You'd Better Work It

So guess what I got my boys for their six month old birthday?? A job! Haha!

We got the part! But not without some showbiz drama....

Here's how it went down:

I fed them about 1/2 hr before we left and then we wore them in the Ergo/Mai Tai. They slept about 1/2 of the way and were conked out by the time we arrived at the studio in Queens.

We were in a room with hair and makeup, some extras and another set of twins (g/g). We thought we'd be in this private room and we could put the babies down to play and chill out--um no. They stayed asleep for their first 'interview' which involved two guys coming over with a photo of another set of twins and comparing the photo to our sleeping boys.

The second time they came over, the boys had woken up and we were asked to stand up with them. They were still in the carriers and I asked if we needed to take them out, but they said no.

And...not long after that we were thanked for coming and told that our boys, while very cute and adorable, were just too big for the part.

First time they've been TOO BIG!! Yeah, they are growing! Boo, they didn't get the part.

I stopped to chat up the other twin parents on my way out. Their girls were quite a bit smaller than our boys and they were asked to come back tomorrow. Oh, and get this, they also have a 3 year old and a 19 month old. Holy Crap that's a lot of baby. Anyway.

We took the subway back home and arrived home just in time for the next feeding. While I'm feeding them, I get a call from the producer that "oh, they've changed their mind and could we start filming tomorrow?"

Huh? Well, OK!

I'm still not clear on why they changed their mind, but there you have it. We start work at (insert OMG here) 7:15 am tomorrow. How in the world am I going to get these guys fed, dressed and be in Queens by 7:15 am?? I'll get 'er done, but damn. Guess I'll go take a shower now and go to sleep in the clothes I plan to wear tomorrow.

For those of you who couldn't figure out which show it is, the clue is in the prior title, GIRL.

Gossip Much?

A few weeks ago I got a tip that a certain very popular TV show was auditioning for twin boys just about the age of my guys.

By the time I got the tip, they were already doing the open casting call that very day and I'd missed it.

I figured, what the hell, I'll email the casting director with a few (OK, 10) photos of the boys and their stats even though it's too late for us to make it to the open call.

Well, to my great surprise she called me back in less than 10 minutes and was very interested. They were making a decision the next day and she'd let me know.

I never heard back from her and that was that.

Until...

She called me last Friday and said the twins they cast 'might not work out'...something like that.

Could we come in for a 2 hour interview on Tuesday? Um, sure!

This is not an open casting call, this is just for MY guys! And this casting agency does many other shows, not just this particular show so now we are in the database.

Our plan is to wear the boys on the subway in the Ergo/s and hope to God they nap and are in a good mood when we arrive to wow the producers!

Regardless, it will be an interesting outing and pretty cool to see 'behind the scenes'.

I don't currently watch this show, but I bet some of you do. I will be watching religiously if we get the part!

Wish us luck!