ZOOM BOMB MOM.
EVERY TIME THE KULESZA GIRLS LOG ON TO A CLASS ON ZOOM, THEIR MOM HOPS INTO A NEW COSTUME AND JOINS, TOO.
>> OH MY GOD.
[LAUGHTER] ♪ >> YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN SHE’S COMING.
SHE MIGHT COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEETING, THE BEGINNING, THE END OF THE MEETING.
SHE MIGHT COME AT LITERALLY THE LAST WORD THAT YOUR TEACHER SAYS.
ERIN: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS?
>> MY NEIGHBOR WAS CLEANING OUT HER MOM'S STUFF AND SHE GAVE ME THREE LARGE TOTES OF HALLOWEEN COSTUMES.
MY HUSBAND SAID WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THOSE COSTUMES?
I HAD NO IDEA.
ERIN: IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR THE LIGHT BULB TO GO OFF, AND MANCHESTER’S JENNIFER KULESZA BECAME THE ZOOM BOMB MOM, EVERY ZOOM A NEW COSTUME.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR MOM WHEN SHE WAS DOING THIS?
>> AT FIRST I WAS PRETTY EMBARRASSED.
NOW I EXPECT IT BUT IT IS STILL EMBARRASSING.
>> CRAZY ANTICS.
ERIN: THIS MOM LOVES TO DRESS UP.
SHE STARTS PLANNING FOR HALLOWEEN MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
>> I STARTED MAKING OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES PROBABLY 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO AND I START USUALLY IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND I MAKE EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING WE USE FOR HALLOWEEN I MAKE MYSELF.
WE DO A THEME EVERY YEAR.
ERIN: NOW IT’S HALLOWEEN 5 DAYS A WEEK.
>> I LIKE THE CLOWN ONE AND THE COP ONE.
ERIN: WHEN I SAW THE POLICE OFFICER ONE, I THOUGHT SHE WAS ARRESTING YOU FOR NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.
[LAUGHTER] >> I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HER A TICKET.
ERIN: WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS SAY?
>> THEY ALWAYS SAY, WHO IS THAT YOUR BACKGROUND?
IS THAT YOUR MOM?
YEAH, IT IS MY MOM.
ERIN: IN JUST TWO MONTHS, THE ZOOM BOMB MOM ACQUIRED QUITE THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING.
>> THEY ALL COMMENT ON HER REACTIONS BECAUSE SHE SEEMS SO IRRITATED WITH ME, BUT I KNOW SHE SECRETLY LOVES THEM EVEN AS SHE GIVES ME FUNNY LOOKS SOMETIMES.
ERIN: JENNIFER HAS EVEN TAKEN HER SHOW ON THE ROAD.
>> I PUT ON A COSTUME THE OTHER DAY AND WALKED UP TO THE MAIN ROAD NEAR OUR HOUSE AND WAVED TO CARS AS THEY DROVE BY.
[LAUGHTER] THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST THING EVER.
IF I CAN MAKE PEOPLE SMILE THAT WAY, I AM GOING TO DO IT.
♪ ERIN: THE COSTUME CHANGES HAVE BEEN A WELCOME DISTRACTION FROM THE WORRY CAUSED BY THIS PANDEMIC.
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ISABELLA.
SHE WAS BORN WITH A NUMBER OF HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING A HOLE IN HER ESOPHAGUS, AND UNDERDEVELOPED LUNG.
SHE IS ALSO IMMUNO COMPROMISED.
>> SHE CAN'T CATCH A COMMON COLD WITHOUT IT SENDING US TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT GOES TO NUMB ME ONA -- TWO PNEUMONIA MANY TIMES.
THIS IS SCARY FOR US.
ERIN: ISABELLA’S HAD MORE THAN 20 SURGERIES AND IS TREATED BY A COMPLEX CARE TEAM AT CHILDREN’S IN BOSTON.
>> WE HAVE TO FIND LAUGHTER BECAUSE IT IS ISOLATING AND SCARY.
EVERYTHING IS CHANGING.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO FIND A REASON TO LAUGH AND BE SILLY.
ERIN: COVID-19 HAS BROUGHT BACK FRIGHTENING MEMORIES OF THE LAST FLU PANDEMIC.
ISABELLA HAD H1N1 WHEN SHE WAS JUST SIX MONTHS OLD.
>> SHE WAS UNRESPONSIVE.
THEY CODED HER AND PEOPLE CAME STORMING IN AND THEY COULDN'T WAKE HER UP.
IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES, AND I REMEMBER HAVING MY HUSBAND HOLDING ME DOWN BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONE.
WHEN THIS STARTED HAPPENING, IT WAS TERRIFYING BECAUSE IT JUST BROUGHT BACK THOSE MEMORIES FROM H1N1 WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
THE CHANCES OF HER GETTING IT AS AT -- AS A BABY, IT WASN’T A BIG RISK, BUT SHE GOT IT.
EVERYTHING THAT COMES BY, SHE GETS HIT WITH IT A MILLION TIMES MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
ERIN: WHEN SHE WAS 4, MAKE A WISH SENT ISABELLA AND HER FAMILY TO DISNEY WORLD.
ONCE HOME, THE KULESZAS HELD A FUNDRAISER FOR THE ORGANIZATION, AND ISABELLA’S LEMONADE STAND MADE $1000 FOR MAKE-A-WISH.
TODAY, SHE HAS RAISED $15,000 FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
FOLLOWING HER RECIPE, MOM IS NOW TAKING LEMONS AND MAKING LEMONADE.
>> I WANT HER TO FOCUS ON THE GOOD THINGS AND HAVING GOOD MEMORIES OF THIS.
HOPEFULLY WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON IT, IT’S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE TIME DESPITE ALL THE SCARINESS.
WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR ZOOM BECAUSE SHE'S ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH HER CLASSMATES.
ERIN: OUR ZOOM MEETING PROVIDED HER GIRLS WITH A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.
[LAUGHTER] YOU WERE ZOOM BOMBED.
>> I WAS ZOOM BOMBED.
YOU GOT ME.
IT'S NICE TO GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO BECAUSE EVERYONE'S LIVES HAVE CHANGED.
PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOUSE MORE NOW THAN EVER.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH NETFLIX YOU CAN WATCH.
SO WHY NOT WATCH A LOCAL MOM EMBARRASS HER KIDS WHILE SHE CAN?