A couple months ago, when I first told you that Max, Joe and I all booked on a commercial, I couldn’t tell you much about it.
Well, here it is. It’s on the air so maybe you’ve already seen it. You’ll see Joe chasing down Max who is running with a set of keys. And you’ll see me in a Honda and getting out of a Honda.
The shoot day was especially fun since it was Max’s first national commercial!
My call time to set was after Max and Joe’s because I was in a different shot. But they ended up calling me in early so I could be there for Max’s shoot too! They did that because Max would be running holding a set of keys and they wanted Joe and I each at one end of the house calling his name to get him to run back and forth.
I was so happy they did that because I was going in early anyway just hoping to catch a GLIMPSE of Max at work, and this way I got to be a PART of it! Max loved doing the commercial. It was just a big adventure play time to him.
The funny part was that he didn’t run super fast like he does at home. He ran cautiously. I think it was the combination of it being a new place. And of course all those people and cameras following him around.
“Do as I say, not as I do!” Everyone knows that doesn’t work.
Kids learn how to BE by observing what you DO.
Max is currently learning how to play with Pixie and Stella. He thinks they are hilarious. The very mention of their names used to throw him into hysterics. Calling out “Pixie!” and “Stella!” was a great way to entertain and distract him from his NOT SO WANTED diaper changes when he was younger. (I say “younger”! How much younger can you get than 17 months? Well, about 16 months and 29 days I guess.)
Max liked to grab Stella’s long hair and often ends up with a handful of it. Ouch!! Stella just sort of winces and stands there or walks away.
And for awhile Max thought throwing books at them was funny. He liked to watch them scurry away. We had to repeatedly say “gentle” while he played with or pet them.
We also had to show him what “gentle” meant. By doing it ourselves AS we said the word.
Pretty simple. They’ll know what to do if you ‘just do it’ yourself.
My favorite season is Autumn. Yes, we have one here in Los Angeles!
For me, the first day of Autumn is when I feel that shift in the sun, the light it casts across the earth and in me. Yesterday was that day.
This morning, even my hard boiled egg was showing signs of the season. Does that not look like the shape of a leaf to you?
Remember scared banana? And the orange heart? Why I notice shapes in my food, I have no idea.
An even bigger question is, How did I find time to take a picture of my egg this morning? And post about it here for you? Again, I have no idea.
I’d just finished making Max his breakfast and was breastfeeding Sarah while I took the picture. (I do a lot of things while breastfeeding these days. A mommy multitasking must!)
And while I type this, I’m holding Sarah and bouncing up and down to keep her happy.
Now I have to go because I’ve scheduled my shower time for 10:00am (also Max’s nap time) and don’t want to miss it!
There are a LOT of things you NEED when having a baby. I don’t like shopping and dreaded all the money and time that had to be spent getting baby necessities. Not to mention finding space in my home, car and diaper bag for all these things.
And what about the time between baby #1 and baby #2 (or #3, and #4)? Now you also need storage space!
My goal was to only get the essentials and not waste time and money on things I didn’t really need.
There are so many baby items on the market, it’s hard to know (especially when it’s your FIRST baby) what you’ll really need… and what can you do without.
There are a few things you HAVE to have. One example: Blankets.
I’ll be out running errands on a hot day and realize it’s too chilly for little Sarah in the store and need a blanket to wrap around her. Or, I’ll be out at the park and need ground cover for diaper changes. There’s always a need for a blanket.
Now, what if your blanket could also be used as a shopping cart cover? A nursing cover? A high chair cover? What if your blanket could function as several things because it’s specially designed to do so?
That would be awesome, right? Well, there is such a blanket! It’s called a Babee Covee.
I always keep my Baby Covee with me and now I don’t have to buy or lug around all of those things separately: blanket, nursing cover, high chair cover, shopping cart cover… I have ONE blanket that does ALL of these things! It takes up so much less space (and less money too). It’s ONE blanket that functions as SIX baby necessities.
I got the color green so I could use it for both Max and Sarah, but it also comes in pink or blue. It’s so soft and luxurious! The first thing I did when I got it was wrap Sarah up in it and let her feel how plush and silky it felt against her skin.
And look how cute it is as a shopping cart cover for my grocery store date with Max!
I got a call to audition for a feature film when Sarah was just 3 weeks old. I asked the casting director, “You want me to what? Leave the house? I don’t remember how to do that…”
I’d just spent the last three weeks at home recovering from the c-section and feeding Sarah around the clock so forget that it was for an interesting project. I was just excited to leave the house! Alone. Able to use both hands at once. I felt so free on the drive there. I felt like shouting “Look Ma, both hands! I have BOTH hands to use AT ONCE!” And no one needs me to change their diaper, or feed them, or make them lunch, or read them a story, or… oh my goodness THIS is what it’s like to be single and childless… aaand still searching for Mr. Right. To hook-up with. And start a family. Ha!
Having been pregnant since 2010 (first Max and then Sarah), I really hadn’t paid much attention to Hollywood. Or was it more that Hollywood hadn’t paid much attention to me? It seems that no one in this town wants to hire a pregnant woman!
So when the casting director was explaining to me that I should be excited about this audition/project because Terrence Malick was directing, I said “Who?”
I had no idea who she was talking about. Maybe I’d have understood if she’d said it in baby talk? “T” is for Terrence and “M” is for…
And the reason to be excited, I was told, was because Terrence directed Oscar nominated “The Tree of Life” with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.
But you see, this year, I don’t even remember the Oscar’s happening. I’m sure I was measuring my once again growing belly from Sarah, changing Max’s diaper, getting spit up on, doing laundry, making a bottle… all at the same time.
And the year before? I spent the Oscars having a baby shower. Literally, ON the day of the Oscar’s I had my baby shower for Max in 2011.
The Oscar’s before all these babies?
Now you ask, “Did you book the part in the film?” Why, thanks for asking. Yes, yes I did. And that’s all I can tell you about it for now. Like I’ve said before, they make everyone sign confidentiality agreements these days. Mums the word until the film is out and by then you’ll know for yourself if I made the cut or not.
