- [Kamri] It is the last day of summer.
("On My Side" by Andy Huckvale)
♫ It rains when she's cryin'
♫ The sun comes out when she's smilin'
♫ You know I will make it
- Hey everybody!
- Hey guys!
- Welcome back to another episode of:
- [Both] Behind the Braids!
- This week we're gonna cover a couple things.
First is the last day of summer.
- And then the first day of school!
- [Shaun] Yes, and then we'll give you a sneak peak
into the twins' pep assembly where
they did some drill team dancing.
- It's called a pep rally.
It's not a people assembly. - Pep rally, pep assembly.
- Maybe in Idaho. - It's all the same.
Idaho speak is funny. - Pep rally.
- She's from Utah and apparently, it's a rally.
- It's a rally.
- We're gonna give you a peak of all of that.
Hope you enjoy it so let's go see it.
- Let's go!
- [Kamri] It is the last day of summer.
(pretends to cry)
- Don't remind me.
- We have like, a couple hours left
and Brooklyn's still doing summer reading. (laughs)
- I'm having summer reading yet, okay?
- I literally finished my summer reading book like,
two hours ago.
- [Kamri] Yeah, I just finished mine like 10 minutes ago.
Yeah, back-to-school outfits all laid out.
- Woohoo, actually I--
- [Kamri] Backpacks that have half their supplies.
- [Bailey] We're packin' it up!
- [Kamri] Yeah.
(laughs)
- You can't tell me that you have all your supplies
by the first day of school 'cause nobody does.
And, mom and dad.
They're probably excited for summer end, aren't ya?
- Um...
- T minus 12 hours, right? (laughs)
- I hate the mornings.
I love having my house stay clean.
Right now I'm power houring.
- [Kamri] Power hour!
- Power hour!
- When you just have one life, yep.
(hair dryer blowing)
- [Kamri] Even Brady is getting a back-to-school look.
Yeah.
Are you excited for school to start?
- A little.
Not really, no.
I like summer.
Sixth grade.
- Yeah.
- Hey guys.
- Hi.
- Can you say hi?
Hey, what's tomorrow?
- First day of school!
- [Shaun] It's the first day of school!
- I got to the doctor after school.
- [Shaun] You go to the dentist, huh?
- Yep.
- She gets picked up early.
- [Shaun] Yeah, what's the first thing
you're gonna do tomorrow, sweetpea?
- Get dressed.
- [Shaun] And?
- Make my bed.
- [Shaun] Make that bed over there?
Yeah, and?
What? - Ride on the bus.
- The bus.
- [Shaun] You're gonna ride on the bus for the first time?
(imitating engine)
Are you excited?
- Yeah. - Mmm-mmm.
- [Shaun] Are you scared for your first day?
Ohhh, why you huggin' your brother?
(whimpers)
- She's scrared too much.
- All right, say good night everybody!
- Good night, everybody! - Bye!
- Good night!
- It's six a.m. and
I'm suddenly remembering why I don't like school.
It's hard to get up so early every day.
And it's only the first day of school, huh baby?
- Yes, yes, yes it is!
Yes, yes, yes it is!
- [Mindy] At least it's hard for some of us to get up.
- [Daxton] Not me.
- I think she's pretty happy.
- [Kamri] Hair time.
- Yeah, we're doing the magic sponge.
Aren't we, buddy?
- Mmm-Hmm.
- [Kamri] You ready? - Mmm-Hmm.
- [Kamri] Your first day of school?
- [Shaun] You're ready to go
find all those girlfriends in your class?
- Mmm-mmm.
- [Shaun] No? (laughing)
(camera snaps) - [Shaun] Hey, Kamri.
- Yeah. - [Shaun] Are you gonna cry
this time when you get on the bus?
- No, I only cried up until like, first grade.
- Hey, I had to like, physically,
surgically, remove you from my leg.
- Mind you, I was six.
(laughs)
- Now I can-- - No, that was sixth grade.
- No, it wasn't.
- [Shaun] That was sixth grade.
- No, it was first grade.
- (laughing) that was sixth grade.
- That was first grade.
( Shaun laughs)
- [Shaun] Here we are, taking first day of school pictures.
(upbeat music)
(camera snaps)
- [Shaun] Wave bye-bye.
- Bye-bye!
- [Shaun] Hey, give me a kiss!
Give me a kiss, give me a kiss.
All right. - Bye, dad.
- [Mindy] And here goes Kamri.
(dog barking)
Bye, Kamri!
Time to say goodbye to Michael and Brandon,
who are officially out this morning,
(chatter)
to college.
- Love you, princess.
- Come visit, bye.
- Bye.
Bailey.
- Bye. - Love you.
Remember who you are at Stanford.
(chatter)
♫ The years go by
- [Mindy] What's going on today?
Brooklyn, come around so I can ya and tell me.
You're going to school?
To what?
(mumbles)
- [Mindy] Is today the first day?
- Yes.
- [Mindy] How do you feel?
- This is what my friend gave me.
- [Mindy] Cool.
What do you get to do to get to school?
- [Brooklyn] Ride the bus.
- [Mindy] Bailey?
- Ride the bus.
- [Mindy] Are you excited?
- Yes.
- [Mindy] Show me your cute backbacks.
Are they heavy?
- Yes. - [Mindy] Why?
- 'Cause we can't forget our school supplies.
(bus engine humming)
(upbeat music)
- [Mindy] Kids are gone,
and Brady has decided he's done for the morning.
- [Shaun] This is Princess Brady.
Yeah, when we first got him, Mindy's like,
"He will not be on our couches
and he will not sleep in my bed."
well, see how well that worked.
- [Mindy] This is Princess Brady.
(Shaun laughs)
- Hey, check it out.
So, no sound of fridge opening 20 times.
- [Shaun and Mindy] No cartoons.
- (Laughs) Woah.
- So yeah, I'm off to run to the
grocery store, my normal mom stuff
and then come back and get some work done.
Shaun's gonna start workin' and the day's going!
The twins just got home.
Tell us how was the first day of school?
- Good.
- [Mindy] But?
- Um, the classes seem intense. (laughs)
- What classes do you have this year?
- I have AP GT US History,
AP GT Language,
um, Greek Calculus, um, Pre-AP Physics,
and then Majestics, and then, varsity choir.
- [Mindy] Okay, Brooklyn, how was your first day of school?
- I mean, it could've been worse.
(laughing)
- [Mindy] Well, okay.
You have the same classes as Bailey.
- The first four.
- Yeah, I mean overall, same classes.
Just flipped on the last two.
- Yeah. - Mmm-hmm.
- [Mindy] What'd you think of your teachers, Brooklyn?
- I like my teachers.
I mean, one of them intimidated me a little bit.
But the rest of them seem pretty nice.
("This Ordinary Life" by Andy Huckvale)
♫ This ordinary life
- [Mindy] 'Kay, Dax, tell me what
was your favorite part of today.
- Recess.
- [Mindy] Recess?
- Mmm-Hmm.
- [Mindy] You mean, math?
- No, recess.
- [Mindy] Recess?
- 'Cause we didn't have science
- [Mindy] Oh, you didn't have--
- If it was science--
- [Mindy] Then that would've been your favorite?
Well, I'm glad you had a good day.
(camera snaps)
Rylan had to have a tooth filled 'cause she had a cavity.
And now her whole lip is numb.
I can tell you can't feel it.
- Yeah. - [Mindy] Smile.
(chatter)
Rylan.
- What? - [Mindy] No more cavities.
- Oh-Ayy.
- [Mindy] Hey!
- Hmm? - [Mindy] How was kinder?
- Good! - [Mindy] Woah, woah.
What was your favorite part?
- Playing at the playground.
- [Mindy] Playing at the playground?
- Mmm-Hmm.
- [Mindy] Did you make new friends?
- Mmm-Hmm.
- [Mindy] (gasps) Was Ivy in your class?
- Mmm-Hmm.
- [Mindy] Did you get to do centers today?
- Mmm-Hmm.
I also got to do math.
- [Mindy] Math?
Did you like it?
- Yeah.
- [Mindy] Did you practice your letters?
- Mmm-Hmm.
- [Mindy] Cool.
(camera snaps) ("Star Spangled Banner")
♫ Oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave
♫ O'er the land of the free
♫ And the home of the brave
(crowd cheers)
(dance music)
♫ Bring the party down, down, down, down, down, down
♫ We're gonna wreck the town, town, town, town, town, town
- [Brooklyn And Bailey] Hey!
- [Mindy] You guys did a good job!
- Yes, makes one down. - [Mindy] Nice job.
- Tomorrow is football and then that week is over.
- [Mindy] How'd it feel?
- Good! (mumbles)
- [Mindy] Um, Brooklyn, I noticed you forgot that
you were supposed to be singing.
- We were standing there and then they just,
ahh, I put my hand over my heart
and then I remembered that I had to go
and then they just started singing.
I was like, well, it's going to be weird if I go
in the middle of the song. - I made it.
- So I just didn't sing the National Anthem.
- I was like, "Oh, we're singin'!"
Runs over there really fast.
- [Mindy] Um yeah, I was like,
"Why isn't Brooklyn singing?"
- Well, they didn't announce it very loudly
so I didn't even hear that we were singing.
It was bad.
- [Mindy] Whoops. - Oh, well.
- [Mindy] Brooklyn's fired.
So yeah, we just got done at the twins' pep rally
and I realized on the way home that
some of you may not even know what a pep rally is.
So, Shaun, how would you explain a pep rally?
- Um, for high school sports,
it's kind of an assembly of all
the students in the gym where they get together
and kinda get everybody really excited about
the start of the football season--
- It's kinda like a pep obsession.
Like, they kinda like, they sing school songs
and fight songs and the band plays, and the--
- [Shaun] And the cheerleaders are cheering.
- Cheerleaders perform and the drill team performs.
- Parents all have their phones out filming. (laughs)
- Not all the parents come.
Usually it's just the parents of performing children.
- Mindy's there with the camera the whole time.
- [Mindy] Just because I have children performing
and so then I'm videoing, but yes,
it's really fun, it's just a great for the kids
to kinda like, "Rah, rah, rah!"
'Cause they have a game tomorrow night
so it's just encouraging everyone to come out to the game
and cheer on the school team.
(dance music)
Hope you guys enjoyed watching
our crazy first day of school.
It's always a little manic but the kids love it
and we have so many great traditions, yay!
- We've had 17 of those first days of school. (laughs)
Yes, I'm semi-sad that it was first day of kinder for Pais
but mostly, happy.
- I was sad.
She's my last one. (laughs)
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