LMFAO, Erik's relax was pretty gross. But the way he said "I'm just a witness" to Colleen after she tried to make him stop talking about it had me cackling. Now we are all witnesses.
I’m usually an audio only listener but I wanted to comment on the podcast and saying I hope you guys are doing well! :-) I listen in each week and absolutely love your personalities!
Maisie and Wesley are definitely going to be incredible kids, just like Flynn is because Colleen and Erik are excelsior parents. I also wanted to let you know that Colleen’s daughter’s name is spelled with -ie instead of a -y, so it is spelled Maisie. ☺️ I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! 💞
@@sngray11 In her name reveal, it was spelled as Mais-y. In Colleen's Wikipedia bio, it was spelled Maisy. Normally it is spelled Mais-ie... That's how I spelled it growing up. But Colleen decided to spell it differently, so I'm running with it.
Eric and Colleen, I just learned the history of why we equate Easter with bunny and eggs. I sound like Colleen but I saw it on TikTok. It’s mind blowing. Easter was a pagean holiday first that symbolizes the onset of spring and fertility. Eggs = fertility bunnies= well you know. It’s goes much more into depth that I have presented in this comment but look it up!
My brother, who is three, was sitting next to me while I watched this and he just thought Flynn was the funniest thing he ever. It was so funny to see my brother laughing at Flynn laughing.
Yeah, if i'm being honest, I didn't like how Erik blatantly ignored Colleens numerous requests for him to stop. As someone who easily can gag at gross topics which can lead to unwanted vomiting, I know how awful that feeling is and he did not respect her boundary. In fact it seemed he purposefully pushed it more when he saw she was bothered.........smh.
Colleen I would like to make a petition for Flynn to be the third podcast host and appear every week, his part was so funny and you guys' reactions - the best, I had a good laugh. It also still suprises me when he, like, speaks clearly with actual sentences, he was born yesterday where did the time go?!
Hi, this is a longtime German viewer here: Yes, we do have the Osterhase for Easter that hides eggs all over the place and yes many do celebrate Saint Nicholas, which is the night between the 5th and 6th of December, so not actually on Christmas. A tradition is to clean your shoes and place them outside the front door or before the door to your room and Saint Nicholas will come and put sweets and treats in them, which is probably how Christmas stockings in the US became a thing, now that I think about it. Also: I think Flynn's song is a sign that you finally need to get a third cat. 😏🤩
Oh, one more thing: As far as I know Jesus was crucified pretty much right after the last supper, so he would've died in the night from Thursday to Friday and risen again between Sunday and Monday (?) Over here in Germany Easter is actually on those two days. Idk if other parts of the world might also do two days of Easter. 🤔
I just have to say, I know most would agree Erik’s relax was gross, I throughly enjoyed it and was laughing my butt off 😂 when Erik said he felt like picking his nose at the end, threw me 😂😂😂🤣
We did the least for easter we've ever done this year im on the oldest sibling but im having my own baby I vow that every year forward its not going to be such a quiet ass day because that was sad. It just came out of no where and we were not prepared. But ill be on it way earlier next year for every kid in our house
I’m with Erik. My parents made it a big deal for Easter until I was 7 or 8. We always made it to church every Christmas and Easter. We got a whole bunch of candy and a chocolate bunny for each of us kids. And of course we got special Easter church clothes and if they could afford it we go new going to my Grandparents house to hang with all the cousins and aunts and uncle’s
My family is a big holiday celebrating family so Easter is also big for us! We are also Polish and Easter is one of the bigger holidays celebrated in that culture!😊
These podcasts never fail to disappoint. Ps. I LOVE hearing cute things that Flynn says or does... Definitely feel like that should be a little dedicated segment in every podcast! Anyway, love you both
I went through a word mess-up similar to yours a couple days ago. Instead of saying "never fail to disappoint", it should be "never disappoints". Just thought I'd help 😁.
About the Easter and Christmas questions: the reason why bunnies and eggs are a part of Easter is because of the origin of Easter. Easter was originally Pagan and celebrated the fertility goddess Ishtar or Eostre, which is also where the name comes from! It was originally meant to celebrate Spring and the new season/rebirths.. hence the eggs and bunnies since they're so fertile. The meaning of Easter was changed to more Christian ideas by missionaries who forced Pagans to convert. The same thing happened with Christmas which was originally Yule. Yule was/is a Pagan holiday celebrating giving back to nature. So they would leave gifts like food underneath trees outside, for wildlife! All love to you guys and your celebrations of these holidays! I just wanted to explain because of that segment!
I really enjoyed Erik's relax, mostly because he gained some insight into why people do the things they do. And I love how he kept on talking even though Colleen told him to stop, it's important to learn about these kinds of things! I found it interesting that it's just like dermatillomania and trichotillomania, a way of soothing anxiety for some people.. So thank you for that, Erik!
For my family, we're somewhere between Erik and Colleen's experiences. I grew up catholic so we would dress up and go to church in the morning and then we would have a big egg hunt with the neighbors and have a big meal (think christmas) and open easter baskets and stuff. We never did like a big gift thing though like Colleen's white elephant this year.
Colleen was right about Easter. I celebrated it pretty similarly to how she described how she celebrates it. We don't do much for Easter now though other than a lunch or dinner with some family. I'm with Miranda on the cereal container thing. My mom will occasionally put the cereal in those containers if there's a lot of cereal in the pantry. It's mostly just rolled up the bags in the boxes.
The booger conversation had me absolutely rolling 😂 also Flynn’s humor is very similar to Erik’s and I love seeing pieces of both of you in him and I can’t wait to watch the twins become little humans also ❤️
yes easter is huge on my family we go to our cousins house and eat brunch in the morning then we go to church and the choir sings and we wear fancy clothes then we go to our cousins house and do a huge easter egg hunt also good friday is the crucified and the reason it’s 3 days later is because it was friday morning he died also it’s palm sunday the sunday before easter i hope you see this because i think it would help! Palm sunday is jesus’ entry into jerusalem before he suffered and was crucified. ALSO the reason it’s called good friday is because the reason he died was for the forgiveness of of sins which is a good thing he did it willingly for us. I hope this helped! Please get this to the top i would like them to know! I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO EASTER 🐣
This has been the funniest podcast ever!!! Erik's booger story, dyeing Easter eggs, and interviewing Miranda; I have laughed so hard! I also cannot believe I typed booger on TH-cam!!
This is BY FAR my favorite podcast. Your personalities and your dynamic are so entertaining! I’m so glad you guys still find time to do the podcast❤️ sending all the love from Boston❤️❤️
I think the Easter thing has to do with how you were raised and how much religion played a part in your up-bringing. I wasn't raised religious and it wasn't much more than family getting together for a meal. Kids would get some candy and that's about it 🤷♀️
Calling Flynn the cool kid that you want the approval of is such a cool way to treat your child! Like boosting him up and making him feel so awesome, I love it! I told my partner I watch y’all so much because I want to be as good of a parent as y’all are and after he saw a clip of Flynn he was 100% on board.
3:00 I love when Flynn does his truck of the day. I also love Flynn’s outfit. I cannot get over how adorable Flynn is. He is goofy, and I love his energy. 22:29 I am still listening. Ash wednesday is the last day of lent, Good fridy is technically when lent ends, and when Jesus died on the cross. Easter Sunday is when he rose from the cross. Easter is the celebration of when Jesus died for our sins on the cross.
easter is a pretty big deal for us since we live in a primarily Catholic country so we usually celebrate by going on trips 😂 to answer about good friday, i think the saying is "on the third day, He rose from the dead" meaning friday was the 1st day since it was the day he died, then saturday was the second and sunday was the third. i don't have an answer for why it's called "good" friday though also i also used to have a problem with chapped lips until i started doing this routine! yes, aquaphor helps i use it every night, then the next day after i take a shower or wash my face (as long as my lips are soaked) i scrub the dead skin off with my towel before i brush my teeth. if i'm putting makeup on for the day i use aquaphor again before putting on lipstick or lip tint. hope this helps!
I’m on Erik’s side with shitting on Easter 😂 who decided that a human sized bunny was gonna poop out eggs, break into your house while you’re asleep or not home and it was “fun” 😂
I was looking at a thing about it a few days ago that said easter was originally a day of fertility celebration, where they would have a huge group orgy 😂 then the Christian’s took over it (of course) calling it the re birth of Jesus (still fertility related) the eggs symbolise fertility and bunnies because they rapidly reproduce
@@mayahlute5829 My favorite is the story of the old fairy who breaks into some random kid's bedroom, digging under his or her pillow for a loose tooth, and leaving behind a dollar bill. In today's economy, you're lucky to even get that bill! lol..
@@millykay3209 the "Christians" didn't take it over, the pagan Catholics did, because of Constatine. Protestants left all that, but for some reason, at some point it all got brought back into the traditions for many. Probably from early American commercialism, like everything else. My Christian household doesn't celebrate it. We do Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread and Resurrection Day instead, and have for many years now.
Same, I was going to offer her a cat from a new liter I have lol. We have 5 and have to give them to a cat sanctuary because we already have 9 and a dog. 😭
This past Easter was my first one after leaving the high-demand religion I was raised in. I consider myself agnostic at this point, and don’t really believe in Jesus Christ. My husband and I really just played into the commercialism of Easter and spent the day together. Honestly, it was great. Our parents/siblings still all celebrate a Jesus-centered Easter which is totally fine. We got together for a meal with both families and an Easter egg hunt with my family, and my 3.5 year old loved it. Also, I hate dying eggs too. It’s so messy. This year we got an “egg spinner” from Target and my toddler loved it- it was way less prep and mess.
congratulations on leaving the cult!!! I believe in Jesus but I think The Bible is the most weaponized book there is book there is I feel like religions only use it to persecute people nobody follows the entire thing and religion has just become so corrupt that I cannot get behind it I like to say I'm more spiritual not at all religious. I have a relationship with God Jesus whatever you want to call it but it's my personal relationship and I don't need a book to tell me anything about it
I think the key thing is if you grew up in the church. I can understand why it would be bigger than Christmas, but if you aren't super involved in the church or Christian at all, it has nothing to celebrate except the fun things for the kids.
Love y’alls podcast so much. I just wanted to help clarify that Good Friday is defiantly not a Passover thing. Jewish people (like me 😊) follow the Hebrew calendar and Good Friday (I believe) is not even on that. That is the reason why Passover doesn’t always line up with Easter and Hannukah doesn’t always line up with Christmas. The different calendars make it so jewish holidays are on different days practically every year. Thanks for being so amazing and happy Easter, Passover, or whatever you celebrate!
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter. Definitely Christmas then Easter, then 4th of July and Thanksgiving. My grandpa used to take me Christmas and Easter dress shopping every year! It was my favorite, we would always make a day of it. 😁
Easter is an amazing holiday. Coloring easter eggs is the most fun thing about April. Kids and eaven adults color eggs. Spent 4h in the middle of the night coloring and decorating eggs. Erik!!!!
You guys are the BEST!!! Colleen rolling over her foot saying "f me in the freaking butt".....literally HYSTERICAL 🤣🤣 **Also, Colleen, you need to use a sugar scrub on your lips 1st then a chapstick! Hope that helps❤❤
I mean to be fair, Christmas is a tradition for most non-religious people because it makes sense from a secular perspective. There is still a lot to do regarding family, decorating, and the rest of all of the stuff that was secular and pagan anyway. Easter is specifically a religious holiday and besides the bunny, eggs, and baskets for kids, there is literally no reason for anyone not religious to celebrate, or even anyone from a different religion either. Like Ramadan is a religious holiday specifically and for those who celebrate, it is a very valid "thing," but no one secularly partakes in Ramadan, at least not commonly, because it is specifically a religious tradition for people that follow Islam. I know you can argue Christmas is a specific religious holiday too, but without the nativity and church, there are still a lot of traditions that make it something that can be a secular thing worth "celebrating."
Actually Easter and it's traditions was created by pagans, so what's more strange is religious people making pagan holidays religious and then acting righteous when they talk about "their" holidays and how they were first created to celebrate Jesus when that's not the case at all. Many gods and goddesses were celebrated on Easter way before Jesus.
@@brooklynnwhite3074 completely agree! With my comment, I was specifically talking about people who do believe, it being an important day for them. It just seemed to me from Erik’s comments he particularly didn’t like the holiday for religious reasons. (Before anybody comes for me, I could care less about anybody’s beliefs. You should be allowed to believe or not believe whatever you want.)
Seeing Flynn grow up has been so amazing and it’s hard to believe he’s going from toddler to kid.. it feels like just yesterday colleen gave birth, or even found out she was pregnant! So mind blowing. But watching flynn grow up and laugh and become his own little person is such a privilege and it makes me even more excited to get to know maisy and wesley’s personalities, cus they’re gonna be so cute just like flynn!
The third day thing was "....and on the third day he rose..." Friday being the first day, Saturday is the second day, and Sunday would be the third day. Your experience growing up in church had always sounded exactly like mine. And like you, as now I'm grown, I should know the bible backwards and forwards too, but no...such a bad Christian girl-me
ehh I think it's more that churches use specific scripture to push whatever narrative they have at the moment..no one really uses the Bible to preach love ...which is the only thing repeated all thru out. most organizations r just tryin to guilt you into giving them all ur money, they don't care where u end up
I grew up celebrating Easter, and we aren’t even religious. I probably would’ve said it was my second favorite holiday. We would get Easter baskets with candy and other stuff like bubbles and sunglasses. We’d get swimsuits or beach toys or outside toys or sometimes bigger stuff like bikes. And egg hunts were huge. One thing that has always confused me about the Ballingers is the way they dye eggs *on Easter.* We always dye them a few days before.
my earliest memory of chapstick is the chapstick brand cherry chapstick-thinking to myself, “hm… this smells really yummy” and then taking a fat chomp out of it-it was disgusting
Erick you and Flynn need to finish writing "Hunt for Cats". Flynn is just too cute and funny. When I was a kid we went to church. My mom also sewed our dresses. We got new Easter shoes and an Easter hat. We always wore little white gloves. Easter bunny came when we were sleeping. We would leave out our empty Easter baskets and carrots for the bunny. We woke up to a basket full of candy. We never got presents just candy. After church we would go to my grandparents house and have dinner and fun with all of our cousins, Aunts, Uncles and grandparents. It was so much fun. We colored eggs the week before Easter and ate lots of eggs that week. We did the same with our kids as they were growing up. I am not sure when it turned into a huge gift giving holiday. We celebrated the gift that Jesus gave us when he died in our place and had risen. It was a fun holiday but we didn't hunt for eggs or play games etc. But I remember it being a very happy. I know Colleen you will do amazing on tour. All of you have a wonderful time. Erik and Colleen these will be great memories for you to cherish in your heart. Hugs and blessings
Hey Erika and Colton, you should get Flynn the make lyrics for a song, like how you made the happiness song with Bailey years ago. It would be so cute and funny!! and will likely be about trucks and dirt xx
Loving that Flynn! He IS the coolest! He’s got it going on with Truck of the Day, Hunt for Cats song, and Broccoli needs to relax! He might like it when he gets older, especially with a little ranch or French onion dip. Love watching you both enjoy Flynn! You’re like family to me!❤️🦖🦕🐥🚚😸😸🥦
We love you guys! I'm so Happy this podcast Exists because I love Coming back and re-watching the podcasts Over and Over again along with your Other channels! :)
The ideas of bunnies and eggs at Easter time come from pagan fertility traditions that happen around solstice. The idea of bringing a tree into the home for Christmas is also rooted in pagan tradition, as well as the idea of Halloween.
I was always taught that in the church Easter is a bigger holiday than Christmas so for someone who was brought up extremely religious it makes sense Colleen sees it as a big holiday. I also loveeee celebrating Easter omg such a good holiday
So I’m with both Colleen and Eric on this one. Eric is right that it doesn’t make sense that Easter is about both the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, but also eggs and bunnies, and that is because the spring eggs and bunnies part of it were usurped from pagan springtime holidays by Christians. So Easter is basically a holiday that already existed that Christians retroactively made about Jesus, which is why it doesn’t make sense. But Colleen is right that Easter was a big deal and is really fun! I mean c’mon, a holiday that is about crafts and nature is great, and Easter egg hunts were ridiculously fun. My family wasn’t religious and we basically just celebrated it without the Jesus part, so I grew up thinking it was just about spring. Some might say that the rebirth of Jesus parallels the rebirth/growing of plants in springtime, though
Celebrating Easter is to participate in worshipping other gods, specifically this goddess Eostre not Jesus Christ or God Jehovah of the Holy Bible. It's a deception that it's Christian because it's not following Christ in actuality.
A childhood snowsuit 😂 Dude I’m dead! Those things never got washed! Just hung up after being soaked! Like once a year if that hahaha 🤣 regardless Colleen, it’s braid season for me too! Starting to warm up and braids keep me cool, and look nice like any time-in my opinion! So many styles and options! Plus less washing lol. Anyways-one minute in and Erik has my dying
The Easter Topic: & I grew up & still live in Iowa... it was HUGE for us - just as big as Christmas - we'd color eggs & leave them out for the Easter bunny to hide n then we'd wake up super excited to not only hunt them but to hunt for our baskets that he left for us which always had tons of candy - a kite to play with - bubbles - stuffed animals - jewelry for the girls and not just lil kid jewelry - nice jewelry that I still have & wear to this day (I'm 43 btw) - we'd get new clothes - then the cousins n nieces n nephews would come over n we'd all compare baskets & have a huge Easter dinner - literally the best time!! & we still do it!!
Sorry Erik, I’m with Colleen on Easter being a fun holiday. Growing up it was one of the few holidays I got to spend with my mom’s side of the family which made it special but we use to go all out as well. The Saturday before Easter, the town my grandparents lived in hosted an Easter hat parade and my family would go all out with our hand made hats to try and win the most prizes. And then on Sunday we’d get up and go to sun rise service and eat breakfast with the whole church community. Then some years we’d go back to church for the regular service but most of the time we’d come home, open our Easter baskets, and do an Easter egg hunt (both a kids and adults version). I never really cared so much for the religious aspects of the holiday, it was more the time with family that made it special and something to look forward to.
I get super dry, cracked lips every winter and the only thing that works for me is called the healer stick. It’s from a small company called perfectly posh. You could probably look it up and find it online
I think it's "at the third day he resurrected", instead of three days later. So Friday counts as the first day, Saturday the 2nd, and Sunday the 3rd day
I'm swedish and for me the order of importance for holidays is: 1. Christmas 2. Midsommar (always a saturday between June 20th-26th) 3. Easter I like easter because it's always spent with family, eating good food and giving easter gifts!
Easter is such a big deal in our family! Our favorites part is always making “rabbits nest” which is clover and flower petals! Also Sunday, would be the third day so Jesus arose on the third day. Love you guys!!!
Is there a holiday that Erik likes??? Please let us know. For science! Lol
Halloween?? 🎃 lol
Yes I think he’s mentioned he likes Halloween 👻
Erik loves a traditional New England Christmas…that’s my idea!
it’s not a holiday but we know he loves a sunday 🤪
@@katiedee265 LOL
LMFAO, Erik's relax was pretty gross. But the way he said "I'm just a witness" to Colleen after she tried to make him stop talking about it had me cackling. Now we are all witnesses.
I had to fast forward....couldn't do it🤢
i have never fast forwarded this podcast until today
Very gross and it made my nose itchy
I’m usually an audio only listener but I wanted to comment on the podcast and saying I hope you guys are doing well! :-) I listen in each week and absolutely love your personalities!
After this episode I’m convinced that Eric fell in love with Miranda before Colleen😂
Flynn such a cute kid. I cant wait to get to know Maisy and Wesleys personalities.
Knowing how Flynn is now, they’re gonna be a HOOT once they can start talking 😭😭❤️
Maisie and Wesley are definitely going to be incredible kids, just like Flynn is because Colleen and Erik are excelsior parents. I also wanted to let you know that Colleen’s daughter’s name is spelled with -ie instead of a -y, so it is spelled Maisie. ☺️ I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! 💞
Saaame!
@@sngray11 In her name reveal, it was spelled as Mais-y. In Colleen's Wikipedia bio, it was spelled Maisy. Normally it is spelled Mais-ie... That's how I spelled it growing up. But Colleen decided to spell it differently, so I'm running with it.
Flynn sharing his very first relax with us feels so special!!!! My heart!!! 🥺❤️
Eric and Colleen, I just learned the history of why we equate Easter with bunny and eggs. I sound like Colleen but I saw it on TikTok. It’s mind blowing. Easter was a pagean holiday first that symbolizes the onset of spring and fertility. Eggs = fertility bunnies= well you know. It’s goes much more into depth that I have presented in this comment but look it up!
*omg
Btw:*Erik
Thank you! I was going to comment this! It’s also named after the Pagan goddess of spring, Eostre.
I found that out when I was little but I was really into learning about anything and everything as a child! 😂
@@bretts9372 most all Christian holidays are Pagan in some form. The traditions are Pagan and so is the time frame.
My brother, who is three, was sitting next to me while I watched this and he just thought Flynn was the funniest thing he ever. It was so funny to see my brother laughing at Flynn laughing.
Naw my youngest brother will be 3 in like just under 3 weeks 😟 where's time gone I was almost 15 when he was born now I'm almost 18 having my own baby
My 3 yr old days Flynn is his friend 😂 he loves truck of the day
I was gagging so hard when Eric was talking about.. nose.. things. I skipped forward and he was STILL talking about it 😂😭
i gagged and almost threw up also hahah, gross
Yeah, if i'm being honest, I didn't like how Erik blatantly ignored Colleens numerous requests for him to stop. As someone who easily can gag at gross topics which can lead to unwanted vomiting, I know how awful that feeling is and he did not respect her boundary. In fact it seemed he purposefully pushed it more when he saw she was bothered.........smh.
Aw no hate to Eric, I think he was just doing it all in good fun.. if anything was just a bit of stirring while he finished the story in my opinion
saaaaaame
I took my earbuds out and just watched until Colleen put her hands down
The random “hunt for catsssss” and “silly broccoli” is why I love this age that Flynn is at. We need more of his comedy that kid is a genius!
Colleen I would like to make a petition for Flynn to be the third podcast host and appear every week, his part was so funny and you guys' reactions - the best, I had a good laugh. It also still suprises me when he, like, speaks clearly with actual sentences, he was born yesterday where did the time go?!
I’d love to see Miranda fall a little bit more in love with Erik every time she visits the podcast and create a little love triangle
Brilliant l
Lol I hope they see this
HAHAHA LOVE THIS
Hi, this is a longtime German viewer here:
Yes, we do have the Osterhase for Easter that hides eggs all over the place and yes many do celebrate Saint Nicholas, which is the night between the 5th and 6th of December, so not actually on Christmas. A tradition is to clean your shoes and place them outside the front door or before the door to your room and Saint Nicholas will come and put sweets and treats in them, which is probably how Christmas stockings in the US became a thing, now that I think about it.
Also: I think Flynn's song is a sign that you finally need to get a third cat. 😏🤩
Oh, one more thing:
As far as I know Jesus was crucified pretty much right after the last supper, so he would've died in the night from Thursday to Friday and risen again between Sunday and Monday (?) Over here in Germany Easter is actually on those two days. Idk if other parts of the world might also do two days of Easter. 🤔
We also celebrate Saint Nicholas the same in Romania! :)
It's the same in Poland :
I just have to say, I know most would agree Erik’s relax was gross, I throughly enjoyed it and was laughing my butt off 😂 when Erik said he felt like picking his nose at the end, threw me 😂😂😂🤣
Flynns "I don't like Broccoli" has me dying😂😂😂
Easter isn't a huge deal in my family.
1. Christmas
2. Halloween
3. 4th if July
4. Thanksgiving
Easter is on the same level as Valentines day
We did the least for easter we've ever done this year im on the oldest sibling but im having my own baby I vow that every year forward its not going to be such a quiet ass day because that was sad. It just came out of no where and we were not prepared. But ill be on it way earlier next year for every kid in our house
My family only celebrates thanksgiving
I think that Flynn is going to be a great singer (like his parents). He sings in tune and has good pitch for a little guy.
I think Patrick and Miranda should do a segment on this podcast
I’m with Erik. My parents made it a big deal for Easter until I was 7 or 8. We always made it to church every Christmas and Easter. We got a whole bunch of candy and a chocolate bunny for each of us kids. And of course we got special Easter church clothes and if they could afford it we go new going to my Grandparents house to hang with all the cousins and aunts and uncle’s
My family is a big holiday celebrating family so Easter is also big for us! We are also Polish and Easter is one of the bigger holidays celebrated in that culture!😊
These podcasts never fail to disappoint.
Ps. I LOVE hearing cute things that Flynn says or does... Definitely feel like that should be a little dedicated segment in every podcast! Anyway, love you both
i think you got a little mixed up there bc “never fail to disappoint” implies that you’re always disappointed by it lol
I went through a word mess-up similar to yours a couple days ago. Instead of saying "never fail to disappoint", it should be "never disappoints". Just thought I'd help 😁.
Yes.... Definitely meant that they NEVER disappoint. They so entertaining lol
About the Easter and Christmas questions: the reason why bunnies and eggs are a part of Easter is because of the origin of Easter. Easter was originally Pagan and celebrated the fertility goddess Ishtar or Eostre, which is also where the name comes from! It was originally meant to celebrate Spring and the new season/rebirths.. hence the eggs and bunnies since they're so fertile. The meaning of Easter was changed to more Christian ideas by missionaries who forced Pagans to convert.
The same thing happened with Christmas which was originally Yule. Yule was/is a Pagan holiday celebrating giving back to nature. So they would leave gifts like food underneath trees outside, for wildlife!
All love to you guys and your celebrations of these holidays! I just wanted to explain because of that segment!
Not gonna lie .. I hate podcasts.. but I can’t get enough of this crazy show .. y’all really will talk about anything 😂
Im from Australia and Easter is pretty much a non event for us. Easter Bunny for kids, and give each other some chocolate and thats it. Nothing else.
Hunt for cats & I don't like broccoli😂😂😂 this episode is iconic, just the best
I really enjoyed Erik's relax, mostly because he gained some insight into why people do the things they do.
And I love how he kept on talking even though Colleen told him to stop, it's important to learn about these kinds of things!
I found it interesting that it's just like dermatillomania and trichotillomania, a way of soothing anxiety for some people.. So thank you for that, Erik!
For my family, we're somewhere between Erik and Colleen's experiences. I grew up catholic so we would dress up and go to church in the morning and then we would have a big egg hunt with the neighbors and have a big meal (think christmas) and open easter baskets and stuff. We never did like a big gift thing though like Colleen's white elephant this year.
Colleen was right about Easter. I celebrated it pretty similarly to how she described how she celebrates it. We don't do much for Easter now though other than a lunch or dinner with some family. I'm with Miranda on the cereal container thing. My mom will occasionally put the cereal in those containers if there's a lot of cereal in the pantry. It's mostly just rolled up the bags in the boxes.
Loved Flynns truck of the day! He's such a funny kid
The booger conversation had me absolutely rolling 😂 also Flynn’s humor is very similar to Erik’s and I love seeing pieces of both of you in him and I can’t wait to watch the twins become little humans also ❤️
yes easter is huge on my family we go to our cousins house and eat brunch in the morning then we go to church and the choir sings and we wear fancy clothes then we go to our cousins house and do a huge easter egg hunt
also good friday is the crucified and the reason it’s 3 days later is because it was friday morning he died also it’s palm sunday the sunday before easter i hope you see this because i think it would help! Palm sunday is jesus’ entry into jerusalem before he suffered and was crucified. ALSO the reason it’s called good friday is because the reason he died was for the forgiveness of of sins which is a good thing he did it willingly for us. I hope this helped! Please get this to the top i would like them to know! I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO EASTER 🐣
This has been the funniest podcast ever!!! Erik's booger story, dyeing Easter eggs, and interviewing Miranda; I have laughed so hard! I also cannot believe I typed booger on TH-cam!!
This is BY FAR my favorite podcast. Your personalities and your dynamic are so entertaining! I’m so glad you guys still find time to do the podcast❤️ sending all the love from Boston❤️❤️
I just adore when Flynn joins in the podcast! He never fails to bring a smile to my face
I think the Easter thing has to do with how you were raised and how much religion played a part in your up-bringing. I wasn't raised religious and it wasn't much more than family getting together for a meal. Kids would get some candy and that's about it 🤷♀️
Same
Calling Flynn the cool kid that you want the approval of is such a cool way to treat your child! Like boosting him up and making him feel so awesome, I love it! I told my partner I watch y’all so much because I want to be as good of a parent as y’all are and after he saw a clip of Flynn he was 100% on board.
3:00 I love when Flynn does his truck of the day. I also love Flynn’s outfit. I cannot get over how adorable Flynn is. He is goofy, and I love his energy. 22:29 I am still listening. Ash wednesday is the last day of lent, Good fridy is technically when lent ends, and when Jesus died on the cross. Easter Sunday is when he rose from the cross. Easter is the celebration of when Jesus died for our sins on the cross.
*first day of Lent
easter is a pretty big deal for us since we live in a primarily Catholic country so we usually celebrate by going on trips 😂 to answer about good friday, i think the saying is "on the third day, He rose from the dead" meaning friday was the 1st day since it was the day he died, then saturday was the second and sunday was the third. i don't have an answer for why it's called "good" friday though
also i also used to have a problem with chapped lips until i started doing this routine! yes, aquaphor helps i use it every night, then the next day after i take a shower or wash my face (as long as my lips are soaked) i scrub the dead skin off with my towel before i brush my teeth. if i'm putting makeup on for the day i use aquaphor again before putting on lipstick or lip tint. hope this helps!
‘I’m not going to let my kid get the Couvs!!’ 😂😂 also I love how Colleen uses Miranda to get out her annoyances with Erik.
The shift in Erik’s face when Flynn said “hunt” then “hunt for cats” xD
I’m on Erik’s side with shitting on Easter 😂 who decided that a human sized bunny was gonna poop out eggs, break into your house while you’re asleep or not home and it was “fun” 😂
But who also said that an old dude who breaks into your house at night to eat cookies and leaves unknown presents was “fun?” 💀
I was looking at a thing about it a few days ago that said easter was originally a day of fertility celebration, where they would have a huge group orgy 😂 then the Christian’s took over it (of course) calling it the re birth of Jesus (still fertility related) the eggs symbolise fertility and bunnies because they rapidly reproduce
But it’s FUN omg no Easter is the best I don’t understand
@@mayahlute5829 My favorite is the story of the old fairy who breaks into some random kid's bedroom, digging under his or her pillow for a loose tooth, and leaving behind a dollar bill. In today's economy, you're lucky to even get that bill! lol..
@@millykay3209 the "Christians" didn't take it over, the pagan Catholics did, because of Constatine. Protestants left all that, but for some reason, at some point it all got brought back into the traditions for many. Probably from early American commercialism, like everything else. My Christian household doesn't celebrate it. We do Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread and Resurrection Day instead, and have for many years now.
Not going to lie the cat lady in me was excited I thought you were actually going to talk about cats 🤣
SAAAME i thought the cats were going to make an appearance
SAMEE!!! 😂🙃
Same, I was going to offer her a cat from a new liter I have lol. We have 5 and have to give them to a cat sanctuary because we already have 9 and a dog. 😭
@@brrrrrrrrino I started off with 3 and then my neighbors had 4 they didn’t take care of so I now have 7🤣
This past Easter was my first one after leaving the high-demand religion I was raised in. I consider myself agnostic at this point, and don’t really believe in Jesus Christ. My husband and I really just played into the commercialism of Easter and spent the day together. Honestly, it was great. Our parents/siblings still all celebrate a Jesus-centered Easter which is totally fine. We got together for a meal with both families and an Easter egg hunt with my family, and my 3.5 year old loved it.
Also, I hate dying eggs too. It’s so messy. This year we got an “egg spinner” from Target and my toddler loved it- it was way less prep and mess.
congratulations on leaving the cult!!! I believe in Jesus but I think The Bible is the most weaponized book there is book there is I feel like religions only use it to persecute people nobody follows the entire thing and religion has just become so corrupt that I cannot get behind it I like to say I'm more spiritual not at all religious. I have a relationship with God Jesus whatever you want to call it but it's my personal relationship and I don't need a book to tell me anything about it
Easter is huge!! Especially if you grew up in church it’s bigger than Christmas! Plus pastel colors and confetti! Definitely on Colleen’s side! Lol
I think the key thing is if you grew up in the church. I can understand why it would be bigger than Christmas, but if you aren't super involved in the church or Christian at all, it has nothing to celebrate except the fun things for the kids.
Not all Christians celebrate traditions of men like those, many of us only celebrate Biblical holidays. You know those instructed by God, not men.
@@hahna77 okay
I’m with Erik on the Easter debate- I’m 26 now and I haven’t celebrated Easter since I was 10
It very well may be over a month since this was posted. But I literally can’t stop coming back for HUNT FOR CATTTSSS
Love y’alls podcast so much. I just wanted to help clarify that Good Friday is defiantly not a Passover thing. Jewish people (like me 😊) follow the Hebrew calendar and Good Friday (I believe) is not even on that. That is the reason why Passover doesn’t always line up with Easter and Hannukah doesn’t always line up with Christmas. The different calendars make it so jewish holidays are on different days practically every year.
Thanks for being so amazing and happy Easter, Passover, or whatever you celebrate!
I was hoping to find some other jewish people in this comment section bc I don’t relate to any of the discussion around Easter at all lmao
Same lol
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter.
Definitely Christmas then Easter, then 4th of July and Thanksgiving.
My grandpa used to take me Christmas and Easter dress shopping every year! It was my favorite, we would always make a day of it. 😁
Anyone else going to miss their cute podcast dates while Colleen is on tour?
they might make one while on tour. doubt they’d leave the podcast for over a month
@@MoneyHouse3421 This.
She only has tour dates on the weekends. She will be with Erik for the rest of the week so plenty of time to record the podcast!
I have been watching everyday since quarantine and Flynn is the cutest. He’s so funny and smart. I love truck of the day!!
I'm with Colleen. I actively gagged during Erik's relax
Easter is an amazing holiday. Coloring easter eggs is the most fun thing about April. Kids and eaven adults color eggs. Spent 4h in the middle of the night coloring and decorating eggs. Erik!!!!
You guys are the BEST!!! Colleen rolling over her foot saying "f me in the freaking butt".....literally HYSTERICAL 🤣🤣
**Also, Colleen, you need to use a sugar scrub on your lips 1st then a chapstick! Hope that helps❤❤
Yeah I was going to say the same thing about doing a scrub first. Hope she sees your comment. 😊
Easter is a “thing” for most people who believe. It just sounds like Erik doesn’t so that’s why it’s not a big deal for him.
I mean to be fair, Christmas is a tradition for most non-religious people because it makes sense from a secular perspective. There is still a lot to do regarding family, decorating, and the rest of all of the stuff that was secular and pagan anyway. Easter is specifically a religious holiday and besides the bunny, eggs, and baskets for kids, there is literally no reason for anyone not religious to celebrate, or even anyone from a different religion either. Like Ramadan is a religious holiday specifically and for those who celebrate, it is a very valid "thing," but no one secularly partakes in Ramadan, at least not commonly, because it is specifically a religious tradition for people that follow Islam. I know you can argue Christmas is a specific religious holiday too, but without the nativity and church, there are still a lot of traditions that make it something that can be a secular thing worth "celebrating."
Actually Easter and it's traditions was created by pagans, so what's more strange is religious people making pagan holidays religious and then acting righteous when they talk about "their" holidays and how they were first created to celebrate Jesus when that's not the case at all. Many gods and goddesses were celebrated on Easter way before Jesus.
@@brooklynnwhite3074 completely agree! With my comment, I was specifically talking about people who do believe, it being an important day for them. It just seemed to me from Erik’s comments he particularly didn’t like the holiday for religious reasons. (Before anybody comes for me, I could care less about anybody’s beliefs. You should be allowed to believe or not believe whatever you want.)
@@MultiCheeseme wow, that’s very interesting! I grew up going to church so this was definitely never mentioned lol.
@@morganwilliams2002 try United Church of God online for all the answers on this.
Easter is a big deal for my family but as we’ve grown up it has changed to be more focused around the Lord instead of the Easter festivities
Seeing Flynn grow up has been so amazing and it’s hard to believe he’s going from toddler to kid.. it feels like just yesterday colleen gave birth, or even found out she was pregnant! So mind blowing. But watching flynn grow up and laugh and become his own little person is such a privilege and it makes me even more excited to get to know maisy and wesley’s personalities, cus they’re gonna be so cute just like flynn!
Erik's face when Flynn sand "hunt, hunt for cats" I'M SCREAMING! XDXDXD
Flynns segment was the best few minutes of my life in a long time😂 also his garbage truck impression 12/10
The third day thing was "....and on the third day he rose..." Friday being the first day, Saturday is the second day, and Sunday would be the third day. Your experience growing up in church had always sounded exactly like mine. And like you, as now I'm grown, I should know the bible backwards and forwards too, but no...such a bad Christian girl-me
ehh I think it's more that churches use specific scripture to push whatever narrative they have at the moment..no one really uses the Bible to preach love ...which is the only thing repeated all thru out. most organizations r just tryin to guilt you into giving them all ur money, they don't care where u end up
Yay Miranda had a guest appearance. Can’t wait to see her on tour in two days :)
I LOST it when Erik asked “are you okay with puss” 😂
I grew up celebrating Easter, and we aren’t even religious. I probably would’ve said it was my second favorite holiday. We would get Easter baskets with candy and other stuff like bubbles and sunglasses. We’d get swimsuits or beach toys or outside toys or sometimes bigger stuff like bikes. And egg hunts were huge.
One thing that has always confused me about the Ballingers is the way they dye eggs *on Easter.* We always dye them a few days before.
I am totally on Eric’s side about the Easter thing! Agreed with everything he said 100%
Can't wait for #HuntForCats to be available on Spotify!
Haven’t watched yet but so excited I’m this early. Colleen and Eric I love you guys so much. You have no idea how much better my day just got❤️
Easter is so much fun! Dyeing easter eggs is sooo much fun i dont understand how someone can not like easter eggs! and Easter baskets are so amazing!!
my earliest memory of chapstick is the chapstick brand cherry chapstick-thinking to myself, “hm… this smells really yummy” and then taking a fat chomp out of it-it was disgusting
LOVED Flynn's truck of the day! This should happen every podcast, so cute!!!!! Listen to the hunt for cats part like 1000 times ahah
Omg PLEASEEE tell me Eric said Tubberware when he was talking to Miranda near the end!! 😂 I love that
Erick you and Flynn need to finish writing "Hunt for Cats". Flynn is just too cute and funny. When I was a kid we went to church. My mom also sewed our dresses. We got new Easter shoes and an Easter hat. We always wore little white gloves. Easter bunny came when we were sleeping. We would leave out our empty Easter baskets and carrots for the bunny. We woke up to a basket full of candy. We never got presents just candy. After church we would go to my grandparents house and have dinner and fun with all of our cousins, Aunts, Uncles and grandparents. It was so much fun. We colored eggs the week before Easter and ate lots of eggs that week. We did the same with our kids as they were growing up. I am not sure when it turned into a huge gift giving holiday. We celebrated the gift that Jesus gave us when he died in our place and had risen. It was a fun holiday but we didn't hunt for eggs or play games etc. But I remember it being a very happy. I know Colleen you will do amazing on tour. All of you have a wonderful time. Erik and Colleen these will be great memories for you to cherish in your heart. Hugs and blessings
Hey Erika and Colton, you should get Flynn the make lyrics for a song, like how you made the happiness song with Bailey years ago. It would be so cute and funny!! and will likely be about trucks and dirt xx
Loving that Flynn! He IS the coolest! He’s got it going on with Truck of the Day, Hunt for Cats song, and Broccoli needs to relax! He might like it when he gets older, especially with a little ranch or French onion dip. Love watching you both enjoy Flynn! You’re like family to me!❤️🦖🦕🐥🚚😸😸🥦
Flynn Is The Coolest Kid, He Needs a Truck Cake For His Birthday:)
We love you guys! I'm so Happy this podcast Exists because I love Coming back and re-watching the podcasts Over and Over again along with your Other channels! :)
Eric staring at the camera while Colleen obsessively describes all of the Easter games she has planned 💀😭
The ideas of bunnies and eggs at Easter time come from pagan fertility traditions that happen around solstice. The idea of bringing a tree into the home for Christmas is also rooted in pagan tradition, as well as the idea of Halloween.
I’m laughing so hard, Colleen begging Erik to stop and him continuously going on is the best 😂😂
I was always taught that in the church Easter is a bigger holiday than Christmas so for someone who was brought up extremely religious it makes sense Colleen sees it as a big holiday. I also loveeee celebrating Easter omg such a good holiday
So I’m with both Colleen and Eric on this one. Eric is right that it doesn’t make sense that Easter is about both the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, but also eggs and bunnies, and that is because the spring eggs and bunnies part of it were usurped from pagan springtime holidays by Christians. So Easter is basically a holiday that already existed that Christians retroactively made about Jesus, which is why it doesn’t make sense.
But Colleen is right that Easter was a big deal and is really fun! I mean c’mon, a holiday that is about crafts and nature is great, and Easter egg hunts were ridiculously fun. My family wasn’t religious and we basically just celebrated it without the Jesus part, so I grew up thinking it was just about spring. Some might say that the rebirth of Jesus parallels the rebirth/growing of plants in springtime, though
Celebrating Easter is to participate in worshipping other gods, specifically this goddess Eostre not Jesus Christ or God Jehovah of the Holy Bible. It's a deception that it's Christian because it's not following Christ in actuality.
I love unamused Erik when Colleen is describing all the Easter activities.
The ending lol I feel like off camera they had agreed no more booger talk and Erik broke that agreement 😆
My family always celebrated Easter! Im 25 and my mom still makes me an easter basket 😭❤️
A childhood snowsuit 😂 Dude I’m dead! Those things never got washed! Just hung up after being soaked! Like once a year if that hahaha 🤣 regardless Colleen, it’s braid season for me too! Starting to warm up and braids keep me cool, and look nice like any time-in my opinion! So many styles and options! Plus less washing lol. Anyways-one minute in and Erik has my dying
The Easter Topic: & I grew up & still live in Iowa... it was HUGE for us - just as big as Christmas - we'd color eggs & leave them out for the Easter bunny to hide n then we'd wake up super excited to not only hunt them but to hunt for our baskets that he left for us which always had tons of candy - a kite to play with - bubbles - stuffed animals - jewelry for the girls and not just lil kid jewelry - nice jewelry that I still have & wear to this day (I'm 43 btw) - we'd get new clothes - then the cousins n nieces n nephews would come over n we'd all compare baskets & have a huge Easter dinner - literally the best time!! & we still do it!!
1st - Yes to the Easter celebration! 🙏🏻✝️🎉 and I’m in agreement with everyone else - no more booger talk.
Sorry Erik, I’m with Colleen on Easter being a fun holiday. Growing up it was one of the few holidays I got to spend with my mom’s side of the family which made it special but we use to go all out as well. The Saturday before Easter, the town my grandparents lived in hosted an Easter hat parade and my family would go all out with our hand made hats to try and win the most prizes. And then on Sunday we’d get up and go to sun rise service and eat breakfast with the whole church community. Then some years we’d go back to church for the regular service but most of the time we’d come home, open our Easter baskets, and do an Easter egg hunt (both a kids and adults version). I never really cared so much for the religious aspects of the holiday, it was more the time with family that made it special and something to look forward to.
“So you have no problem with talking about boogers?”
“I eat them everyday. Gotta gooo!” 😂
I get super dry, cracked lips every winter and the only thing that works for me is called the healer stick. It’s from a small company called perfectly posh. You could probably look it up and find it online
I agree with Flynn, broccoli needs to RELAX
Oh my god I love Flynn he is literally the cutest thing ever! 😆
I could listen to Flynn talk for hours. I swear lol
Hahaha I freakin started laughing out loud at work when miranda was talking to Eric about the cereal!! That was freakin hilarious
Omfg Flynn’s relax was so amazing
Erik's genuine laughter at Miranda is the sweetest thing to watch
I think it's "at the third day he resurrected", instead of three days later. So Friday counts as the first day, Saturday the 2nd, and Sunday the 3rd day
Oh, and the Easte Bunny comes from pre-Christian Germanic traditions
I'm swedish and for me the order of importance for holidays is:
1. Christmas
2. Midsommar (always a saturday between June 20th-26th)
3. Easter
I like easter because it's always spent with family, eating good food and giving easter gifts!
Flynn’s song reminds me of a song my three year old wrote called kitty at the beach. If I can ever get him to sing it I’ll email it to the show haha.
Easter is a big holiday Colleen!! It's different for everyone obviously, but I think it's big for most all people!!!
Booger talk was wayyy too much.. lol had to fast forward through it, I was gagging with Colleen😂
And yet 'Miranda' has been picking her nose, played with it and has pretended to eat it. For years!!! Hmmm...Very weird!!!!
i was more so annoyed lol cause it went on for too long
Lol same🤢
Easter is such a big deal in our family! Our favorites part is always making “rabbits nest” which is clover and flower petals!
Also Sunday, would be the third day so Jesus arose on the third day.
Love you guys!!!