Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. Today, I'm going to be doing a quick fire assumptions
video. I've seen a few people do this and it looks like loads of fun. I actually had
a different video planned for tonight, but it is not quite ready yet and I really don't
want to let you down. So, this is a last minute video. So I just put out on Instagram, what
are your assumptions of me, and we've got quite a few through. So Matt is actually behind
the camera.
Hi.
He's just going to fire them at me, and I'm going to set a timer for 10 minutes and just
be brutally honest. I have no idea what the questions or what the assumptions are. So
yeah, here we go. Should I start it?
Go for it.
Okay, go.
Okay, you rarely shout.
That's true, do you think?
Can't see my face, can you?
No, I don't shout. I have to be pushed to the brink if I was going to shout.
Yeah.
Yeah. I think I more go internally and stress. Yeah.
Brilliant. Like every mum, sometimes you feel overwhelmed and cry.
Yes, especially in lockdown. It has just been a bit long now. For the first six or seven
weeks, I was fine, and now that we're on 14 or whatever, obviously I'm trying to work,
alongside homeschool the kids and keep Jackson entertained. We've got a house move as well,
so it has just all been a bit much. So yeah, definitely.
You haven't struggled with homeschooling and love having the boys around more.
I do love having the boys around more, but I do find homeschooling quite hard sometimes.
Fraser, he's at an age where he's super capable and he could just sit down and do homeschooling.
And we don't understand the work.
Yeah, that's the only thing. I don't understand the year four math, so I do struggle with
that. But Caleb, he's been so good considering, but I actually found the week after half term
really hard to get him back into it. So I'm kind of hoping that school is back in September,
because I can't imagine getting him back into it after the summer holidays. I think that
is going to be quite tricky. So yeah. But overall, we're surviving, it's fine.
Okay, you live for holidays and making memories.
Yes, that's true, next.
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Yeah. Yeah, I love holiday. Matt and I have always prioritized holidays. We met when I
was 22, he was 24, and then after just four months of meeting, we went on a round the
world trip and we saw loads of places. Yeah, we always prioritize holidays for sure.
Okay, next one. My secret is out, Matt is part of the FBI.
No, but I think he would actually be really good in the FBI. He's got an amazing talent,
that he can recognize anyone's voice that rings up. Even out of his hundreds of clients
at the shop, he would just know who it is. Is that a talent? Could the FBI use that?
I don't know.
I doubt it. It's not the FBI.
What is that?
Okay, another secret, you have another secret child.
No.
But Matt does?
Kind of wish I did. No, if I had another child, you'd know about it.
Next, you and Matt rarely argue. Love your content, by the way, and my daughter is called
Emily too.
Aww, that's nice. Yeah, we don't really argue. We would never have a big loud argument, but
we do bicker, we do annoy each other sometimes.
Lately.
Recently. No. No, but we both don't really love confrontation. So, I don't know, we'd
be like, "Oh, could you maybe not do that?" All nice, and then sulk. I just sulk, don't
I?
You would be okay with one of your children being gay or transgender.
Yes, I literally don't care. I've had that question a few times.
Silly question.
I just wouldn't. I love my children unconditionally. Whatever job they choose, whoever they want
to marry, whatever sex life they want to have, I could care less, because they're my boys.
Okay, changing the subject. Your house is always clean.
No.
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It is quite clean. It is clean, but not always tidy. I don't know, if I'm busy, I would just
leave stuff out and I sometimes I'll think, "Oh, actually, that's more important than
the house being tidy." Especially when the boys were little, I would just cuddle them
and let the mess add up and just leave it. So, it's not always tidy at all. As you can
see in my cleaning videos, the before-
How we make that mess.
Is the true.
Okay, next one. That you work your bum off to bring brilliant content to others.
I like to think I work really hard. Yeah, it has been a struggle, especially during
lockdown to still create exciting content. I feel like there's a lot of vlogs coming,
because that is just the easiest to film with the boys being around. Because I feel so guilty
if I'm like, "Boys, could you just be quiet while I film a video?" It's not a nice feeling.
But I work really hard. I have loads of ideas all the time, I'm constantly writing down
videos that I could make for you guys. So yeah, I love it, I'm passionate.
You act different on camera than in real life.
I don't think so.
I should answer that.
I definitely have a camera voice and stuff-
Yeah.
But I think I've done this for over six years, I've made 900 videos or something, it would
be really difficult to play a part for all of those videos. This is just the way I am.
I always think I want my channel to be this positive place. So although I do sometimes
say like, "Guys, I'm really suffering with this or that," I do want to be a nice thing
to watch, I don't want to bring you guys down.
Gemma says, you wished your family lived closer.
Yes, I do. My mum and sister, they're in Canada, so that is very far away. Obviously no one
can visit, especially right now. So we have a group call every Sunday and we chat, but
it is hard, it's not the same as in real life. So yeah, I miss them.
Okay, changing the subject again. You don't like to move into a fully decorated house,
you prefer to paint and decorate.
This is interesting, actually, because when we were looking to move, we looked at quite
a few new builds and we were keen- ... having the boys and also having to move
in and be able to film and work straight away, a new build was appealing. But then even when
we were looking at new builds, there were elements we wanted to change. So in the end,
we just decided to buy a house, which is totally livable, but that we can make our own. So,
we're excited to make the changes.
You miss your old job.
No. Which one? I did love all my jobs. The last job that I had, I didn't really feel
like I fit in and I didn't really feel like my ideas were listened to, and that is very
frustrating. So I don't really miss that last job, but I did love working in PR. I felt
like that's a natural thing for me, to be able to socialize. I don't know, I felt like
I was a really good fit, but I prefer what I'm doing now for sure.
You always wake up with good energy for the day.
What do you think?
I'll be the judge.
What do you think? Yeah.
Yeah. No, you do, to be honest.
Yeah, I am a morning person. I am quite sunny in the morning. Yeah, I am, except for when
it's the week before-
Something.
My ...
Oh. Okay, that you wish you started YouTube sooner.
Yes, that's true. I didn't really know YouTube existed until Fraser started watching ... I
don't even know how he got onto it, but he started watching little videos on it. Then
when I was pregnant with Caleb, I started watching pregnant women on it and I started
to love it, but I didn't really know it existed before then. Yeah, definitely wish I had started
10 years ago.
You don't let the boys eat what they like.
No, we don't let the boys have sweets. We let them have ice lollies and cakes and cookies
and stuff. We've really tried to steer clear of the sweets thing, because of cavities and
whatever. Steer clear of juice, too much juice. We're very mindful of their teeth and stuff.
But I do think I'm also quite relaxed, but I think I'm not a sugar police type parent
at all. If we went to a birthday party and there was loads of stuff there, I wouldn't
say no to them. It's just in moderation, obviously.
You want a pet, but don't think the boys will look after it.
No, I think the boys would be really good with a pet. Caleb is so good with animals
and I actually would love him to have a pet, because he loves it so much. But I don't know,
it's really difficult. Matt obviously has allergies, but also, we're about to move into
a house that we're going to renovate, and I think it would be really mean to get a puppy
or a cat and then they'll live in dust for a year. So, we don't think it's the right
time for us to get a pet, although I would love it.
Talking of home, you're not looking forward to when your kids leave home when they're
old enough to.
No.
Why would you?
I'm not looking forward. I don't want them to fly the nest anytime soon. If they want
to live with me till they're 30, that's fine. But then equally, you do want them to grow
and be independent.
Yeah. Yeah, but you don't want to wish their life away.
No, but I was thinking Fraser and Jackson, they're over five years apart, so if Fraser
does go to university when he's 18, that Jackson will be 12 or 13. I think, aww, that would
be sad for Jackson if he moves away, but then that probably is going to happen.
Yeah.
I don't know. But no, I love having the boys around.
You're stricter than Matt with the kids.
No. I obviously have limits and boundaries, you need to, but I think you would come down
harder on them. But you're not even that strict.
No.
I think we are quite ... but we're fair. So, I think as long as you're fair. But yeah,
I would break the rules a bit more than Matt.
Okay, the next house is the forever house.
I think so. Matt says there's no such thing as a forever home, but this next house is
my forever home. I feel like we'll be there for 20 years or-
Hopefully.
It's something we can live in and grow in. Yeah, I think so.
Fraser looks older than he is.
He has literally shot up so much and he is becoming a young man. But in real life, he
just looks like all his friends, who are also nine, so I don't know. He's just got really
tall and thin lately, and everyone on Instagram's like, "He looks 15." But also, I'm quite small,
so I think next to me, he looks huge. But I'm only 5'3". He's actually got nearly the
same size shoe as me, but I think I'm small rather than him big, maybe.
Yeah, he seems quite happy.
Yeah.
Okay, next one. It's not an assumption, but it's really important, Chinese or Indian takeaway.
Indian.
Yeah.
This one's really accurate, actually. You want to move back to America.
I'm from Canada, so no.
You've got lots of money and your new house is really big. So excited to see it, by the
way.
I've had so many messages like this and I actually feel a bit nervous for you guys to
see the new house, because I think everyone's expecting it to be this giant mansion from
what they're saying. It's definitely bigger than this house, more square footage, bigger
garden and all of that, but it's still just a normal house.
When we were looking at houses as well, Matt, he's the sensible one, and Matt was very much
like, "We have to maintain our house and that we have to look after it, and we don't want
it to be too much." So, I'm worried we're going to disappoint people with the house.
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He doesn't care. It's just normal. It's normal, but so nice.
Yeah.
We're nearly 40.
Yeah, we're nearly. Yeah, we're old.
You wish you had a girl.
No. I honestly don't feel like I'm missing out, but I do get that question so often.
But sometimes it annoys me a bit, because I feel like look at my boys, they're so amazing
and stuff. So, I don't know. Maybe before we had kids, if you'd said, what do you want?
Maybe I would've said, "Oh, a boy and a girl." But now that I've got three brothers, I think
there's something really special about having the same sex and seeing them bond, they're
so close. So-
It doesn't matter what sex they are-
You don't. You don't care.
As a parent, you don't think about it.
Yeah, and each child has been so different from the next, it's almost like that personality
or that person's joining your family. I don't really think about girl or-
It's almost conversation though, isn't it? It's a topic of conversation. We don't. [inaudible
00:00:14:26], "I really want a girl." If you saw people and they've got girls, it's like,
"Well, actually-
We literally get it all the time, especially on holiday.
When you're in the house though, it's something you don't think about.
No. When people see me out with the three boys, they're like, "Oh, do you want to go
for a fourth?" First, I would have four boys then, we don't make girls. I don't know, I
feel like it's quite insulting, especially in front of the kids. I thought, "How dare
you say that in front of my boys?"
My boys.
All right, next one. You have bad days and down moments, but you try really hard to turn
things around.
Yes. I would say I'm like a glass half full type of person, always have been quite optimistic.
Yeah, do you think?
Yeah.
Quite positive. Yeah, definitely have down days or I have days where I'm like, "Oh, I
can't do it." But I will quickly snap out of that and try and think about the bright
side of things. So yeah, I would agree. So that is actually over 10 minutes, sorry
guys. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you have any other assumptions or questions you
want to ask me, put them in the comments down below. I hope you enjoyed this video and have
a lovely weekend. Bye.
Bye.