♪ I'm vlogging ♪
♪ It's boring ♪
♪ I'm Colleen ♪
- Eric's gonna cut my hair.
Hello everybody, good
morning, happy Sunday.
This is how we're starting our day.
Oh, not by rubbing my face.
We're starting our day.
Here, I'll put you up here,
by coloring!
- Big truck.
- Yeah, what's that?
- [Flynn] A big truck.
- A big truck?
- A monster truck.
A monster truck.
- Yeah a big truck.
You want me to draw a monster truck?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Looks great.
Oh yes, get into it.
(baby gibberish)
Whoa.
- Up, up.
- You want Daisy up?
- Yeah.
- No, Daisy loves papers.
If you put paper on the
ground, she's gonna lay on it.
- [Miranda] Do the Miranda.
- More?
- You wanna see it again?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
It's so weird having my
kid watch "Miranda" videos.
I don't know why it's so bizarre.
I've always thought like,
what will my kids think of "Miranda"?
It's such a weird character,
I have such a weird job.
He, for the first year was a baby,
and was just kinda like, what?
And now that he's starting
to understand things
and have a sense of humor and stuff,
he loves "Miranda" and it's so
funny to me that he loves it.
I love that he loves it,
obviously 'cause it's my job,
and I want him to be proud
of me and think I'm silly,
and funny and whatever.
But last night he was having
a hard time eating dinner.
He just was not interested
in taking a bite.
So I started talking to him like Miranda,
and he ate every drop.
He thinks it's so funny
and I just love that.
I think it's so cute.
I hope he likes it for a while.
I feel like when he gets older,
he'll probably be really embarrassed.
- More?
- You wanna see it again?
- Yeah.
- You like "Miranda"?
Okay, I just found a video
that you guys have been
requesting for a long time.
And it was really fun, so
I'm very excited for that
to come out eventually.
I asked Eric if I could
get some work done up here,
and I've been working for a couple hours,
and I really miss Flynn.
So I'm excited to go
downstairs and play with Flynn.
It's just a worm.
I think I just decapitated a worm.
(laughs)
Sorry.
- Okay Flynn, now.
You set them free, ready?
- You gotta set 'em free.
Flynn caught some bugs.
- [Eric] I see bugs.
- [Colleen] Gotta let them go.
- [Eric] Okay, now can
you put 'em in there?
- [Colleen] You gotta set
them free in the dirt.
- [Eric] Put 'em in the dirt, oh.
- [Colleen] Good job.
Say bye bye, bugs!
Good boy.
- More bug?
- You want more bugs?
- Yeah.
- Okay, let's
find some more bugs.
I'm trying to find Flynn.
Playing Hide-N-Seek.
(light music)
(Flynn laughing)
Boo boo!
(speaks gibberish)
Get back here, hey get back here!
Flynn, get back here.
(Eric speaks gibberish)
- [Eric] Come here!
I'm gonna get ya!
- [Flynn] Hey!
(laughs)
- [Colleen] Oh no!
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
Oh no, oh no, oh no he's coming!
(speaks gibberish)
(laughs)
(Flynn laughs)
- [Flynn] Oh no.
- (laughs) He's holding a spoon,
running in circles.
Where is Momma?
Where's Momma?
Boo!
- [Flynn] Boo.
(laughs)
Oh no, oh no!
- Oh no.
I got you.
(smooches)
(Flynn laughs)
(laughs) What did you give me?
For those of you concerned
about my Boba addiction,
it is self-thriving and strong.
(Flynn speaks gibberish)
I know.
Today I got a milk tea Boba,
but with an Oreo cookie crumble on top.
What do you have?
You wanna show them what you have?
Show what you got.
What's in your hand?
It's a spoon.
(Flynn speaks gibberish)
It's his digging spoon that
he looks for bugs with,
and he hasn't put it
down in like four hours.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
He digs for bugs with that spoon.
He also carries it around the house,
and he holds it while he heats food.
- Momma.
(speaks gibberish)
Yeah, exactly.
I'm feelin' pretty stir-crazy today.
We're all feelin' it.
(speaks gibberish)
- [Flynn] Oh no.
- [Colleen] Flynn,
(laughs) what did you do?
(Flynn speaks gibberish)
- It's so foggy.
- [Colleen] 'Cause he's
breathing on it. (laughs)
- [Eric] Flynn, smile.
Cheese!
- Say cheese!
We're trying to teach
him how to say cheese,
(pots bang)
and smile for pictures.
We say, say cheese, he goes.
- [Flynn] Bong!
(speaks gibberish)
(laughs)
That's what he does for cheese.
I wish he would do it for you guys,
but he probably won't.
- [Flynn] Momma. (speaks gibberish)
- Do you me come color?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Who's this?
(Flynn speaks gibberish)
- Nana.
- Oh, you're drawing nana?
- Yeah.
- Nana is food, he's drawing food.
- Yeah.
- You're drawing your food?
Are you gonna eat it?
(Flynn speaks gibberish)
What color is that?
(Flynn speaks gibberish)
It's green, yes.
(Flynn speaks gibberish)
You want me to hold the green one?
- [Flynn] Yeah.
- What color is this?
- Pink.
- Pink.
(flatulence)
(laughs)
- Toot!
- A toot!
Who did that?
- Did you toot?
- What was that?
- Poo poo.
- Did you go poo poo?
- Was that him?
- Yes it was him!
Flynn, can you say cheese?
- Cheese.
- (laughs) He did it!
Okay, guys.
We are watching "Forensic Files",
and I think I should make a TikTok dance
to the theme song, but also I think
no one would know the theme song.
But Eric is saying everyone
would know the theme song
'cause everyone knows the show,
but I've never seen the show before.
(dramatic music)
- What show?
- "Forensic Files".
And we ordered Cheesecake Factory tonight,
and I got a cheesecake and
a chocolate cake. (laughs)
And Eric won't participate,
but I got him a fork anyway,
'cause that's how much I love you.
Mm, oh that's good.
Now I'm trying the cheesecake.
Oh, hm?
It's a little too melt-y.
Yeah, it kinda melted.
But this is probably good.
Anyway, we're just
watching "Forensic Files",
and it's freaking me out.
But I also love it.
I've never seen this show before.
Anyway, I have nothing to
report, other than that.
- You were gonna do a TikTok dance.
- Oh yeah, I'm gonna do a TikTok dance
to the "Forensic Files" song.
("Forensic Files" theme song)
Throw it back.
Throw it up.
- [Eric] I feel like it's hot.
(Eric laughs)
And they go.
- Good theme song.
- Anyway, I wanna make a
TikTok dance to that song
'cause we watched so many
episodes that I like,
am living for that song now.
But we can't watch episodes
if there's kids in them.
We get too upset.
(hums)
- Okay, be quiet.
(hums)
Okay, bye.
How, oh my god.
Hi, everybody.
I just showered and I used something
that someone sent me in
the mail, to my PO box,
that's supposed to keep
the bug bites away.
Because right now, I am covered.
Let's count.
On this let, there is a big
one on my foot right here.
That might be a spider bite.
There's one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven.
I know there's one back here.
Eight, nine. (laughs)
10, are you guys, can't even see these.
There's three on my butt right now.
So that's 13.
13, 14 was right here.
15, 16, two right here.
You cannot see any of these
because I'm not close enough.
16, 17, that might be it.
16, 17, wanna say 17?
I have a lot of freakin' bug
bites is what I'm tryin'.
So thank you to whoever sent me that.
Lotion, stuff for the shower, bath.
I hadn't used it yet and today I was like,
why haven't I been using that?
Literally my fans are helping
me and sending me things
to not get eaten alive
as, with as many bugs.
So, I wanna talk about a couple of things.
One, I wanna talk about the
future of this vlogging,
and me and my career,
and where we're going in the future.
'Cause every month, you guys ask me like,
"What are you doing, are
you vlogging this month?
"Are you gonna vlog this upcoming month?"
I never know until right before,
and we are at that moment.
We're right before.
So I wanna talk to you guys about that.
But first,
I wanted to talk to you
about an email I got
from a friend of mine.
And at the beginning of quarantine,
I got to FaceTime with this awesome girl
at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
who has cancer.
Her name's Mia.
She's incredible and so
inspiring and I love her,
and it was so awesome getting to know her.
We've emailed a few times
and she's just the best.
And she emailed me a
couple days ago and said,
Hi Colleen, this is Mia.
Thanks so much for my amazing gift basket.
I always use the purple Polaroid camera,
and always love seeing
your signature in my books.
The FaceTime and basket made my year.
I wanted to tell you about this amazing
pediatric cancer research fundraiser
started by a mom named Joanna
after she lost her baby
to an unknown cancer at eight months old.
Whoa.
And I tell you, when I first read this,
I was weeping because
I cannot imagine that.
But anyway, continuing.
The second annual Will Irwin
Memorial Golf Tournament
will be help September 28th.
This year, I was chosen to
be honored as Will's Warrior,
which means that the
story of my cancer battle
will be shared to all
the people participating
in the tournament.
She sent me the link.
She said since you've
been such a great helper,
I was hoping that you
could share some info
about the fundraiser with your fans
on maybe YouTube or TikTok.
It would mean so much to me
and our new friend, Joanna,
if we could all work together
to make the world a better
place for cancer patients.
I hope you and your family are doing well,
and I can't wait to talk
to you again soon, Mia.
So, Mia,
I love you and of course
I'm going to share this.
So if you guys have a
second, please, I beg you,
please click the link below
and read all about Mia.
She is the warrior for
this year's tournament
and fundraiser and you can
also learn all about Will,
which is the baby who had cancer,
and is now a little baby angel.
And, oh I can't even say that without
(laughs) wanting to cry.
Obviously, this fundraiser
is in Will's memory,
and it is to help raise
money for kids with cancer.
Every year, you guys know for my birthday,
I do a big childhood cancer fundraiser.
We raise money for kids with
cancer to help their families,
to help hospitals who
help kids with cancer,
to help individual people who
have cancer in their families.
You guys always help
me raise so much money,
and this is something I'm
really passionate about
because there is barely any research,
and there's barely any
information and funding.
Specifically, there's barely any funding
for children with cancer, which seems
so bizarre to me that
there isn't more funding
for cancer in children.
Basically, I'm just begging you guys
to just look at this link, share the link,
read about it, educate
yourselves on Will and Mia,
and their journeys and their stories.
And share it and donate
if you can in anyway.
I'm gonna be donating.
I would love if you guys could donate too.
Yeah, let's all work together.
The internet can be a really gross place,
and it can be a place full
of hate and negativity,
and cruel, cruel things,
but it also has shown me
that it can be a place
of incredible things.
Every year you guys blow me away
with the work that you
do to help me raise money
for kids with cancer.
And so, we're gonna do it
again this year in Novmeber.
I'm very excited, but I,
we need to be talking
about this all year round.
So please, if you can take a
minute to go check that out,
that would be awesome.
Because no kid, no one
should have to have cancer.
No one ever.
Cancer is awful, but
specifically children.
They should never have to go through that.
Now, as a mom,
the thought of anything
like that happening
to Flynn destroys me, just
even the thought of it.
The fact that other moms
have to go through this,
and kids have to go through this,
families have to go through this.
And in America, the
healthcare is a disaster.
So they have to spend all of their money,
the life savings just
trying to get their kids
the care that they need.
It's just not fair.
So we have to work together to help this.
So please, if you can,
that would be awesome.
Bye the way, Mia's mom
also reached out to me
and let me know how
excited Mia was about this,
and that it was just such a big deal.
She was so excited to let me know,
and to let you guys know.
So both her and her mom
have reached out to me
to explain the whole situation.
They're just lovely.
Speaking of awesome people like Mia,
I just think you guys are so awesome,
I have been spending the evening
(laughs) reading through
fan letters from the PO box.
And I am just
so blown away
(laughs) by how wonderful you guys are.
Every time I read your letters,
I am just so filled with love and joy,
and happiness and inspiration.
You guys are the most incredible people
I've ever known and I
haven't even met most of you.
Well, obviously I haven't.
But to hear your stories of the things
you guys have been through,
you guys have been through things
that I don't think I could ever survive.
You've lost people close
to you in your lives,
you've been through terrible
tragedies and trauma.
You're just so inspirational to me.
Not only that, you guys
are really freaking funny.
These letters make me laugh out loud,
they make me cry, they make me happy.
I'm just so, you don't know
how much these letters,
and your sweet comments
have gotten me through this quarantine.
A lot of these letters say like,
"Thank you for vlogging every day.
"It's gotten me through quarantine."
You are doing the same
thing for me. (laughs)
It goes both ways, it goes both ways.
I can't stress that enough.
Yes, of course,
my wonderful family is
getting me through quarantine,
and Flynn just smiling and being adorable.
He learned how to say cheese today.
That is the cutest thing in the world.
So of course he's getting
me through quarantine,
but there are days when I'm
really down and really sad,
and going through a hard time.
I cannot stress you enough
how much I go into my closet,
and pull out a huge
handful of your letters,
and just read them all.
I just, I cannot say thank you enough.
You guys are amazing.
Today, I read one that,
she's a girl, she's like,
"I'm Jewish and I just wanted to say that
"I was watching you
make your challa bread,
"and you did absolutely everything wrong,
"and I was laughing at
you the whole time."
(laughs)
That made me laugh so hard.
And another person wrote
and said that she loves,
my videos have gotten
her through quarantine
'cause her dad got sick.
And she said that her dad watch,
watched my "Miranda" videos
and he was so impressed
with how much I could
burp and fart. (laughs)
So I'm laughing reading
this and then she says that
her dad passed away.
And so it's like in the same letter,
I was laughing and then crying.
I just am feeling really
grateful for guys tonight,
and really happy.
Then just really grateful for you all.
You're really wonderful and so thank you,
thank you, thank you from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
So the future of vlogging.
What's going to happen?
Honestly, I don't know.
So this was supposed to
just be the month of March,
and then quarantine happened
and I just kept going.
And every month I'm like,
am I gonna keep doing it?
I just keep going and I just keep going.
I've had a really hard time working
on any other projects during quarantine,
just because I've been having a hard time,
as everyone has been.
This pandemic is weird and
confusing and frustrating
and you don't know
what's gonna happen next.
My job is in the entertainment industry,
and I'm so lucky that
I have YouTube channels
that I can put stuff out on.
But I like writing other
things and was working
on other things and had
a movie I was working on
with my brother right before COVID.
The company wanted to make
it and was interested.
Everything's fallen through.
And so, I really wanna get
back into doing other projects.
This week, Eric and I talked this weekend,
and we've decided that I'm gonna set aside
a few hours every single
day where I'm just gonna
lock myself in a room and write
and work on other projects
and do other things than just YouTube.
I love YouTube.
I'm not stepping away from YouTube,
but I really wanna try to focus
on getting my creative outlet out
in other ways,
and create other things 'cause
I loved "Haters Back Off".
It was my favorite thing I've ever done.
I wanna do more stuff like that.
And I loved writing my books.
I wanna do more stuff like that.
I loved touring, obviously I
wanna do more stuff like that.
I'm trying to get creative
with how I can do stuff
like that again.
But if all I'm doing every day is focusing
on the vlogs and focusing on my
three or four YouTube
vidoes I'm posting a week,
that's all I have time for.
That's basically two full
time jobs that I'm doing,
and also being a full
time stay at home mom.
So, which I love.
I just, I'm gonna try
to re-prioritize things,
and try to get other projects done.
So what that means is my plan
is to still vlog every day in September.
I have a lot of fun things
happening in September.
It's everyone's birthday.
Jacob's birthday, my dad's
birthday, Eric's birthday.
A lot of exciting things are happening
that I wanna film.
It's my goal to film every
day still in September.
I don't know what's gonna
happen past that though
because I'm hoping that
other projects will pick up and happen.
So we'll see.
I'm gonna try to vlog
every day in September.
I might not make it.
Right now, I'm leaning towards
probably not after that.
Don't come for me, don't
unsubscribe. (laughs)
I don't know.
Right now, that's kinda
where I'm leaning towards.
And then of course, you know,
there is "Vlogmas", where I vlog every day
during the holiday season.
And so that will happen this year.
You'll see me soon if I
stop vlogging every day.
We'll see, I'll keep you posted.
Who knows?
The end of September I might be like,
actually I'm gonna keep doing this.
I don't know yet.
But as of right now, that's
kinda where I'm leaning.
I'm leaning towards doing
it every day in September,
but not pressuring
myself too much to do it.
So if it doesn't happen,
it might not happen,
and then in October, taking a break.
We'll see.
But I just wanted to update
you guys on all of that.
For now, I'm going to continue
reading my letters tonight.
I just got out a new,
huge pile to go through.
I just finished a pile,
now I'm on a new pile.
(belches)
Periods.
I love you guys so much.
I cannot even say that enough.
I really freaking do.
Please go check out the link below.
Support Mia, support
the fundraiser for Will,
and just be,
a kind person to someone
today, if you can.
The world needs a little
bit more kindness.
Do something nice for
someone today if you can.
That would be awesome.
If every single person
who watches this video...
I get anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000-ish
views per vlog, okay?
If every single one of you watching this
does something kind for someone else,
even if it's just hug your mom,
or give a dollar to someone,
or tell someone they look pretty,
give someone else a compliment,
tweet something nice to someone,
compliment someone in the comments below.
Any, just one random act of kindness,
that's like half a
million acts of kindness
that we are able to do today.
That's a, that's pretty big impact.
Let's do that today.
All right, I love you guys.
I'll see you tomorrow.
(upbeat jazz music)
