Jennifer Lopez with her kids in 2012.Photo:FOX/Getty
FOX/Getty
Jennifer Lopezis grateful for the memories she’s made with her now-teenaged kids.
Looking back at her 2012 “Dancing Again World Tour” in conversation withTravel + Leisure, Lopez, 54, said one of the best parts was being able to bring twinsMaxandEmme, then 4, along with her.
“It gave the kids the opportunity to see the world,” she told the outlet. “The kids got to see South America, Europe, all over the United States, Asia, and all different places.”
“So they got to see all of this at a very young age and I always thought, ‘What an amazing thing to do when you’re only 4 years old,’ " Lopez continued.
It was a vast difference from her own upbringing in the Bronx, something that she was happy to be able to provide for her kids.
“They came back from that trip saying, ‘Can we go back to Singapore next year?’ Where someone like me, who grew up in the Bronx, never had things like that,” she said.
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Jennifer Lopez with Max and Emme.Jennifer Lopez Instagram
Jennifer Lopez Instagram
Later in the interview, Lopez talked about how her family — which also consists of husbandBen Affleckand histhree kids— will spend the holidays.
“My family [members] are big holiday people,” she said. “We love Thanksgiving and Christmas, it was always a big deal in our house and we’re going to spend it together.”
She added, “Hopefully a lot of laughs, [and] catching up on each other’s lives because we’re all so busy.”
Jennifer Lopez and twins Emme and Max.Jennifer Lopez/ Instagram
Lopez shares Max and Emme with ex-husbandMarc Anthony.
During an appearance onLive with Kelly and Markin May, theMotheractress opened up about parenting teens with her husband.
“It’s almost five teenagers!” Lopez told the hosts. “The younger is 11, so he’s not quite, but pre-teen!”
When Ripa teased those years were “worse than teens,” Lopez insisted, “he’s an angel.”
Lopez continued, “It’s a time when they are individuation, and they are challenging everything you say and everything you do and everything you are, and that’s what it is. And you have to kind of just ride the waves.”
“I feel like it’s surfing. I’m riding the waves, and then it’s like, ‘Oops, I just got knocked over!’ Now, I’m back, I’m back!”
source: people.com
