TRADER JOE'S HAUL & BACKYARD TOUR!

[@jessicajohnson8878]

Hey Colleen, i'm a senior geologist graduating this month! and my opinion of your fossil/shells at the end is 1,2, and 3 look like they totally could be corals. 4, very well could be the mold of a fish spine which is rare! When it comes to fossils, there's always a cast and a mold with the cast being the 3D fossil part and the mold being the imprint left behind. Clearly the bones once there were very fragile, so its amazing preservation! The rest to me all look like forms of a rock called "coquina" or shell conglomerates. This basically means random broken up shell pieces (fossils could be mixed in but would need up close ID) get solidified together into a rock. Keep on searching!

[@kevettecozier3476]

During the TTQ portion of the video, I absolutely LOVE the way Erik is looking at you. So much love in his eyes.

[@samanthasmith9310]

The way Erik looks at you!♡♡♡♡ it's so sweet! Love you guys so much!!

[@alschne2]

Hi esthetician here. I would recommend going to a beauty school to get them done. It’s cheaper and you don’t have to worry about doing it yourself. Also I would add a tint to it if you are looking for that true no mascara mascara look!

[@hannahcaitens5222]

So true, the tint makes all the difference - even if you already think you have dark lashes!!

[@livshopeurok]

TTQ: will you ever be posting on Colleen Ballinger? i love the vlogs but i miss the commentary videos!

[@sp00kyMerBabe]

*Colleen! Just so you know- the rocks that have the leftover imprints in them are ALSO considered fossils! It doesn’t have to actually have the remains still in it to be considered one!* ❤

[@deserabailey8500]

Yess! Thats what i was gunna say! :)

[@werelynx13]

Colleen, I think I speak for most when I tell you that you don't need to tell us if you're going to edit or not. I'm going to watch your videos regardless, love! 💞

[@SweetAshGamer]

Erik needs to join more tortilla talks! This was great! 🤣🤣

[@shannonmuhlenkamp2000]

TTQ: As a mom I often think about when my kiddos get older and what personality they will have, their careers, etc…do you think about Flynn, Maisie and Wesley’s careers, personality and how they will be when they grow up?!

[@ladygstuffandnonsense9831]

I love seeing you and Erik chatting...It's not about "what" you're saying. It's more about the two of you seemingly enjoying each other's company. That's the way is should be. Oh...you need to retitle this video "The Butt Edition"....in honor of the children's book and you and Erik discussing uhhhhh rocks and sea glass... (snigger-giggle).

[@pinkstar7775]

I've always been obsessed with rocks and shells and cool collectables like that and to see u enjoying it makes me so happy. I love seeing ur cool unique finds. U inspire me everyday since I started watching u back in 2018. Keep doing what ur doing. 😊

[@cierrablue]

Artichoke tip! Soar them in VERY salty water for about 30 minutes. And then rinse rinse rinse! That should help with the bugs.

[@lorifahan7444]

colleen, would you ever do a whole video of picking fruits and vegatables from your garden ? that would be cool! or maybe im lame and a nerd

[@tabbylouise]

The amount of times butts was said in this vlog 😂

[@charitys.3862]

You don't Have to have the hen , you can hatch the chicks w an incubator. Then, you have to have a safe warm place preferably inside w a heat lamp on them for qbout 5 to 6 weeks. But, the problem we ran into is, if you're putting thrm in a coupe w grown chickens it takes a good bit for the elders to accept them! 😊

[@swimminggirl1998]

colleen, your true fans will NEVER get bored of you talking about rocks! I love seeing you happy and talking about something you’re passionate about!!!

[@karihogen7250]

Please have someone come and look at your fossil rocks! I'm amazed by your collection and think it would be so interesting on what they would tell you or have to say! Also you and Eric are just the most adorable loving couple to watch no matter what it is you are talking about!❤ Love you QUEEN!❤

[@mbuck100]

TTQ: what does Eric do for skincare? He is glowing! Skincare tutorial? 😘

[@joclyntracy7745]

If youre in the market for cute swim wear id recommend Cupshe! They make super stylish one-pieces and make Mommy-daughter matching swim suits!!!!

[@justlovefinley3764]

about the rocks/fossils!!! those could be fossils but they are most likely chemically /organically formed sedimentary rocks like limestone. these rocks can be crystalline or bioclastic which means they are made up of cemented shell fragments or compacted plant remains hope this helps!!

[@Vendyyy13]

Crying in Norwegian while looking at Colleens garden. We JUST had our last frost and I'm somewhat starting to plant things to MAYBE reap in August/September

[@joyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoy]

3:52 SUNSTONE! 🤩☀️✨ I told my bf today that I’m officially addicted to your rock vlogs and we have to go hounding stat. We’re in NorCal and the idea of finding rocks like the ones you find is so EXCITINGGGG!

[@thebakingsideoflife4870]

You should put the brown sugar boba mochi in the freezer and it will firm up the texture a bit. I also thought it was a bit soft but love the flavor! I decided to put it in the freezer and that did the trick.

[@alygatmeow]

Hi! Fellow twin NICU mom here! My boys, Benny and Theo, were born 5 months after Maisy and Wesley. Your videos have helped get me through those rough twin pregnancy days and have honestly help prepare me for the heart shattering NICU days. Thank you for that! Anyways, TTQ… have you seen the Tik Toks of those picky pads?? I feel like you’d not only like to make those, but also they could help you and be a replacement for your picking behaviors? (This is the behavior analyst in me speaking.)

[@kellyparker1444]

I haven’t laughed so hard in ages. You and Erik are so funny. Also how he looks at you when you’re talking is adorable. ❤

[@Breadbakinggirl]

Colleen you need to get a geologist to come to your house and identify some of your rocks!

[@chloelamar]

Those fossil rocks are soo cool!!! Like a 3d art piece. They feel like they have so much story to tell. Also... so many butts!! The Era of the flapjacks and g-strings! Coocoopants!

[@laurenschenck5355]

Awww I love Daisy loving the camera attention so cute and adorable! 🥰 💚💚

[@monicagarcia7037]

The way he looks at her!!!!!!😍🥰😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@alicerice8506]

All of our fruit trees and flowers are doing exceptionally well this year too ❤

[@themomandthemaverick]

Alright!! Bonafide rock and fossil nerd!! I'm a Michigan girl and our beaches have so much fossils. So I collect a lot of fossils. You are very right here it is not good to tumble fossils. Many are trapped in shale which would just turn to dust. So yes lots of those are fossils, I know our fossils are different because our areas are so different, but I'll tell you what I think. 1 and 2 looked a type of coral like you said, also sometimes rocks with lots of pits and cracks can be a type of basalt which is a lava rock, where air bubbles created as the rock cooled during a volcanic eruption. 3, I'm very curious about. Does it have any quartz involved in those weird lumps? It sort of looks like the bumpy center of an agate pocket. If I could feel it and knew what it's texture was. But it could also be a corel fossil I don't know. 4 is definitely a fossil. I know it's a print of a fish spine or something, but still a fossil. 5 is a conglomerate rock. These contain a bunch of different rocks and fossils. I definitely see fossils in all those type of rocks you have. 6 I think is petrified wood, which is fossilized wood and like you said can have agate within, this happens because as the tree petrifies its gaps fill with minerals that over(millions of years) time turns those minerals into quartz leaving those bands that agates are so well known for. 7-12 are all conglomerates and definitely have pieces of shells and probably coral and other rocks. 13 looks interesting also. Is this one have any transparent spots? The coloring reminds me of shale but it looks like a agate. This is another one I want to feel and hold. And is interesting. It definitely has multiple different types of rocks swirled, but this one stumps me. 14 sort of looks like a blueish stone with a quartz inside. Definitely interesting also. I do see what you mean where it could be one. The texture is what makes me think it could be.

[@avery9239]

ya learn something new everyday! i thought the same about the birds of paradise! i’m shocked it’s not a birds beak and head feathers!

[@Joanie-cu7wr]

I have always loved rocks & fossils since I was a kid, and my grandkids love them now great grands love them.⛰️💎

[@raejay3308]

To make brookies:: smash cookie dough in bottom of a baking dish . Make brownie batter and pour over cookie sheet and cook until brownies are done. Cool and cut into bars. So so good

[@meldr]

There is a learning curve and it is time consuming but lash lifts get easier and faster and the results are Sooo worth it for me it takes me 30 mins I do both at the same time the longest part is set up gluing the lashes and clean up.

[@michelledavis5525]

My favorite books as a kid were the bug books by David A. Carter. They are interactive, some are touch and feel, some are pop up, some are lift and sniff, etc.

[@elizabethspeer1911]

colleen, the rock content IS fun! think of it this way, you probably have watched videos om youtube about rocks and their polishings and their meaning, well thats what your daily content is for me and probably lots of other people too! I have learned so much i never thought i would about rocks and rock polishing from you that now it is a genuine interest of mine and i find myself eeking out other rock videos on tik tok! so KEEP BRINGING THE ROCKKKK CONTENTTTT

[@allie12212]

The tanning at planet fitness was included in the black card membership, it is kinda expensive but you also get hydro massages as well

[@SoftLightASMR]

Hey there. I don't know if you will ever see this bit frankly I'm panicking. Last night my husband and I found out that we're having twins and... I don't know. I'm just freaking out and don't know anyone in my personal life that has had twins and could just use some words of wisdom or support or positivity ❤ also, my first son is 14 months old and I'm 10 weeks ❤

[@tabbylouise]

Thank you so much for answering my TTQ and showing your potential fossils!! Was so cool to see all the rocks I 100% believe fossil 4 is one. Fossil 5,6 and 11 are really interesting I think you should try cracking some open!! These videos bring me so much joy and comfort thank you for being here and putting a smile on my face everyday 💜

[@tinamarie7777]

Your fossils are so cool!!! I was hoping so much that someone in your comments will know some stuff about them! #3 looked like a walnut and several of them look like they are from space!!! 🥰☀️

[@jessAmarie1424]

Hey girl hey. Do you let your kids watch movies if so have they seen cars and/or a bugs life?

[@SweetAshGamer]

11:30 🤣🤣🤣 "I wasn't LOOKING for butts..."

[@kryssygrzybowski723]

I LOVED seeing you two do tortilla talk together!! Can we have next Tortilla talk tuesday with questions about the two of you? Like the beginning of your relationship and how that happened, maybe?

[@KarlaEmmerson]

Please do the 2nd part of TTPD 😫!

[@laurenschenck5355]

I love Daisy and Gus they are so cute and sweet and adorable 💛🩵🩵

[@sargatoff]

A treasury of Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman was a book I loved to read to my daughter ❤

[@ericblackburn60]

Colleen, you really hit the house jackpot with your yard 😍

[@HeidiJeanTwin]

The potential fossils look awesome! Thanks for sharing. You've inspired me and my twin sister to start rock hounding! She lives on Vancouver Island and I live on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The beaches I have visited so far have SO MANY ROCKS! I think of you every time I am there. You would freak out. lol Anyway, thanks for sparking joy in my life! ❤

[@angiehawkins8289]

Your garden is beautiful!

[@bellaboorebornnursery]

Agree with Eric 100% home

[@deserabailey8500]

I feel like a LOT of those last ones could be conglomerate rock fossils, just kinda jumbled and squished together fossils with rocks. still really cool! :)

[@chachaluv7]

As a Planet Fitness elite 😂 they still have the tanning booths AND beds but it is indeed extra. Like an extra $10 a month to get access to them. I pay the extra but not for the tan. For the ability to bring a friend if I want and for access to their massage chairs and better yet their hydro beds. Idk their proper name but they’re the best and worth the extra money to me

[@shelly0801]

I feel like I’ve commented this before but the way Erik looks at you is so sweet🥹

[@yenisalazar67]

Colleen , I think Flynn would love the pigeon books. They have different ones and are so funny. Our favorite one is “dont let the pigeon drive the bus”. I hope you get them and he loves them 😀

[@ScarletLevi]

I put the mochi in the fridge or freezer to make the texture better!!

[@ambersimmons4329]

I don't know what all of them are, but here are the ones I do know. Fossil 4- definitely a fossil! The imprint is also considered a fossil. Fossil. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, - that is considered a concretion with shell fossils inside. Basically a bunch of shells and such concreted into a rock.

[@alisonjones9361]

I think my favorite song from TTPD is “My boy only breaks his favorite toys”

[@aleeyore]

I got a book written about our cat with my kids names as the characters. It is so cute! I bet your kids would love that!

[@kristinmcgee6610]

YES TO THE POOPING! I have to poop everytime I go to Target, Marshall’s, any craft store, any antique store. My kids know that when we’re at those locations and I say, “ Oh, no”. It’s 💩🚽 time 😂😂😂😂

[@breepinchbeck]

Number 4 defs looks like a fossil 😊 also I don't think you need to address if your videos are gonna be more edited or not we appreciate any video you put out there ❤❤

[@laurenschenck5355]

OBSESSED with ur gorgeous garden Colleen and love it so much absolutely incredible! 🩵💛💞💜💖💞💜💜

[@MegRiv84]

Yaassssss The brookie clusters are SOOOOOO good. Also my current hyperfixation food.

[@meghanking1]

I did the stand up tanning beds too (due to fear from that movie where the guy locked the girl in the tanning bed and cranked it up) but one time I had to use a diff one and I legit couldn’t find the door, every panel looked the same…I panicked and had to call for help, I was butt naked but didn’t care, I was like yes come in!! They opened the door and I swear I would have hugged them if I could have I was so happy to be out of there🥴 now I’m in my 40’s and get the occasional spray tan in the summer!

[@ptittman]

The most underrated song on The Anthology is “The Bolter” I’m obsessed with it and I haven’t heard a single other person even mention it. Listen to it and give me your thoughts please 🙏

[@Thestellargirl7]

??TTQ?? Do you sleep with any of your rocks? I sleep with selenite under my pillow and I have rocks gems and crystals all around the house. Do you decorate with your rocks?? You have helped restore my previous love of rocks, which started for me after a traumatic time in my life. The rocks kept me connected with reality and I felt safe and grounded with them. I love to see people find the healing benefits of rocks and how they hold so much power that we can tap into! The love will only grow deep as you continue collecting. Rock on!!! 🤘 lol! 😂 much love from a fellow rock lover

[@faeriesandrainbows]

Plot twist: The cat book was written about Gus by one of your devoted followers.

[@kathryngarland3032]

STOP. Is this true???

[@HoofArted91]

You can also just go get your lashes permed which I’ve been wanting to do!

[@devynlapatina]

woah your lashes look amazing #1.... also i loveee your haul videos especially loved your ross haul

[@cathyragland6661]

Colleen would you consider filming rocks start to finish all the steps?

[@shadowkissed2370]

I grew up in So Cal not far from you Colleen and I thought the same thing about the Birds of Paradise.

[@brendadelaney800]

TTQ- @colleen do you miss having a pool?

[@usernameganby]

COLLEEN! Those potential fossils are insane! I could stare at them all day. They’re like art to me.

[@SianSmidge]

My toddler loves a book called 101 bums, im sure Flynn & the twins would love it too!

[@KayJay2510]

Book suggestion: my 3yo is obsessed with Piranhas Don't Like Bananas That book says bum in it a couple times and she cackles too 😅

[@kmarie5301]

Chloe or sam or Sophia or Marcus is my favorite of all of them. Highly recommend a close listen!!!

[@tabbylouise]

Love you so much Colleen ❤️

[@kelseyburns255]

Slay Colleen! Love u sm❤❤❤ best part of my day for real

[@MadamRoastBeefYT]

Artichokes GALORE!! 🤣Yay! Haha

[@gdillon]

TTQ: how do you keep up with your garden with your kids? My garden is literally 8 vegetable plants and i find myself neglecting it with my kids!

[@makenarose5933]

Number 6 looks to me like a fossilized cow tooth! I find them beach combing! As well as horse teeth and my favorite porcupine mouth plate (fish teeth) I’m in hawaii

[@MsV405]

OMG Eric is the quintessential hubby/lovey material!

[@amyluisa]

Try the brookie clusters on top of chocolate chip cookies- it’s delicious!

[@AwesomeCat2012]

TTQ: Do you have anyone who helps you with the garden? Weeding, fertilizer, etc?

[@terrifendi]

Do you have a gardener to keep everything alive? Your backyard is everything ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@popmusic2008]

I think that fossil number four is a fossil, and that fossil number five is not, but it is just a conglomerate of rocks inside of another rock. But I just assume that the ones of the imprints are a fossil even though it's just like a mould of it. Like I think number eight has a seashell fossil.

[@kirstencourtney8792]

I went to the gym today and I realized I'm wearing the same leggings as you!! I love this brand, the best ever!!!❤❤❤

[@debbieebbiebobebbie]

FOSSILS!!! History rocks heh.

[@kelseyjones3054]

TTQ: You make being a mom look so easy. Are there ever really hard days where the kids drive you crazy?

[@homeatnumberninetyfive]

I was just thinking about how Erik would edit his own Vlogs…. I feel like it would be very edited and very sheek. Cool clips and splendid sounds. I feel like we need him to edit at least a video because it would be such a cool vibe 😎

[@kelseyburns255]

Where did you get the you’re on your own kid crew neck! It’s adorable

[@avorrasi]

If no one has has mentioned it, the sweater is from Dear Reader Designs!! 💛✨

[@amberboboc2865]

We want to hear your TTPD thoughts and lyrics you love etc! I loved when you did that for the midnights album- I feel like you helped me understand the songs better on a deeper level!! ❤❤❤

[@erinchavez8235]

OMG!! I am cracking up! Is pooping at Target a thing? 🤣. I swear Every. Single. Time I'm there. Wth! 😂

[@sadiemcelhaney2003]

Planet fitness still does that! But you have to pay for the Black Card membership that's $25 a month and you can go to any location, hydromassage, and tanning. I have the $10 a month one but you can't tan or use the hydromassage and only one location.

[@LizzyLee426]

I love how Colleen and Erik and fam just walked into a magical house with a magical garden! What a lovely place. The garden is freaking amazing. Also, I love your rocks, I started watching so many rock videos without your vlogs everyday, and the two combining is literally everything.

[@christinamucetti-clemente4545]

TTQ!!!!!!!! Please I need an update on your favorite TTPD SONGS!!!! I’m loving fortnight , Clara bow and soooo many more!!!

[@monicaseaton9794]

Love this whole video!

[@madiem5359]

Tortilla talk question: how many rocks have you collected so far? Do you ever think you will run out of room for more? ❤

[@catherinerittenhouse1683]

I'd say concretions with a few fossil inclusions for the fossils. Spiney one looks like fish spine and piece of fin imprint