. Let's see, wait. The mom who turns every simple target trip into an opportunity for family content, ring light included, is it annoying or is she paying for college with these brand deals? It's all about perspective. I thought about us, how we sometimes we'll do videos inside stores and stuff. And I'm like, are we those moms? Are we them that aggravating the people that aggravate the people? Like, oh my god, look there, she is videoing. She can't just take a normal trip to the grocery store. Everything is.

SPEAKER_02 16:19

We are just having fun. Okay, so um yeah, when we I wonder if we aggravate people though. I never come with the ring light though.

Practice Treats At Party Level

SPEAKER_01 16:28

No, we just come with the Sometimes. I wish I had it though.

SPEAKER_02 16:31

Yeah. We just come with the video and the fun. Okay, what about the mom who has custom matching family outfits for every holiday, even groundhog day? All the matching outfits. I tried that. I've tried it. You it works for you when you have family pictures. You do well with that.

SPEAKER_01 16:52

Yeah, I try to coordinate colors, but not match. Like we've never been like, okay, we all wearing white tops and blue jeans. No. No, no. Can we though? Can we take pictures like that?

SPEAKER_02 17:05

Can me and you do it? Could you see us with our tall jeans, like mom jeans and mom jeans and a button-down shirt? You know, I love a good stupid uh photograph. No, I would do it for you. No, I know. But as far as getting my kids all dressed and we all looking the same, it's not happening. As a matter of fact, um for our maybe it was Easter, I tried GPT Roast This Family, and it was like, this is a thrift stores. You definitely got all this from the thrift store. Like, one's got Hawaiians on, one's got um, you know, patterns and patchwork and oh my gosh, it was horrible.

SPEAKER_01 17:44

Girl.

SPEAKER_02 17:44

So yeah, we had to do that.

SPEAKER_01 17:45

Yeah, we we did matching PJs for the first time ever last Christmas. And it was only because Nathan, my husband's brother, came in um and even got some for the dog, like a little bandana and stuff, and we all did it. And my husband was again so he fought it so much. He's like, I am not wearing those pajamas. Because it was like a um, was it old navy or target? I don't remember where we ordered them, but it was like the straight leg ones, you know? And he's like, No way. I'm like, they have a relaxed fit, don't worry. Like, it's not but yeah, that the kids loved it though. I bet you this year is gonna happen again. Um, get ready. Get ready, get those pajamas together. All right, let's find another couple good ones.

SPEAKER_02 18:32

Oh, the pe the mom who leaves voicemails. Who does that? The mom who I don't know any moms that leave voicemails, but I know people do.

SPEAKER_01 18:42

Well, does this go along with the mom who sends like a lot of like text messages like br and then another one and then another one? It's like in like one sentence in a sentence in a sentence.

Teacher Gifts: Strategy Or Sweetness

SPEAKER_02 18:58

Or not even a sentence, could be just a phrase, a thought. Yes, you know, yeah. I feel like we do that. I feel like we do that sometimes, but not as bad as my friend Jenny. My friend Jenny, like she will not text me, love her, love Jenny. And when I get these, it brings me joy because I don't get a text message from her a lot, but she's my oldest friend and dearest. And she'll text me, but it's like, here's my thought, here's my thought, here's my thought. And then she's asking me another question that has nothing to do with the previous three text messages. And so now you have to reply to the specific takes. Yeah, but we couldn't like back then back in the day, two years ago.

SPEAKER_01 19:38

The conversations were all over the place then.

SPEAKER_02 19:41

It was wild.

SPEAKER_01 19:42

What a wild time.

SPEAKER_02 19:43

Yeah, but voicemails in 2025. I just need y'all to know that you don't need to do that anymore. Yeah. Public service announcement. We can see that you called. Yeah, it's a missed call.

SPEAKER_01 19:54

It's a missed call. And you can leave me a voice memo text if you wanted to. I like a voice text, then I know it's important. Like when sometime when you if you send me a voice text, I can't wait to listen to it. Oh, yeah. It's usually something silly. It's usually something really stupid. Let's see. Um oh, this one speaks to my heart. The mom who doesn't yell, she just mouths, I'll talk to you in the car. Or wait till we get in the car. And she just mouthed it. The children hit instant paralysis. That woman controls the air we breathe.

SPEAKER_02 20:30

I don't see that as much as I should.

SPEAKER_01 20:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 20:33

I am that mom. Oh, yes. Um, and I feel like people are just like not doing that. And I feel like it shows in our kids.

SPEAKER_01 20:42

It shows. And so wait till we get home. I don't think she's unhinged. I think she's respected. She's on something. She's on to on to something. She's on to something.

SPEAKER_02 20:51

Oh, for sure.

SPEAKER_01 20:53

Okay, a couple more. Let's do. Um, the mom who has a laminated vacation itinerary with timestamps, color codes, and hyperlinks. If if she asks you to be ready at 7.04, you better be ready at 7.04. Okay. How you feel about I know how I feel about this.

SPEAKER_02 21:12

I feel already anxious.

SPEAKER_01 21:14

Me too.

Rage Cleaning At Midnight

SPEAKER_02 21:14

Just reading that. I feel anxiety about my trip. I know. And I feel like we're kind of the same in that. Like we like to just happen upon things. I love to happen upon. And especially like if it's not something that we have to go to or we don't have like a specific time, you know. But we like to just explore and frolic. And um, but people who like, okay, we're gonna be here and we're gonna eat, and then after that, we're gonna have ice cream, and then after that, we're gonna go to this tour.

SPEAKER_01 21:42

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 21:42

And then we're gonna have coffee, and then we're gonna do this. And I can't do it.

SPEAKER_01 21:45

No. And I guess I understand the the the thought behind it. Like, there's so much you want to take in on your trip that you don't want to miss anything, but I would rather miss a couple of things.

SPEAKER_02 21:56

You don't know what you're missing if you're gonna do it.

SPEAKER_01 21:57

You really don't know what you're missing, right? And so I like to just rel relax and enjoy my time and not feel rushed.

SPEAKER_02 22:04

I hate feeling rushed. I don't like feeling rushed. I don't like I want to be early to, you know, I want to have at least 10 minutes to kind of gather my thoughts before I gotta go do something else. Yeah. You know, no, I I'm not that person. Same. I'm not that person.

SPEAKER_01 22:22

Okay, you have one last one to read.

SPEAKER_02 22:24

Okay, let's see. How about this one's not on here? Oh, but what about the mamas who have Alexa running their entire house?

SPEAKER_01 22:40

Oh. I don't have a I mean, I don't have a smart house. We don't have an Alexa.

SPEAKER_02 22:45

Okay, but do you remember that movie Smart House? I do. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:49

And it's getting close. Alexa can turn off your uh your lights.

App Overload And “Vibes-Only” Schooling

SPEAKER_02 22:54

My sister's house is like that. Really? And the kids are like, Alexa, play, blah blah blah. And I'm just like, wow, sometimes I'm like, that's really good. Yeah, that's cool, you know, or Alexa, turn uh down my my thermostat so I don't have to get up. But then also I'm just like, what if Alexa goes down and then you have to do things on your own?

SPEAKER_01 23:15

Like the stone ages.

SPEAKER_02 23:17

Like, pick up your phone and put it like, I don't know, like it's kind of strange, but in the same way, I'm like, that's kind of cool. I know.

SPEAKER_01 23:27

Set me a timer for well, it's like the uh like the the security systems and stuff now in your with your security system, you can control your thermostat when you're not home and stuff, which I think is really cool, but also like we got by not having all this technology for how long? I don't think we really need that, you know. Do we really need that?

SPEAKER_02 23:48

Do we really need that? I don't know. Or like, I don't know. Sometimes I'm happy for Siri. Yeah, like when I don't know how to do something. Hey Siri, uh-huh, how do I do exponents on a scientific calculator? That is something that I learned today, and I remembered the carrot, the carrot, and I told Ila that. And then I just couldn't find the carrot with all the buttons. But anyway, wow.

SPEAKER_01 24:10

I see what I have to look forward to. We haven't gotten there yet.

SPEAKER_02 24:13

Well, but I'm just saying, sometimes she comes in handy, but I don't want her running my whole house.

SPEAKER_01 24:17

Understood.

SPEAKER_02 24:18

But I do understand the people who need a little extra help with Alexa. So I wonder how do you feel about that?

SPEAKER_01 24:24

Yeah, about the same as you. Okay. Well, listen, at the end of the day, what of a type of mama you are, like we said in the beginning, you doing the best version of being a mom. That's you.

SPEAKER_02 24:36

Mamas who are extra, they enjoy it. Yes. You know, that that gives them so much joy to make to make these cookies and and do all these extra things.

SPEAKER_01 24:52

You know, like you you doing the most for yours and mine. Thank you, moms.

SPEAKER_02 24:57

Thank you so much for showing my kids what's out there and what's possible. What's possible, you know, and then they can choose what kind of mom they're gonna be, you know. None of us. And then they'll say, My mama barely did anything for her. Yeah. You know, we only had home parties, you know, or whatever. My mama, my mama made us some fun fatty cocaine.

SPEAKER_01 25:16

Homemade cakes. Oh well.

SPEAKER_02 25:18

Oh, well, they don't know no different.

SPEAKER_01 25:20

So we might not all be doing it the same, but we all doing it with love.

SPEAKER_02 25:23

So yeah, and you know what? Our kids are fed and happy. Yeah, that's all that matters.

SPEAKER_01 25:28

That's all that matters.

SPEAKER_02 25:29

So thank y'all for hanging out with us today. And I I wonder, what are your thoughts about this?

SPEAKER_01 25:35

What type of mom are you? Did any of these fit you? It's okay. Uh like don't be embarrassed or ashamed or nothing. Let us know. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:43

If you got extra mama on it, because you know you put a lot of hours, that's a lot of man hours into that.

SPEAKER_01 25:48

Definitely.

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SPEAKER_02 25:49

So let us know what kind of mom are you? All right. We want to thank Hal the Cajun Lady Accent for being our wonderful sponsor for the month of November. Yes. Um, she's got a line of seasoning, including the Creozotico, Kajun Walls Black and Nat, KG Spy, KG Spicy. Too spicy. Too step. Yes, the she's got the dry dip. She's got the cracker mixes.

SPEAKER_01 26:14

Don't forget about this new little item, too.

SPEAKER_02 26:16

Oh, the beer salt.

SPEAKER_01 26:17

She got some beer salt. Y'all know when you're having a nice ice cold beer, you want a little bit of lime salt or something. Well, how has a crawfish ball beer salt?

SPEAKER_02 26:28

Yes, she does.

SPEAKER_01 26:29

Okay, it's got that crawfish taste. You could put it on anything you want, Sha. That's what it says on here.

SPEAKER_02 26:35

You know what is gonna be really good? She said, Bloody Mary's, but my father-in-law always brings, I know this is kind of wild, but he always brings cucumber shots everywhere, every time we get together on the weekends, he's got some cucumber shots. Especially if it's somebody's birthday. Yeah. You pass that little jello shot in in some of that crawfish uh stuff, and then have your little cucumber shot. Yummy. Change your life. Change your life. Might change your night too. All right. She's got the dip, she's got her liquid seafood ball, the seasoning for the seafood ball. She's got liquid butter.

SPEAKER_01 27:12

A fry batter. Fry batter. You're frying your little shrimps or your chicken or something. Or chicken tenders. I wonder how that works. French fries. Oh, sign me up.

SPEAKER_02 27:20

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SPEAKER_00 27:50

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