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- Christina Haack, Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa are sharing a joint post in honor of their son Brayden’s first day of school
- The 9-year-old was seen posing with his family as he got ready to go to his first day of fourth grade
- Haack shares Brayden and daughter Taylor with ex Tarek
Christina Haack and Tarek El Moussa’s son Brayden had his whole family by his side on his first day of school.
On Monday, Aug. 18, Christina, Tarek and the dad of three’s wife Heather Rae El Moussa shared a joint post on Instagram as they celebrated Brayden’s first day of fourth grade. In the sweet photo, the blended family could be seen posing together as they honored the newly minted fourth grader.
Tarek and Heather were pictured on one side, with Heather holding their son Tristan. Brayden, 9, stood between his stepmom and his mom, Christina, who had one arm around her son. Tarek and Christina’s daughter Taylor, 14, was not pictured in the photo.
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“First day of 4th grade for Bray 🩵 New school. Fresh start. New adventures. Let the chaos begin!!! 🤪,” Christina wrote in the caption.
“👏👏👏 Here we go!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🫣🤪,” Heather commented on the post.
Christina and Tarek share Brayden and daughter Taylor, while Christina is also mom to son Hudson, 5. Heather and Tarek share son Tristan, 2.
This past May, Christina and Heather shared a joint post on Instagram as they attended Brayden’s Mother’s Day party at his school. In the adorable photo, Brayden could be seen standing between his mom and his stepmom, Heather, placing an arm on each of their shoulders.
“We got spoiled early for Mother’s Day by this cutie. Beautiful classroom tea party, sweet notes and lots of love,” the two wrote in their joint caption. “💕 Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend as well!”
In April, Heather appeared on Melissa Gorga’s podcast On Display from PodcastOne and spoke about her relationship with Christina. The proud mom said she gives Christina props for how gracefully she handled Heather’s relationship with her kids.
After Gorga asked her if there were different rules or routines at her house than at Christina’s, Heather shared that the mom of two “never micromanaged me,” and her husband didn’t either.
“That was really nice that I wasn’t told what to do, how to do it. I was able to just kind of come in and figure things out on my own and kind of at my own time,” she continued. “And she was very much in their life.”
“So it wasn’t like I was coming in to replace her. I was just coming in to be added love and help take care of them and help raise them,” Heather said. “And you know, I give her props because being now a mom and having my son, it would be really hard to have a woman come in and raise my kid and not know what they’re doing at the household.”
She went on to say she believes Christina always knew she only had good intentions where the kids were concerned.
“But I think Christina knew early on that my heart was just pure. I was there to love and I was there just to be a really good stepmom,” Heather said. “And I think she felt that and knew that and the kids loved me so much that she was grateful for me.”
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