{"id":127755,"date":"2025-09-02T17:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/127755\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:37:05","slug":"hoda-kotb-shares-back-to-school-photos-with-daughters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/127755\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb Shares Back-To-School Photos With Daughters"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the first day of school for Hoda Kotb\u2019s two daughters<\/a> and everyone is ready for it! <\/p>\n

\u201cFirst day!!! 3rd and 1st,\u201d the former TODAY co-host captioned family photos on Instagram<\/a>. In Hoda\u2019s pictures, the girls look sharp in their back-to-school outfits: Haley Joy, the elder daughter, wore a denim jumpsuit and little sister Hope Catherine rocked a purple pleated skirt over a pair of leggings. A beaming Hoda jumped into frame as well. <\/p>\n

Hoda also posted individual portraits of her daughters, along with a shot of the trio walking to school. The proud mom also snapped a group photo of her children posing with friends at school. <\/p>\n

Hoda, who shares her daughters with her ex-fianc\u00e9, Joel Schiffman, recently left New York City (and her longtime job as TODAY co-host) for life in the suburbs. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had seven great years in the city with kids and that\u2019s amazing, but I also think kids need to have their feet in the grass and dirt,\u201d Hoda told<\/a> her former TODAY co-host Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> in September 2024. <\/p>\n

As Hoda explained<\/a> on-air in August 2024: \u201cIt\u2019s all new \u2014 new kids, new school, new things, new everything. And it\u2019s funny because all I could think of was I want my house for the kids to feel warm and cozy and a place where they want to hang. And that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoda marked her move from the city by getting her dream car: A minivan. <\/p>\n

\u201cLet me explain: Me in a minivan is a dream,\u201d Hoda said on TODAY<\/a> last year. \u201cI\u2019ve wanted it and I haven\u2019t had it and also, I am sometimes a \u2018Carpool Mom.\u2019 I can only take three kids because there is no other room \u2014 not anymore! … I cannot wait for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She even declared her first grocery store run, \u201cbreaking news\u201d on TODAY<\/a>, explaining: \u201cIt feels like you are flying in a plane at 35,000 feet … my kids piled in, they want to sit in the way back, go ahead because this is a big old bus.\u201d<\/p>\n