So close and decorations

Karrick's witch

Tim took Callahan up to the lake for some

daddy and middle child bonding, along

with taking the boat out of the water and draining 
the trailer's water pipes for the winter. 
TJ was called for a Walmart commercial audition 
on Wednesday and received a call back for Saturday
morning. Call backs are huge, because many

kids audition and 5 were called back.

Any one of these boys could have booked the commercial.
At this point it is about coloring and likeness.
They chose the mom first and then match up the kid

that most resembles the mom (in this case)

TJ did not book the commercial and

he was quite surprised He really thought he would get it.

Callahan just went through the same thing last week, where

he was the #1 option for the a different commercial 
and it was yanked away at the last minute.
It is the nature of the business. One must really have

thick skin to be in this business.

My kids have been in the business long

enough to not take anything personally. They 
will be well prepared to enter into the adult work force

interviewing process. If a child can go into a room full
of casting directors and producers all the while being

blinded by camera lights, I think they will be able

to handle anything. I look at it as 

2 commercial auditions in 2 weeks 

with 2 call backs, 1 number 1 option as a sign

of great things to come. Maybe our 2 year break

is exactly what they needed to recharge their batteries

my ogre

Karrick was so pissed off that he didn't get
to audition for a commercial. To make up for it we
made homemade Halloween decorations all weekend.

he was thrilled to have my full attention and

some pretty cool monsters.

karrick's spider with stinger