Stassi Schroeder has high hopes for her daughter’s future.
Five years after she exited Vanderpump Rules, the mom of two, 36, reunited with Lisa Vanderpump for season 2 of its spinoff series, Vanderpump Villa. During an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Schroeder and the businesswoman, 64, open up about their family’s relationships, including one between Schroeder’s 3-year-old daughter Hartford and Vanderpump’s 2-year-old grandson Teddy.
Schroeder recalls how “obsessed” her little one, whom she shared with her husband Beau Clark, was with Vanderpump, noting that there was a time when “she had to do her nails every day.” The toddler would repaint her nails daily to match Vanderpump.
“I love little kids. I love little children, so it was great for Teddy to have somebody to play with as well,” Vanderpump adds.
“Could you imagine if my daughter became a Vanderpump?” Schroeder jokes, with both Vanderpump and the “You Can’t Have It All” author agreeing that it would be a “full circle” moment. Schroeder adds, “Holidays would be so amazing.”
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Schroeder is also a parent to son Messer Rhys, 19 months, whom she welcomed in September 2023. Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the VIP Launch of Jeremy Scott X Cybex Car last June, she shared that becoming a mother of two is “so different” and “really intense.”
“I think no one properly warned me that going from one to two is harder than going from zero to one. Because now it’s like me and my husband are just like … one of them’s on the other,” she told PEOPLE.
“So there’s less time for us to just be adults,” she added. “But we’re getting to the point where we fully have the hang of things. So life gets easier every day.”
Although she’s adjusting to life with two little ones, Schroeder told PEOPLE the one thing she misses most about life before having children: sleeping in.
“What I would f—— give. What I would give to just sleep till 9:00 a.m.,” she joked. “That would be fun. I don’t understand what that’s like.”
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Throughout it all, Schroeder has a great bond with her children, even though it is sometimes painful. In December, Schroeder’s husband shared a hilarious video on Instagram of Schroeder and their daughter singing “Defying Gravity” together. Hartford adorably performed the show tune while holding a broom, until she accidentally stabbed her mom in the face with the prop.
“Are you okay?” Hartford quickly asked, before gasping and pointing at her mom’s face. The concerned little one then ran to grab a napkin, though Schroeder seemed confused.
She turned around to show Clark — and the camera — as a line of blood streamed down the right side of her chin. “What do I look like? Is it really that bad?” she asked her husband, who gasped and exclaimed, “Oh my god!”
“Are you messing with me?” she asked in disbelief.
Hartford then returned and sweetly held a cloth on her mom’s face while the Wicked soundtrack continued to play in the background. “I’m so sorry,” she said to her mom. “It’s okay. It was an accident,” Schroeder replied.
“Christmas was bloody Wicked this year!” Clark joked in his caption. In the comments, Schroeder explained, “That side of my chin has always been numb ever since the chin implant lol.”
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