Everything's about food.
Isn't that adorable?
What is your best Mother's Day memory?
I think I'm just getting to those years.
In the early years, when I had Mother's Day,
it like, you kind of need a break
because they're so little, and it's so much labor,
and people always hate hearing that when you were like,
"I kind of want day away," and my husband knew me
and he was like, "Go do something by yourself
to come up for air."
And people are like, "I can't believe you want
to be away from your kid on Mother's Day."
And I was like, "Do you have kids?"
Do you want one?
(audience laughing)
But now I'm to the point where they're getting
so fun that I see now why some people
were judgy about that because now
I just love, like we had a birthday the other day,
and this is probably what we'll do for Mother's Day,
is we bake. So we get in there and they get,
"Mama, where is my apron?" And then they pull out
every thing from onion goggles to
spatulas because they want tools.
And I'm like, "We're probably not going to
need the onion goggles today, but go ahead
and put them on."
But they got matching aprons. It's so fun,
and they climb up to the counter,
and I've taught them how to level and measure
and they love it. They're like, "Mama, let's make."
Not bake. "Mama, let's make."
Let's make.
(audience applauding)
That's really cute.
You know, we wanted to contribute to your
Happy Mother's Day memory, so watch this little
actually on that big monitor right there.
Watch your special message.
It's Mother's Day, so what do we want to
say to Mama? Sandra, go first.
I love you. You are my best friend.
Thank you for being, thank you for being
the best mama.
Thank you for giving me treats.
Thank you for going to the park with me.
That was very sweet. Alec, you're next.
Thank you for giving me cookies.
Caleb, what about you?
(children laughing)
What do you want to say to Mama?
Happy birthday to you.
(children and audience laughing)
Happy Mother's Day, Mama.
[all children together] Happy Mother's Day.
We love you so much.
Happy Mother's Day, Mama.
Everything's about food.
Isn't that adorable?
And Papa, Papa's name is Max. Thank you, Max
for being our little secret field producer.
(audience applauding)
Aw. I want to know, instead of the best Mother's Day,
I want to know, what's the worst Mother's Day
(laughing) you've ever had?
So my worst Mother's Day? First of all,
I want to start by saying Happy Mother's Day
to my mom because that is
Good job.
Because that one might be an issue.
So sometimes when you're on TV, you say things
and you don't have a filter.
Right.
I don't know if you've ever done that before, Rachael.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
No.
It'll happen to me and her before the end of this.
Okay, good, so I'm not the only one.
I think it already did happen several times.
I was sitting on Good Morning America
on Mother's Day, and I was not a mom,
and clearly the first person you think
of on Mother's Day is your own mother
whether you have kids or not.
So it was going around the table
and they said, "We're going to say one word
when you think of your mom."
And every one goes around the room
and they had beautiful words that
in your TV life, like if you were on like
you know, I don't know, the Brady Bunch
you'd say some of these words.
And I'm looking at them because when you ask
me a question I'm going to answer it honestly.
I didn't know it was coming.
I get around
(laughing) I'm sorry, but I'm laughing
I love my mom.
Because I, but I know you.
Yeah, and relationships are complicated.
Yeah.
So I came around the room, and I looked back
and it was like George, Robin, Amy Robach
and I looked and I was like, "Those are the words
you guys are coming up with?"
(laughing)
And they go, "Why? What would your word be?"
And it kind of hit me how that was coming off
and I was like, "Oh, like, something."
Like you could see, and like they're laughing at me.
So I right away call my mom because I know
right when the commercial
You couldn't think of a nice word to say?
Well, and it wasn't, these words were gorgeous.
They were Hallmark words.
And depending on the day, it wasn't a Hallmark day.
I literally got off the phone, I thought, "I know
she's watching." She doesn't miss anything.
So I call home, and my dad's on the phone.
I was like, "Hey, is mom there?"
And he's like, "She's busy."
And I said, "Dad, what's wrong?"
(hosts laughing)
And he was like, "Sara, maybe you should just try
back later."
You're getting the silent treatment.
Eventually we talked, and she's like, "Can't you just
help yourself? Sometimes you just speak too."
The next year, the year passes, on air again
on Mother's Day, and I go, they go, "So let's all wish
our Mothers a happy Mother's Day."
And I was like, "Yeah, and I better say that this year
because I got in trouble last year."
You had all year to prep for that.
Call home? Dad? Where's mom?
Guess who's busy?
Guess who's busy? Mom. Two years in a row.
You have a chance now. Make it up.
What's the word?
No. She's going to be so mad right now.
(all laughing)
This is the third year I'm selling her out on TV.
(shrieks)
What's your mom's name?
Sandra. So I named my daughter after her.
She named her daughter after you.
Yeah.
(audience applauding)
I always say a mom is the biggest influence
better and worse.
That is the Mother's Day gift
that keeps on giving. Your child is named after you.
I gave you a baby.
She gave you a baby.
Yes.
(audience applauding)