Kelly Ripais reminiscing on her daughterLola‘s first college drop-off — and the impact it had on their family.
During Tuesday’s episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryan, the mother of three, 48, opened up about helping Lola, 18, move into her dorm and leaving her at New York University for the very first time.
But while Ripa expected the drop-off to be emotional for her and Consuelos, she was particularly taken aback at how much it affected her younger two children, who are only 20 months apart.
“We moved Lola into her dorm and it’s one of those things that you don’t realize how close [the kids are],” Ripaadmitted. “The younger two are really close in age. Like, I didn’t even know I was pregnant with the third one because I was still nursing the second one!”
The talk show co-host went on to share a number of photos from the drop-off, including one of Lola in her new dorm — complete with ombre pink bedding and her “old school” refrigerator, which Ripa said “looks like it’s from the ’50s.”
“She has four roommates so it’s quite crowded in there,” Ripa shared of the room. “[They] all just met, it’s all brand new. Scary and exciting … The room is so tiny, you just forget how tiny it is!”
Aside from the sentimental moments, Ripa said there were plenty of jokes to go around.
The mom of three revealed that her husband’s words of wisdom to his only daughter prior to leaving were: “Don’t forget to get the syllabus, the syllabus is your best friend! Let the syllabus be your guiding light [and] time management is your friend.”
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“There weren’t real tears but there were lots of ‘Don’t think I’m gonna be home before Thanksgiving because I’m not. I’m not gonna be home before Thanksgiving. You won’t see me before Thanksgiving,'” Ripa said, mimicking Lola.
“To that, I said, ‘I’ll see you in four hours when you come home because you don’t know how to use the washing machine!'” the actress quipped.
From left: Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Lola, Michael, and Joaquin.Kelly Ripa/Instagram
This isn’t the first time that Ripa has opened up about leaving her daughter at college.
Late last month, Ripa and Consueloshelped Lola moved into her dormand commemorated the moment with a sweet photo on Instagram.
“The nest is getting roomy…💕,” Ripa captioned aheartwarming photoof herself giving her second-born a hug and kiss during the drop-off.
Consuelos, 48, alsoshared the same photoof his two ladies, writing, “2 down… 1 to go…❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
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A few days prior to dropping Lola off at her new home, the mom of three shared an emotional throwback of her daughter.
She included the fitting Throwback Thursday hashtag, writing, “#tbt 2001 from your Christening to college. In the blink of an eye. I’m not crying. You’re crying 😢 (actually Daddy’s sobbing) 😭.”
Aside from her college departure, the proud parents have also recently shared moments from other big milestone events in Lola’s life,like her senior promandgraduation.
source: people.com
