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Office Ladies | Episode 277.3 - Friday Chit Chat: Kid Snacks & John Wick Receipts
Jenna [00:00:03] Hello, everyone. Welcome to another Friday Chit Chat! This is two in one month. Thank you, Macy's.
Angela [00:00:10] Thanks guys! You know what? Can I just say before we get going on this Chit Chat, that you look really refreshed.
Jenna [00:00:17] Do I?
Angela [00:00:17] You do! How was your trip to New York?
Jenna [00:00:20] Yeah, I just got back from a little couple's artist retreat with Lee. We went to New York.
Angela [00:00:28] Couples artist retreat.
Jenna [00:00:29] That's what I'm calling it, and I want to do more of these. It was just two days of reading books, seeing theater, eating food. Just, like, immersing in really cool conversations. I mean, I was reading this book and I came across a line in the book and I was like, "Lee. Can we unpack this line?"
Angela [00:00:49] This is you... Like, your absolute happy place.
Jenna [00:00:53] I loved it. It was romantic. It was uplifting. We saw this play. We saw "Bug." It's still out. You can still catch it on Broadway. It was written by Tracy Letts years ago, but it's still so relevant. This couple, they're in a motel and they start to believe that they're infected with bugs.
Angela [00:01:11] Oh gosh.
Jenna [00:01:12] And they are falling in love at the same time. And to me, There's some stuff I had to watch through my fingers, like a horror movie, almost.
Angela [00:01:20] All I can picture is Jim saying to Dwight, "Was it smug?"
Jenna [00:01:24] Oh yeah, the smug bed bug!
Angela [00:01:26] [laughing]The smug bed bug, yes.
Jenna [00:01:28] You're so right. But no, to me it's a love story. But it's also what happens when you get infected with an idea and you're just living in an echo chamber. It's so good. We absolutely loved it. But yes, I had a great trip. And Angela, that was thanks to you.
Angela [00:01:47] Oh, come on.
Jenna [00:01:48] It was! I want everyone to know that one of my favorite things about our partnership is how one of us can go off and have a moment (maybe it's to work on a creative project or even just do a home project or whatever it is) and we've got this other person who keeps the lights on. You kept the lights while I was gone.
Angela [00:02:06] Well, I was happy t o do it, lady. You've done that for me so many times. I remember there was a weekend where I was like, "I just need to see my mom. I just got to get eyes on her."
Jenna [00:02:14] I remember that.
Angela [00:02:14] And we moved things around so I could just go sit with Birdie Jo.
Jenna [00:02:18] I loved it. And I wanna give you another shout out actually, lady. I wanna to give a shout out to you and to our amazing social media team, Blockparty.
Angela [00:02:28] Oh, they're so great.
Jenna [00:02:29] You have been running point on this and I just have loved what you guys have been doing. Did you tell me recently that we have over 100 million downloads on our reels in less than a year?
Angela [00:02:41] Views, I guess, yes.
Jenna [00:02:42] Views? Not downloads, you don't download a reel. This is why you're in charge of this.
Angela [00:02:46] No, I mean, I am not that tech savvy. I lean very hard on Claire and Eitan at Blockparty. They are so fun, they have a lot of great ideas and yeah, we have over 100 million views and we haven't even been doing reels and stuff for even a year.
Jenna [00:03:00] I know!
Angela [00:03:01] You know, I just had a meeting with him and I have to tell you something. Lady, I introduced them to my digital clutter.
Jenna [00:03:08] Oh my gosh. What does that mean?
Angela [00:03:09] Well hopefully I haven't scared them away. I made this folder. I have so many videos from us on set.
Jenna [00:03:16] You do.
Angela [00:03:16] Behind the scenes moments, pictures... So they're going to start making some really fun reels with these old little moments of us on set.
Jenna [00:03:25] [gasps] Lady, I have some of that stuff too. I gotta send it to you because it's priceless.
Angela [00:03:30] Yeah. Oh, send it.
Jenna [00:03:31] Oh, I love this. Well, speaking of throwbacks, there's actually a really hilarious reel that went up today and it's one of my favorites. It's from when we were podcasting in our closets during the pandemic. It's our "John Wick" episode.
Angela [00:03:49] Our John Wick debate, yes. Yeah, they had a lot of fun putting that together. I was so glad we were over Zoom. I mean, obviously I would love to be in person with you, but we have this video now.
Jenna [00:04:00] Well, I think it's even funnier when you can see our faces. I love that we have it. It makes me laugh every time. But I do have something to share about the John Wick debate, a new development.
Angela [00:04:13] Wait, can I just tell you guys this is when I wish if we were filming maybe because Jenna just covered her mouth like [mischievous giggling]. Like, [in a singsong voice] "I have something to tell you."
Jenna [00:04:20] Okay, well, I was in our general mailbox and I found this letter. We got this letter from Ali X. Ali X. says, "Jenna did not say she watched the John Wick movies on the podcast. She just said she was enjoying Keanu Reeves movies and she might try John Wick next." I was like, "Wait," because in this video (if you go watch it or if you guys remember) we get into this whole argument because-
Angela [00:04:49] I say, Jenna, I did what you told me. I watched all the John Wick movies.
Jenna [00:04:53] Right, and I'm like, "I never said that!" Well, Ali X. is confirming that I did not say that. So I had a little "Mom Detectives" moment and I found the episode of Office Ladies where we first discussed this. It was in "The Negotiation." Sure enough, Angela, it's actually- your idea that you watch all the John Wick movies.
Angela [00:05:15] No, no. You say something like, "You're going to be a Keanu Reeves aficionado and you're going to watch..."
Jenna [00:05:24] I have it. I wrote it down from the transcript.
Angela [00:05:26] Okay, let's read it.
Jenna [00:05:28] Okay, I'm saying how Keanu Reeves movies are getting through the pandemic and I say, "Maybe I'll watch John Wick next." And then Angela, you say, "Josh has seen all of them, but he said you probably shouldn't watch them because they'd be too intense for you." But then you say, "Maybe I watch them with you." And I say, "Okay, cool." That's it! That's IT!
Angela [00:05:54] [laughing] I clearly took this as marching orders. Like, "Okay, Jenna's gonna watch John Wick. I'm gonna watch John Wick."
Jenna [00:06:00] But can I just say, I absolutely love how somehow, between the two of us, these John Wick movies have now become such a huge part of our friendship. Something we've never shared on the podcast is how you, me and Sam went to see John Wick 4 in the theater. I never even saw two or three. I did finally finish all of one. I started two with you on our book writing retreat, Angela, we didn't finish it. Skipped three, and then we went to see four in the theater in one of those, like, 4D theaters where -
Sam [00:06:35] Yeah, where the seats rumble.
Jenna [00:06:37] Oh my God, the seat was moving the whole entire movie. And there was that long scene at the end,
Angela [00:06:43] The stairs?
Jenna [00:06:43] Where he can't get up the stairs.
Angela [00:06:44] We can't get up the stairs, that was torturous.
Sam [00:06:46] That movie's 90% stares.
Angela [00:06:47] Yes, it is.
Jenna [00:06:48] [laughing] This poor guy. He can't get up the stairs.
Sam [00:06:50] Yeah.
Angela [00:06:51] There's so many stairs. Also, the thing that I grew to really appreciate about the John Wayne movies since I've seen them all, is how many assassins love a rave.
Sam [00:07:01] And flip phones.
Angela [00:07:02] Flip phones, but they love to go to a raves. If you want to meet an assassin, go to raves.
Sam [00:07:07] They'll be the only ones there in suits.
Angela [00:07:09] Mm-hmm.
Jenna [00:07:10] They're so easy to spot, and they're not dancing. Generally.
Sam [00:07:15] Yeah, my take away from it. Do you remember he's walking through an airport and he's shooting at somebody? He's shooting in a train station at somebody but nobody else is aware of it. Nobody's like, "Hey that guy has a gun," and then they stab each other on the train.
Jenna [00:07:28] Oh, I don't remember this. Is this in four?
[00:07:33] I think it's the third one, I think it's the rave one is the one I'm thinking of.
Angela [00:07:35] Yeah, yeah, so many raves. So much running. So much running and running and then like, just everything...
Sam [00:07:42] And in dress shoes, too.
Angela [00:07:43] Literally, they throw everything at him but the kitchen sink. It's, like, so much running in dress shoes without orthotics. You know those can't fit in those shoes.
Jenna [00:07:53] Angela, I love that you're worried about his orthotics. That's very you.
Angela [00:07:57] Well, those dress shoes don't look comfortable to be that athletic in.
Jenna [00:08:00] You're not wrong. Matt, I feel like we need to check in with you. Have you seen the John Wick movies?
Matt [00:08:08] So, guys, I have not seen the John Wick movies. Jenna, can we just be real clear? Is this something I should do, or what should I do next?
Angela [00:08:17] Well, it depends who you ask, I guess.
Jenna [00:08:20] I'm leaving it up to you, Matt. I am definitely not going to mandate that you watch them, but you can see how much fun we're having with it, so I don't know.
Matt [00:08:30] Angela, I want to see how it all works out with the shoes. So I'm in
Angela [00:08:34] Okay. Matt, the other thing you should know, I know you're going to check out his shoes and all the running he does, but the thing that Jenna couldn't stop talking about (which is why I think that you would watch them all and that I was behind and I needed to go watch them), is the little towel. He has his coffee pot or something next to the coffee pot.
Jenna [00:08:58] His mugs.
Angela [00:08:59] His mug's. What you would sit him on a towel. And lady, I remember the day you came in, because my mom had quilted us these little quilted trivets. And I had given you one and you said, "Angela, we put it next to the coffee pot because John Wick does that."
Jenna [00:09:16] You're right. Yes!
Angela [00:09:18] So I just have to go on record here, Ali X., you are right. I probably jumped ahead and thought Jenna had watched them all. But if you could have been here, Sam, when she talked about that towel and the little way she used my mom's quilted thing.
Sam [00:09:33] The way her face lit up, it was like this was the best movie she'd ever seen. If I had only known she was 25 minutes into it...
Angela [00:09:40] I know.
Jenna [00:09:41] I did. I was so excited to share about the little towel that I failed to mention that we turned it off.
Sam [00:09:47] Yeah, that you hadn't actually seen the homework.
Angela [00:09:49] I was like, "Oh, I'm behind, I gotta go."
Jenna [00:09:54] Well, like I said, I just love it and I love that we have this. And if you wanna see the video, it's on our Office Ladies, Instagram. But now I think we need to get to our fan chit chat question. This one comes from Leah in Connecticut.
Leah in Connecticut [00:10:12] Hi Jen and Angela. This is Leah from Trimble, Connecticut. I'm looking for some kid snack recommendations. My two-year-old gets in snack ruts. What are some quick and easy snacks your kids loved? Love the podcast so much. And a cool office name connection, my mom's name is Debbie Brown and my brother's name Philip. Thank you!
Angela [00:10:32] Phillip AND Debbie Brown.
Jenna [00:10:33] Oh, Debbie Brown, that's a deep cut.
Angela [00:10:35] That is, that's a good one. So Matt and Jenna, you guys have younger kids. I have teenagers now, but I still remember some of our go-to snacks.
Jenna [00:10:44] Well, I can relate to the snack rut, you know, because you'll have something that's tried and true and everybody loves it and then one day it's just rejected.
Angela [00:10:53] No one wants it.
Jenna [00:10:54] Nobody wants that thing anymore.
Angela [00:10:56] Mm-hmm.
Jenna [00:10:57] I know, for example, my kids were really into those Trader Joe's Rosemary Crackers.
Matt [00:11:04] That's very sophisticated.
Jenna [00:11:05] I know, but they have that little sweet cranberry or raisin in them, I guess. But those are the crackers that I ate, by the box full, during the Angela Martin bachelorette party when we were on set of The Office. Ellie and I ate so many of them that she sent me a giant jar of them for my birthday as a joke. And that's the first time my kids tried them, was from the big thing that Ellie sent me. And then they fell in love with them, but then all of a sudden they hit a wall and they wouldn't eat them anymore.
Matt [00:11:39] For me, my kids, I have an eight-year-old and a six-year old and we get in meal ruts. Snacks, they eat the same snacks. I'm wondering if, Leah, the kids have tried Cheez-Its or fruit snacks or granola bars.
Angela [00:11:52] I mean, Leah, our kids love go go squeeze. Do you remember go go, squeeze? It's basically like applesauce, but it's in a little pouch and they can unscrew the top and it's easy for them to hold and they just squeeze it in their mouth.
Jenna [00:12:05] Doesn't Jennifer Garner have, like, a whole line of delicious, organic, squeezable snacks? Once Upon a Farm! I follow her on Instagram. You know, she's such a doll.
Angela [00:12:15] Yeah, I do, too.
Jenna [00:12:16] And she's always talking about them. But, you know, my kids are older now. That wouldn't be for them. I don't know how old Leah's kids are.
Matt [00:12:22] I've got a good snack rut breaker.
Jenna [00:12:24] What is it?
Matt [00:12:25] This is something my mom used to give me and I give to my kids. It's healthy, nutritious, it's very sweet. It's an apple cheese flower. Cut slices of apple, slices of cheese, and arrange them in a little petal formation, alternating around.
Angela [00:12:38] That's very cute. I used to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and I had a little heart cookie cutter and I would cut them in a little heart. I do want to say this, that if you like to make sort of snacks at home and not buy them, this is a very easy recipe; but our kids loved it when Josh... You pick whatever fruit that your kids love and he would make a homemade sorbet.
Jenna [00:13:03] Mmm, where you freeze it?
Angela [00:13:04] Where you freeze it and then you could scoop out a little bit. So we would do, like, strawberry or mango, or watermelon, and it's a very simple recipe.
Jenna [00:13:13] Well, my kids loved just straight frozen blueberries. My daughter still likes them. They also love frozen peas. Just a bag of frozen peas.
Matt [00:13:23] Rosemary crackers and frozen peas, call it a day.
Jenna [00:13:26] Well, and then their other favorite snack was if you slice a banana (and they still eat this one too) and then you put a little dollop of peanut butter on each slice and then put a single chocolate chip on top.
Angela [00:13:39] Mm-hmm.
Jenna [00:13:40] They love it.
Angela [00:13:43] Our kids loved that and then they would put a little bit of honey. A little bit of honey. And then, now this isn't a snack, but it was our go-to lunch for so long. In fact, we made it one time and brought it over to your house, Jenna, and then your kids loved it.
Jenna [00:13:57] Octopus hot dogs?
Angela [00:13:58] So my husband called it "octopus" and he would take hot dogs and cut them into little round pieces and then put the pasta through the middle and then you just boil the whole thing. And then they just can pick it up and eat it with their hands too when they're little. They just pick up the little octopus spaghetti hot dog thing.
Jenna [00:14:14] I remember your son Jack introduced that to my kids and they flipped out for it. So sweet.
Angela [00:14:22] I have one we used to do. So you know how you make a Rice Krispie treat, right?
Jenna [00:14:27] Sure.
Angela [00:14:28] Sure. So we would do that, but with Cheerios. So it would be a little treat, but a little bit of fiber in there. We were always trying to get fiber in. Also, anything mini. Anything they could just hold in their hand, they had a better chance of eating. So I remember making a pumpkin zucchini muffin, because they didn't like vegetables, our kids. We really struggled with that. So we were always trying to find ways to get fiber and veggies into a snack.
Jenna [00:14:57] Well, I'm always looking for ways to avoid all of the preservatives and additives that are in the mass-produced snacks. So one of the things my kids love also (we would do these for breakfast, but they would also become a snack) are mini pancake muffins.
Angela [00:15:13] Yes.
Jenna [00:15:14] So I would just make a homemade pancake mix. I just found one on the internet. I bake it in a mini muffin tin and then I pop the whole bag of those in the freezer. Then you just get them out and you can put them in the microwave for five seconds, and they're just like little.. It's a pancake, but it's pancake muffin, but I made it at home. So there's no preservatives in it.
Angela [00:15:36] No those are great. Anything mini like that is so good. This was a parent fail, I was trying to get Isabelle to eat cauliflower (like, to try it) and there's no way in heck she was going to eat cauliflower. She was little. So I read on some mommy blogger site that you can bake it, you know, with a little bit of olive oil a little salt and tear it apart in little pieces it kind of looks like popcorn.
Jenna [00:16:03] Okay.
Angela [00:16:04] So I did that and I tried it. I thought it tastes great. I put it in a bowl and this is, like, probably horrible parenting. But I was like, "Isabelle, do you you wanna try this? It's kind of like a type of popcorn."
Jenna [00:16:14] Oh no!
Angela [00:16:15] So I should have never said... Like, compared it to popcorn. So she puts it in her mouth and she goes, "That's not popcorn!" She was furious. I was, like, "Oh crap." But yeah.
Jenna [00:16:27] Have you seen those plates that they've made now, to help your kids at dinnertime, where it looks like a little racetrack and you fill in the little spots with different foods and then when they get to the end there's a covered spot and you take the cover off and it reveals a treat? That's where the little dessert is.
Angela [00:16:48] Oh my gosh, this feels a little bit like dog training.
Jenna [00:16:52] Well, we got these when our kids were little. What we did was we alternated between two things we knew were a winner, and then one new thing.
Matt [00:17:05] A safe food.
Jenna [00:17:06] Or one thing that maybe they weren't as enthusiastic about. So we put, like, a little chicken nugget. A little macaroni and a piece of broccoli, and then a chicken nugget macaroni piece of broccoli and you go down the little line until you get to whatever the treat was, but the treats covered up. So it kind of made it fun.
Matt [00:17:25] But can they just lift it before the race is over?
Jenna [00:17:31] They could. As things go, these plates work once, maybe twice, right? Like, they work for a hot second, but that was another little thing we did. Every once in a while, they'd get excited about it. They'd be like, "Oh, can we do the race car plate again?" Sure.
Angela [00:17:47] Sure, yeah. We sort of went all over the place, but we just hope you're well and we hope your kids are happy and we there's a snack here that you heard that you can try at home.
Jenna [00:17:56] Yes, tell them the Office Ladies said to try it.
Angela [00:17:58] Oh no!
Jenna [00:18:01] [laughing] Well, everyone, I think that wraps it up.
Angela [00:18:04] Yeah. Thanks for hanging out with us on this Friday Chit Chat. We hope you have a great one.
Jenna [00:18:08] We'll see you next week.
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