[narrator] Previously on OutDaughtered...
[all laughing]
Yes!
Oh, my word. Adam!
We got two weeks before school starts.
[all laughing]
[Danielle] And Adam's determined to not do anything responsible
like, you know, fixing the van.
-Oh, shoot! Oh, my gosh! -[all screaming]
-[woman] Is that what he does? -See, told you.
Bitchin', Adam.
The, um...
[Danielle] We have an idea on who's behind
and I've been told that around third grade
is when you start to see
someone suffer with dyslexia.
And, so, what do we do? Like, some of them are just...
struggle.
So I got a call from the meat company.
He wants me to do their product photography.
-So... -That's amazing.
This would be a lot more consistent work.
But it would definitely be an adjustment
for me and Danielle.
First day of school.
For real?
Of course you don't stress about anything. 'Cause you're just like,
"Hey, wife. Can you do this?"
I mean, I... I want you to do it, but,
who am I leaning on?
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Whoa oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Whoa, oh ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪
[kids giggling]
[Danielle] Okay, so what's the plan?
This is the outfit you picked out?
Not for first day at school.
-Ava, you're the messiest eater. -[Danielle chuckles]
And you're gonna get a all-white dress?
Yeah.
-Okay. -[Ava] Not the messiest.
These three people right here love shoppin'.
I love shopping.
Same.
Go. Ooh. Oh, I love that top.
[Adam] Let me see your model walk.
[Danielle] Oh, I love these jeans.
Flower power. [chuckles]
School starts in less than a week
and there's still so much to do.
[Danielle] Whoo, girl.
Can you wear hats to school?
-Only on hat day. -Only on hat day, okay.
I will say,
owning my own clothing boutique
is so much easier.
And I don't have to worry about them messing up
someone else's space
because it's my space.
Okay, Olivia.
That's what you wanna wear for first day at school?
Okay. That's so cute.
[all chuckle]
Oh, nothing like them boots with this.
-[Adam chuckles] Those boots. -[laughs]
[Danielle] This dress?
-You don't know what to wear it with? -[Riley] Yes.
Uh, this would go cute with, like, jeans or...
I mean, I know that finding cute stuff
that the kids like...
Yeah, great. Like, let's go.
But then, finding, like, everything
you know, to match each day or whatever,
for me it's just too much.
Danielle can...
-gladly take that. -Once again,
he lives stress free
because Danielle can do that.
-You are so much more into fashion -That's just the cross
-That's the cross that you bear -...and, like...
...as being a mother of six daughters.
[Adam] Will this fit you, Ava?
[chuckles] No.
Yes.
Because...
You would be a princess.
-Yeah. -Yeah, I am a princess.
Then what kind of princess?
-The pretty princess. -[girl] A good one.
[Adam] I think Parker has everybody checked out.
[Adam and Danielle laughs]
[Danielle] All right, so did you get school supplies?
Not yet.
-Not yet? -We got pie... I mean.
We got plenty of time.
[Danielle] You're gonna have to start
and not wait last minute
because you're not gonna be able to find everything they need.
Because what... Gotta get times five.
[chuckles]
I know we gotta get it before school starts.
I got VIP service here.
-One, two, three, four. -[kid] Mumma, look.
[Danielle] We still have a lot that has to get done this summer
and we just need to make sure
the quints and the schedules are covered
because I leave to go to the market.
So you'll have to balance, like,
getting the kids back and forth to school
and activities and stuff.
It's us. And if one's gone,
it's gotta be, like, "do it all dad," you know?
So Dallas Market is the place where I go
on the second day of school
to look at products.
There have been times, like,
you buy something just because you think it looks good
off of the sites digitally
and you get it and you're just, like,
-"That's not what I thought it was gonna be." -Mmm-hmm.
So it's always best, to, you know,
go buy in person.
Uh, might have your size in these.
That'll be so cute with that.
Daddy, can I bring this?
[Adam] How much you're gonna put in that?
-Books? -[Riley] I don't know.
[Adam] Apparently Riley wants to have all the accessories.
[Danielle] So the next couple weeks
are gonna be extremely busy and crazy.
Adam's got photoshoots.
And that's on the first day of school
and, thankfully, I was able
to get ahold of a friend who can help me out that day
because the girls will have to get to
all their various activities and...
I mean, we just really have to stay
on top of our schedules
because we're all over the place.
You forget one thing or mess up on one thing,
everything else can blow up.
-I'mma wear this. -[Adam] No.
I don't believe you would ever wear heels, Riley.
[Adam] Like socks on a rooster.
[Danielle laughs]
♪ Let's go Let's go ♪
♪ Hands up if you feel nice ♪
-♪ Hands up ♪ -♪ Hands down if you're all right ♪
-♪ Back down ♪ -♪ Hands up for the good life ♪
-♪ And that's just the way it's supposed to be ♪ -♪ Huh ♪
Beep-beep.
-Daddy. -Hmm?
Can you move your lights so that I can rollerblade?
Can I move my...
Can you just go and rollerblade outside?
Well, they're rollerblades.
[Hazel] Okay.
[Adam] This photoshoot comin' up,
it is for this meat company to do, like, food photography
which is something that I have very little experience in.
And, so, I wanna go there and practice.
[chuckles]
[both chuckling]
[Adam] If I can light and shoot chicken nuggets
and make those look good, I'll be fine.
And if I do hit this out of the park,
it could lead to more work with this company.
-Look how good those chicken nuggets look. -I'm hungry.
-Yes. -I know. That's why I wanna eat them.
Chicken nugget is really my favorite.
[Adam] Where is Blayke at?
-Why don't you... -[girl] She's upstairs in her room.
Why don't y'all go play with Blayke?
I want food.
[Adam] Okay. I need to get a new lens.
Don't touch those nuggets.
Okay.
[children giggling]
[chuckling]
No.
[clicking tongue]
[indistinct conversation]
[Hazel laughing]
They were just delicious. I had to have them.
[groans]
I told you. Don't touch the nuggets.
Okay. That's it.
No more.
Whenever the kids are home,
working from home is pretty challenging.
You know, it's just like kind of a recipe for disaster.
[girl] Daddy, come here.
The toilet isn't working.
[Adam] What're you doin'?
Hey, look.
Why do you need so much toilet paper?
Hurry.
[girl chuckles]
[chuckles]
The good news was, I wasn't hungry anymore.
[chuckles]
-[Adam] Really? -[giggles]
We were hungry.
[sighs]
[Hazel giggling]
[Adam] I should've did broccoli, I guess.
Blayke, in the car, come on.
Come on. Where's Daddy?
Come on, Adam.
[Adam] We asked the girls what they wanted to do
for our last adventure at the end of the summer.
- And they all agreed... -Riley.
...water parks.
They just wanna be in the water.
-You know, it's a Texas thing. -These kids would live
at the water park all summer if they could.
[Adam] Okay.
Man, that's great news.
I... I appreciate that.
Okay.
All right.
All right. Thanks.
All right, bye.
-[sighs] -Who were you talkin' to?
Perfect.
-What? -I don't have...
I don't have to be at that shoot, until...
Wednesday.
We got it squared away.
Wait, what?
I moved, like, my... my part of the photoshoot stuff
until Wednesday
-'cause there's the first day in school. -Adam.
Adam.
What?
I am in Dallas on Wednesday.
[sighs]
All along I knew that either I miss the first day of school
or I miss on the day that Danielle is going.
And so, like, I can't have it both ways.
And Danielle made a big deal
about me missing the first day at school.
So... here we are.
[indistinct conversation]
[Adam] What... What do you want me to do?
-I mean, I called... I called Dan -[Danielle] I just scheduled
-for you and-- -...and he was like...
crazy accommodating,
like, and knows... knows how it is.
-[girl] Mommy, you... -And said, "I don't want you
to miss out on the first day at school", so...
we just moved our part till...
Wednesday.
Well, now what're we gonna do? Like, we...
I mean, I fly out in the morning.
-[indistinct conversation] -[Olivia making farting sounds]
Riley!
-What? -[making farting sounds]
Olivia.
-[Danielle] Please stop with the fart noises. -Okay.
[Danielle] It's getting harder and harder
to manage everyone's schedule.
Because there's eight of us,
something can change really quick.
And I just got used to the idea
of Adam working his new gig
on the first day at school and missing it.
Now he switched it.
Now that means I gotta go back
and switch things around
and he doesn't worry about what day it's gonna happen
because he knows I'm gonna take care of it
and I'm gonna figure out
where the help needs to be.
Babe, I can't call him again.
I can't call him and say,
"Oh, yeah..." Like, now that he moved
-all my stuff. -No, I get it.
-I... I... -[Adam] I can't say, "Oh, wait. I forgot."
Like...
[sighs]
[Adam] All right. Let's go hit some rides.
[indistinct conversation]
-I would go-- -I would go by myself.
Excuse me, do you not hear me talking?
-No, I don't. -It's called interrupting.
I moved all my stuff to Wednesday.
[Danielle] On Wednesday...
Yes. Wednesday I'm in Dallas.
I have thought about you seeing someone.
-Who do you want me to see? -[woman] You know, a therapist.
I don't have time for that right now. [chuckles]
-Well, you need time. That needs to be -In all honesty.
-...your priority.
[Danielle] I don't like to be emotional.
I'd rather just power through
and move on to the next thing.
I wanna make sure that you stay sane.
[Danielle] Come on, kids.
McKenzie, do you wanna go on the water slide with me?
I'm going on the water slide with y'all.
-[girl 1] Dad told me it's three seater. -[girl 2] No, it's four.
The best season ever.
Yeah, the best season ever.
-[Adam] Hey, let's go hit some rides. -[girl] Come on.
I love goin' to the water park.
Oh, hey. No runnin', no runnin', no runnin'.
Yeah, no running.
[Danielle] They can ride everything.
They can swim.
Obviously, we still have
to keep eyes on them and what not, but...
You know, there's a little bit more of a trust level
of comfort because they're older
and safer, I guess.
[all cheering]
[laughing]
[kids shouting and cheering]
[man] Hold 'em. Hold 'em.
Um, when we were doing all these fun slides and...
Riley was sacred because she thought she was dead.
I thought if I was on the water slide,
-I would go-- -I wanna go by myself.
-I'm gonna go whoever... -Excuse me,
do you not hear me talkin'?
-No, I don't. -It's called interrupting.
[Danielle] I can't believe we're going on this big old ride.
Last time, when y'all was little,
we could only stay in the water
that was, like, this high.
[chuckles]
[Danielle] All right. Well, she took off.
[Adam] My girls love the water park.
Which means ever since they've been able to, like,
start riding rides,
I mean, it's like night... night and day difference.
[Danielle] Parker, I wasn't even ready.
Whoo! Whoo-hoo!
Whoo!
The last time that we were here...
you know, they were...
barely old enough to ride anything.
[Danielle] Come here. Let's put a swim diaper on.
[crying] Mama!
[Adam] No? It's too cold?
We ended up staying on, like, little kiddie rides
and, like, the splash pads
and stuff like that.
[Danielle vocalizing]
[Adam] Yeah, we had fun
because the kids were havin' fun.
But now we get to have, like, real fun.
Oh, I went and sit down,
and she went into one.
-Me. -[Danielle] Yes.
[indistinct conversation]
[Danielle] You cheated. [chuckles]
I like the one where they, like, shoots you off.
[all] Whoa!
I'm sad that summer is ending
and my life's about to be over 'cause of it.
The thing I'm gonna miss most about summer
-is the water park. -Water park slides.
No. Fun things.
-The water... -No, everything.
-[Crystal] We don't... -[Dale] We don't...
-But... -But...
I moved all my stuff to Wednesday.
[Danielle] On Wednesday.
Yes, Wednesday I'm in Dallas.
See, even Crystal knows.
-[Adam] What? -[Dale] Yeah. [chuckles]
Gettin' mine ready.
We... We looked at our calendar.
[Adam] Danielle is the one
that kind of controls, like, our calendar
and the schedule and stuff like that
'cause it's so complex
and, like, she is just the one that's like...
That's just how her mind works.
I'm not that stressed out about it.
Like, I know we're gonna get it covered.
We're gonna figure it out and we're gonna move on.
[girl squeals]
It's like, you're not comin' with me, you go to Dallas.
You're not goin' with him to the photoshoot.
And then you got Blayke at a completely different school schedule.
And then completely different sports things.
I don't need him to find another housewife
but I need a duplicate.
-Hey, hey... -[Danielle] I mean...
That's what I'm talkin' about, bro.
-No, not like that. -Oh, oh, nevermind.
-I need someone just to stay on top of Adam -[Dale chuckles]
...with his calendar.
-It's six kids, six different directions. -Yeah, I know. I know.
I can't tell you how many times
I can put things on the schedule,
remind to tell Adam, but, you know,
he calls me his smartphone, 'cause...
he just has me to always remind him
but I don't wanna be the schedule keeper,
reminder, nagger.
I hate bein' that person.
Now just think of the extra layer of work
it just put on top of me,
so it gets overwhelming at times.
[girl laughs]
Hey, Blayke, do you... Do you look at the calendar? Open the calendar?
-Open the calendar? -Yes, she's just like me.
She's always adding something to the calendar.
♪ Hey, hey-oh ♪
[Hazel laughs] Found it.
Just stampede comin' downstairs.
[indistinct conversation]
[Hazel] This is hard.
-[dogs barking] -[Danielle] Oh, it's just Daddy.
Just Daddy.
I did it.
-You did what? -[girl] Did what?
I... I got all the school supplies.
[chuckles]
Danielle thought that it was, like, such a big deal
that I need to go, like, weeks in advance
and get all these school supplies
but here we are,
school hasn't started yet
and I got everything that I need.
-That's a lot. -I know.
I had to buy, like, five of everything.
-[Danielle] So... -I mean, like I always say,
"My baby gets what my baby wants."
It's not a true statement
when you're talking to me. [chuckles]
But you got it done.
[Adam] Took me a couple different stores, but...
I was able to get it.
-I think everything is in there. -A label maker?
-[Adam] I mean, I... I got some... -[Danielle] A calculator?
-...extra things. -This is office supplies, Adam.
Oh, oh, I want the calculator.
See, I knew Riley would want one.
They don't need a calculator for third grade.
-They're learning how to... -They're doing maths, right?
They're learning how to do math.
I thought I used a calculator in school.
We do not use a calculator at school
'cause that would be cheating,
'cause it shows you the answer.
But I do like calculators.
[Danielle] Wite-Out? I mean... [chuckles]
[Adam] I mean, I was thinkin' of everything
that I used to need at school.
-[Danielle] But babe... -We used White-Out.
[Danielle] ...a school supply list
for their class and...
-our, I mean... -[Adam] I got, like, markers
-[Danielle] Hold on. -[Adam] ...and we got paper
and different color folders.
I mean, I got it all.
[girl] What is that?
[Danielle] He did get supplies, but...
Didn't really help out.
I mean, I got... I got what they needed on their list.
And then some.
And then left off half the list.
'Cause you didn't have the list.
Now I'm actually worried.
Like, how's the first week of school's gonna go
without mommy here?
[sighs]
-[girl] Can I open this? -[Danielle] No. No.
-Some of those stuff's gonna have to go back. -Hey, mine. [chuckles]
[Adam] I mean, babe, you gotta give me credit.
This is pretty impressive.
-I feel like you just... -I got everything that they need.
-No, you didn't. -And then some.
[Danielle] Part of being a control freak
is it's hard to let go of that control.
And on top of that,
if you let go and the job is not done right,
it just then adds to my anxiety and stress.
[girl] Why do we need so much of these things?
[Adam] I mean, obviously, I have a lot of other stuff goin' on.
So we have a few extra supplies.
I thought it was supposed to help me.
[all laughing]
[Danielle] School starts Tuesday
and so we need an extra hand.
I just don't like that.
Then one of us don't work anymore.
I could hire someone full-time
and I would still be busy full-time.
If you don't want me to hire someone
then you better step up your game.
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
Oh, hey, I need your PJs.
-I need to go get PJs. -[Danielle] Yeah.
[chuckling]
♪ Comin' free ♪
[Danielle laughing]
Ava, I'm dizzy.
Over the summer we've noticed
that some of the quints struggled with reading more
than the others and so...
As hard as it is with six kids...
[Danielle] Ava is the one that needs
a little bit more attention.
You're gonna use that pillow?
-[chuckles] -[Danielle] After talking to the teachers,
I've been really trying to make a point
-to do one on one time. -All right.
Let's do this.
You know...
this...
You know this...
Make it up.
So what do you think about reading?
Is reading your favorite?
-No. -[Danielle chuckles]
Is it hard?
Bein' a mom of quints, um,
I always knew
that our kids would possibly be behind
in all aspects.
They were born at 28 weeks and two days,
so ever since they started public school,
I have gotten all of them tested
multiple times every year just to see, like,
you know, is there any disabilities?
Do they have speech problems?
Uh, dyslexia.
And so, it's really important at this point with Ava
to figure out where her struggle is,
and is there something that we could do
to help her learn better.
It's super important that we can learn to read
because it's always gonna be something
you have to do the rest of your life.
[Ava] Why?
[Danielle] 'Cause there's reading directions,
reading a recipe, uh...
Why do you need to read directions?
You can just look at the pictures.
Not in all situations.
Like when you're driving
and you need to know which way to go,
you gotta be able to read
-the signs and directions. -I can read the signs.
[Danielle] Yeah?
Stop. S-T-O-P,
-on one of the signs. -Oh.
[chuckles]
What I don't like about reading
it's because, um...
textbooks are way too big.
I like adding the numbers more...
and what I like about numbers [hiccups]
is you get to count up and then down.
[Danielle] I didn't like reading too much when I was your age, either.
I had to find something that I like to read.
-But... -Like, what grade were you in?
Maybe it was fourth grade.
I got a book and it was, like, a mystery.
And that kept me interested in it.
Sometimes the biggest thing you can do as a mom
when you can't do anything is literally just being there
and lovin' on them, huggin' on them,
telling them it's okay and, like, "We're gonna work on this
and we're gonna get better
and, you know what?
We're just gonna try our best."
[Ava] This...
[Danielle] The hardest feelings as a mom
is, like, watching your child, like,
struggle or suffer or hurt.
And you just wanna say,
"I wanna make it all better," and you can't.
You can't just "poof" and it's better.
We do have to practice everyday.
You know that?
You gotta do it, huh?
Gotta learn it.
[kisses]
♪ Say ooh, la la ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
-♪ Ooh, la la ♪ -♪ Hey ♪
[Riley] Simon says,
"Do eight jumping jacks."
-Now, you two do. -[all] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
Simon says, "Do ten pushups."
Parker, down!
-[all giggling] -[Riley] Nose to the ground, Hazel.
No, body straight.
[all chuckling]
I am not the bossiest at Simon Says.
It's this girl right here, she was like,
"No, I'm the person who's saying Simon Says."
Now, you aren't talking. It's my turn.
[chuckles]
[screams] Ah!
[screaming]
[giggling]
-[all laughing] -[girl] Oh, come on.
Good.
[Adam] I got chicken and macaroni.
School starts Tuesday.
I'll take 'em to dance.
You come meet me
and do soccer and then we switch, actually...
Blayke, glad you're here.
Right. We gotta figure out, like,
you want mom and daddy to walk you in at seventh grade?
-[Adam] Oh, yeah. I can hold your hand. -[chuckles] I'm okay.
-[Danielle] Come on. -[Adam] ...take a picture
of mommy and daddy in front of the school.
It would be really weird if my mom and dad
walked me into my school
'cause, like, no one else is gonna do that.
And I don't want my mom and dad be like,
"Aw, you were so cute when you were, like, a little baby."
-Hey, who else in the neighborhood... -Who else is
is tryin' out for volleyball?
-That you can possibly get a ride with -[Blayke] Um...
...on Wednesday.
-Where y'all gonna be? -I'll be at market...
Wednesday through Friday.
And then Wednesday I have a shoot for...
Good Ranchers.
So I have a chef comin' in.
Okay. That's cool.
But on Tuesdays,
are you gonna be able to be gettin' 'em from the bus
and takin' 'em to dance?
There's actually an Iron Chef in town.
Which is pretty cool.
[Danielle] Can you just focus?
I'm ready to get done with this.
Why do you always worry about everything so much?
[Danielle] I will not be here,
so these are things that you...
have to understand on the calendar and figure out.
-I mean, at some point, Adam, like... -No through this.
With your schedule getting busier...
I am in and out always around everywhere.
I feel like we just...
I feel like we need to...
I need some help. We need some help.
This is something that we've talked about in the past,
like, over and over again.
And though we've had help from time to time
when the girls were all little,
things have just gotten way more difficult.
We are pulled in multiple different directions,
multiple different times,
and we just can't keep up with it.
I was excited for the challenge.
We can't beat that challenge
because we don't have enough hands.
We don't have enough drivers.
Are you saying that, like, we need somebody
just to drive them from... from place to place?
-Well, I don't know. -Or... Or we need, like, a full-time person?
I mean, I don't know yet.
I just know that, like, we're getting busier
with home life and kid life
and also work life.
And so we need an extra hand.
Like, I don't know what that looks like at this point, but...
I just feel like we're getting to that point,
-you know... -I just don't like that, honestly.
I mean, I don't either, Adam,
but then one of us don't work anymore.
And I cannot not do that.
We need help with the kids.
There are things with that...
that a person needs to help out with.
But there's also a list of, like,
laundry and keepin' up with their school schedules
and, like, things that you don't ever touch.
I could hire someone full-time,
and I would still be busy full-time.
It's literally just running... Like, running a house.
If you don't want me to hire someone,
then you better step up your game.
[Adam] I just think it's weird
for, like, our kids to have,
like, an event or something going on
-and us... And neither one of us -And not us either, but...
...being there.
-We're not saying games. -Mama.
Like, we're gonna try our best
-to make every game, but... -[Riley] Mama.
[Danielle] I mean, at this point, the quints,
there's two sports across all of them
and four of them are doing the same thing,
and two of them are doing the same thing.
What if they all different were doing something?
Then they're at all different places.
Then it just not gonna hap... If...
-I don't like that. -I don't either. [laughs]
[Adam] I left my career so I could be with my kids
and, like, raise my kids.
Ever since having the quints, I mean, it was...
Every new thing that came along, it's just...
I mean, Danielle and I's motto was just like, "Okay, well...
Like, we'll figure it out."
Whenever Danielle talks about, like, hiring someone
to help us...
I have a problem with it.
And that's where, like, it's hard for me to, like...
wanna do that.
Like, I don't wanna hire somebody
to help me with my kids.
Yeah, I mean, we knew this day would come,
but now it's hard to get
because it's like, well, now we're here.
And it's only gonna get busier, you know?
[both giggling]
Great.
[Dale] Buzz, what do you need to do? Where's your...
Yeah. Up to this point I'm just been sliding, you know?
-I mean, I know you can't handle this, so... -I've been sli...
Slidin' it around in pillows.
So I'm just, in my office,
trying to, like, move stuff around,
trying to figure out, like, what I need
for this next photoshoot.
I called Dale to swing by
just 'cause I had to get a TV out of the house.
-[whoopee cushion blows] -[Olivia giggling]
Daddy, he...
Daddy's, uh...
No, he doesn't.
-Does he? -[Ava] Yes. Totally.
Morning thunder.
-[chuckles] -[whoopee cushion blows]
Oh, yeah. He calls it "morning thunder."
-[whoopee cushion blows] -[chuckles]
-[groans] -[Dale] Dude, this is a wreck.
They need cleanin' up.
[Adam] Well, I had to prep for Good Ranchers stuff and...
I had so much stuff to do here.
I mean, I've been playing freaking...
camp counselor all summer.
Danielle's been up at the store more and...
And I try to get my work done...
just when I can.
-[Hazel] Okay. -[Olivia] You sit.
[whoopee cushion blows]
-[Olivia] Okay. Oh, my. -[Hazel giggling]
[Olivia] Oh, my goodness.
[Danielle] What's up?
What's going on? Give me a hug.
I don't know. I haven't seen you in forever.
Priscilla and her husband
were the first couple Adam and I met
when we moved to Texas.
So we became friends because...
I mean, she's a mom and a wife.
Like, so she gets what I'm going through.
And since there's no one in the store,
I thought it would just be a fun time
to pop open a glass of champagne
so we can catch up.
By the way, this is amazing.
[Danielle] Yeah, thanks.
You're keeping... You're doing a good work over here.
-It's slowly, slowly getting there. -Yeah.
How are you handling all this?
I know that this a lot with the kids' schedule and doing more stuff.
-I mean... -How's your sanity? [chuckles]
Is it ever well? I don't know.
[chuckles] Poor.
It's a lot just now
with Adam working outside of the home more
-Yeah. -...which makes it more challenging for me.
We just had a checklist of things
that just, like, gotta get done
and, like, you know, he's...
He is fun dad
and we just work so differently, I think.
He doesn't think about...
-all the things all the time. -[Priscilla] Yeah.
I do.
Adam has been doing a lot the house.
Especially this last year with, you know,
more cooking and getting kids off the bus
with school last year.
But that doesn't necessarily take a lot of weight off
when you have a family of this size
to keep us on track and...
The weight of that I do feel, like,
does fall on me
because I am the planner and organizer and scheduler.
-There's only two of us. -[Priscilla] Yeah.
-And, you know... -And when he's out of town,
-you're getting pulled -And when he's out of town,
-...in all these directions. -...I can't do it all.
-Store, quints, Blayke. -I mean, I like to act like I can.
I can only imagine what your house looks like. [laughs]
Uh, that actually is the death of me.
Like, that's what makes me mad
and gives me anxiety because, like,
I wanna be able to go home and, like,
relax and, like, have peace and stuff
but I can't. I can't.
Mmm-hmm.
That's better.
[Adam] Danielle is stressed out.
-School's about to start. -Yeah.
And so...
you know, it's Danielle working,
me working, plus all the kid's activities.
I mean, somedays you just don't know
if you'll be able to cover it all
and were, like, reaching out to friends or whatever and...
We don't like asking people for stuff.
I... I get it, but dude, you can't do it all either.
You're gonna frickin' run yourself ragged
or you're gonna get your stuff in a bind
and you ain't got nothing then you gotta be
at the shoot, Danielle's gonna be wherever, then what do you do?
I don't know.
I mean, have you ever thought about hirin'...
like, a nanny?
I mean, I know... I know you never had that, but...
[Adam] I've never wanted that.
That's why I, like, I stepped away
from, like, oil and gas
so I could be home and work from home
so that...
we didn't have to do that.
And so it's like,
-but now, like, we're getting to a point, -Yeah.
[Adam] ...we're, like, crap.
You know, I keep going back to, like, my childhood
and, like, my parents were so present with everything.
Granted, you know, they didn't have six kids.
But I wanna be a dad like my dad.
And, you know, I wanna be there for everything
and I wanna be there for all the practices.
I wanna be there for all the games.
I wanna be, you know...
And, you know, you just start to feel like...
You... You can't live up to that.
It's only gonna get worse, man.
[sighs]
I mean, it's hard for me to find
a in-between in the balance of, like,
how do I maintain here?
Like, with health, with schedule,
with all... It's like, just always like this.
-Yeah. -Every... Like, I wake up
and it goes like this until everybody's asleep.
Then I can... calm.
There's just really, no, like,
private time and alone time in the house.
I mean, it's very, very rare.
Um, I mean I can go take a bath
and Adam can be with the kids
but, guess what, they're six of 'em
and somebody's gonna come interrupt me.
[Adam] Daddy's gonna put y'all to bed.
Ava.
Me and you are gonna read, okay?
Hey.
[Danielle] You're supposed to be taking a bath upstairs.
Okay, well.
-Oh, my gosh. -[Danielle] Don't take all my bubbles away.
Can you read to me?
Where's Daddy?
He's readin' with Ava.
Well, can you just wait your turn?
"Oh, mama's in the tub. Let's go find her. Let's go.
Well, I haven't seen mama. Let's go find her.
Where is she at?" [chuckles]
-But... -Well, you don't wanna get to the point
where you're too much and then all of a sudden
it's like you... You feel like you're outta control.
And...
You can't keep up with the kids mentally.
I feel like I have to stay busy
or I might have feelings.
Like, I might cry, like, if I have to stop.
[both laughing]
[Priscilla] I know that Danielle doesn't usually like
to ask for help.
So as a friend, I'm just concerned
because since she started the shop,
it's almost like she's, you know,
goin' up here in the water, she's trying to, you know,
breathe for a little bit.
I see that she's overwhelmed. It's hard to watch.
So do you... Have you thought about seeing someone?
Like?
[Priscilla] Just talking to a therapist
or somebody who is more...
Uh...
-professional than I am. -[Danielle] I just don't think...
[both laughing]
I don't know, I mean...
-Somebody that can actually help you -Actually, you know what...
-...and give you good advice and, you know... -Do you want
my honest opinion?
I don't have time for that right now.
-[laughs] In all honesty. -Well, you need to make time.
-That needs to be a priority. -In all honesty.
I don't like to be emotional.
I'd rather power through
and move on to the next thing.
But I do know there's a benefit to therapy
and understanding and your feelings and emotions
and blah, blah, blah.
I just...
think when and where and how.
But then, again, f we had help,
maybe I would be able to find time
where I can, like, mentally...
take care of myself, too.
-[Priscilla] Just so you know, I'm here for you, you know? -Yeah.
I worry about you and I wanna make sure that...
you stay sane.
Ah! Whee!
[Adam] What're you doing?
[Danielle] No wonder why you can't find anything.
Because it's all on the floor.
Like, you're spinnin' your wheels right now and you need to chill.
[Danielle] It's overwhelming right now.
Like, I just feel like I'm doin' it all myself.
That's it. I'm going for a walk then.
Thanks for helpin' with the kids.
I'm gonna explode.
And then clean the playroom too.
♪ Oh, oh Whoa-oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪
Hey, someone's coming in. A customer.
Riley, we're not opened yet.
[Riley] I'll just park my car but I don't know where.
[girl 1] Ava, find another piano.
[Riley] We need a parking spot.
Get on there!
I always have four sisters to play with
but sometimes...
would get annoying.
[laughing]
Hey, guys. Hey, buddy.
You're banished from upstairs?
[girl] You found Franklin.
[girl laughs]
Are you in the closet?
[Danielle sighs loudly]
[Adam] What're you doing?
What I do too much of. It's all I do.
Clothes.
[Adam] But why are you in the closet?
Because they can never get a T-shirt down
without doing this.
This. So now I'm having to look
for a specific shirt
and then I get stuck in here and I'm like,
"Well, no wonder why you can't find anything
because it's all on the floor."
Everything's always a disaster.
No one can keep anything together.
Crap's everywhere.
I deal with clothes all day at work, too,
which is kind of ironic, because...
that's always the story at the house.
I want to be able to come home
and feel proud about my home and enjoy the space.
I feel like it's just a house of mess.
I don't get stressed out by a lot of things
but what stresses me out is clutter and stuff everywhere.
And everybody in this house does it.
Just stresses me out.
-[girl 1] Ah ha! -[girl 2] Ow! Ouch!
Just stepped on a LEGO.
I hate comin' home and it's like...
you can't find anything, you gotta step over crap.
You gotta do this, you gotta do that.
Look and more PJs.
[imitating a child] "Mom, I can't find any PJs."
[in normal voice] It's 'cause they're all in this pile of clean clothes.
I mean, Danielle is clearly worked up,
and I don't think it's just the closet being messy.
Something bigger is obviously going wrong here.
Maybe it's just because
we don't have somebody lined up yet
for the second day of school
or, I mean, her leaving for market
and just making sure everything's covered
or me working out of the house more.
I mean, t could even be the van,
I mean, for all I know, but...
The quints closet is like this pretty often
and so, you know, for this to be bothering her,
um, you know, it's...
It definitely goes deeper than this.
Hey, look at me.
Stop.
-[girl screaming] -Go for a walk.
You're gonna organize all this?
I'll do my best.
And you know what?
That's good enough.
No, this life has to have
a form of structure and organization
because then no one can find anything
and then I'm stuck going
and finding everything again, like,
no one cares about that kinda stuff
but all it does is, like, fire me up.
And the only time I get a break
is when my eyes are closed, Adam.
But look, this is the other thing I do all the time.
I have to take the underwear out
and pull the clothes right side in to wash 'em.
-It's like... -Well, that's why all of the shorts
I bought have underwear built into 'em.
So I don't have to worry about that.
Well, thanks for helping with the kids.
It's overwhelming right now.
Like, I'm in the closet.
This is the kind of things that I would like help with.
Not only do we pick up kid clothes,
we pick up baby doll clothes.
I just feel like I'm doin' it all myself
and I'm gonna explode.
I hate, like, coming home
and it's like, I can't relax in this home.
I just feel like everybody just keeps stepping on
on top of everything and everyone and...
And then I get mad
because I'm stressed out about this kind of stuff.
Like, you're spinnin' your wheels right now, and you need to chill.
-So... -Don't use those words with me.
-I'mma get fired up even more. -Relax.
I like, I just can't... I can't... Just...
Ah! Whee!
That's it. I'm about to go relax.
I'm going for a walk then.
You're gonna organize this.
But don't even know what's behind me.
All this stuff that's gotta get hung up.
And then clean the playroom too.
Girls, I'm going for a walk.
[Danielle] No.
-Can you get off the iPad? -[girls giggling]
[narrator] Next time on OutDaughtered...
-[sounds from iPad] -[giggling] I'll finish.
[Danielle] First day of school,
it's time to leave.
I'm going down.
We can crack on Riley's forehead here.
[Danielle] How about we just cook?
Because we've got, like, 20 minutes.
I mean, Danielle, she's leavin' town.
It's the first week of school.
There's a lot of new stuff happening.
Go get in the car and buckle up.
I don't know if that's why, like, she's so,
like, uptight about everything.
[sighs] I'm already tired.
[Adam] Riley's crying?
My baby's here.
[Adam] It's hard to see, like, your kid cryin'.
She's definitely feelin' it right now.
[Blayke] Volleyball tryouts are coming up
and I saw how many good people were playing.
[Adam] Do you think you have a good chance?
[Blayke] I don't know. I'm really nervous.
Worst case scenario
is my friends all making the team
and I am the only one that doesn't.
All right, Chef.
Hey, everybody. My name is Chef Beau Mac.
I'm a professional chef.
[Adam] I'm at the photoshoot
and my adrenaline's running so high right now.
Ah! Dammit.
[sighs] [bleep]
I have a knife in my bag
and slid my finger
straight down the blade of this knife.
I mean, there's a ton of blood
but I can't hold up this shoot
and I feel like an idiot.
Oh, my gosh.
-[bleep] -[man] I think we're ready.