Hoda Kotb Shares Images from Her Day with Daughters After ‘In the present day’ Exit

Hoda Kotb is relishing the additional downtime she will get together with her ladies.

On Thursday, Jan. 16, the previous discuss present host, 60, shared a set of images of herself and her children on a “common” day following her emotional exit from the In the present day present after 17 years.

“One other common.. abnormal…spectacular day xo,” she captioned the Instagram put up.

The carousel started with two snaps of Kotb strolling exterior with her daughters, Haley Pleasure, 8, and Hope Catherine, 5, whom she shares with ex Joel Schiffman.

The household was dressed for a chilly winter day with the NBC alum sporting a white puffer jacket with black particulars and a fur-lined hood, in addition to a black hat. In the meantime, Haley and Hope respectively stayed heat in lavender and black jackets, furry ear muffs and boots. 

The children have been photographed sporting their backpacks as they walked down the driveway and onto the highway – seemingly on the route to high school.

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The ultimate image within the put up is a screenshot of a candy quote that reads, “I feel you must inform individuals how vital they’re to you, not as a result of they might go away at any second, however as a result of they’re right here now, and it’s value saying.”

The Making Area podcast host beforehand instructed PEOPLE in an unique interview that she left In the present day to spend extra time together with her children. 

“I’ve had yearnings, and you recognize when one thing’s pulling you? It is such as you both go towards it otherwise you shove it down and say, ‘Nope, that is the best way. I’ll keep right here as a result of it is secure,’ ” she stated. “It does make extra sense to remain at NBC. I am financially safe and I’d have job safety. I imply, why would you ever not do this? However I have been watching my children and I used to be pondering to myself, I’m wondering what I am lacking?”

One factor Kotb stated she was trying ahead to was taking her ladies to high school.

“I used to be like, ‘Guess what? Mommy goes to have the ability to take you to high school now,’ ” Kotb remembered of breaking the information of her profession transition to the children. “They stated, ‘Wednesday?’ I’m going, ‘No, honey, not Wednesday.’ ‘Effectively, Thursday?’ I’m going, ‘No, no, no, honey, it should be like after January.’ ‘After my birthday?’ They have been horrified,” she stated with amusing.

Kotb signed off from In the present day for the ultimate time on Jan. 10 and shared a glimpse of her new morning routine just some days later.

On Jan. 14, the journalist posted a number of images and a video on her Instagram of her dropping her daughters off at college. She seemed giddy as she posed for selfies together with her daughters and recorded a video of them strolling into college.

“Bye!” Hope stated within the video, to which Kotb replied, “I like you!” whereas holding up her espresso mug to the digicam. “Cheers.”

“Faculty drop!!! Let’s goooo!” the proud mother wrote within the caption.