So I signed all three of the kids up for modeling.  I was only going to sign Deborah up, since she seems to be the most natural poser and very compliant.  Then I followed a lead and called a manager and she said that 10 yr old boys are very much in demand.  The fact that mine is a red-head is a plus.  Then I found out that her fee is $45.00 for the first kid and $10 dollars for the each additional kid.  So we ended up signing Hannah into the contract as well. 

It’s quite a journey.  We got our first casting call last Wednesday.  The call was for Fisher Price, and it was for 3 yr olds, so Hannah was the chosen one.  The manager also recommended that I take Deborah since she’s a very tall 5 yr old and they were also looking for 6-7 yr olds. 

It was a fiasco to begin with.  I really don’t think anything will come of it, but I can pray.  I showed up at the hotel (an hour away from home) and the hotel had posted a notice that the casting was closed due to the large volume of respondents.  So they sent me away.  I called the manager to ask if this was common.  She said it certainly was not.  Then she advised me to try to get the comp cards in to someone.  So I went back in the hotel a second time and gave them to one of the hotel employees.  As we were buckling our seatbelts and pulling out of the parking space I realized that the comp card didn’t have the phone number on it.  So we went into the hotel for the third time.  I told the same employee that I needed to write the phone number on the comp cards and then I would leave her alone.  As I was standing in the hallway waiting for her to come out of the room a man poked his head out the door across the hall and asked if I was next.  I told him I wasn’t and he told me to go in and sign the waiting list.  Fortunately the lady who was helping us had just come back at that moment and heard what he said.  She sent me into the room right away and I was able to stay for the rest of the casting. 

Of course, since I was only coming back in to write down a phone number, all my well laid plans for the waiting process were bungled.  I had only brought a pen and my car key with me.  The girls each had a toy from their kids meal with them (not particularly age appropriate since it consisted of a large amount of fact reading and neither girl can read).  The nice little box with their coloring books and stuffed toys had been left in the car and I didn’t know how long it would take for us to be called.  The room was crowded thus the reason for the hotel trying to close everything down.  My cell phone was in the car making me uncommunicable (as my hubby would say).  It was a very long and boring hour and 45 minutes ending with a 3 second picture taking session. 

I called my manager this Monday to ask her what a realistic time frame for a call back would be.  She said it could be the next day, the next week or the next month.  She hadn’t heard anything from Fisher Price yet, so I should just be patient.  They never did take Deborah’s picture.  They said she was out of the range. 

I just got the comp cards for Richard and Hannah in the mail today.  I printed a head shot at Walmart for Hannah to take to the casting call.  I’ll be sending a bunch of them off to my manager today.  I’m so new to all this.  It’s a lot to take in.  Driving through Miami was an experience in itself.  I can’t wait for another opportunity.  I (along with a million other moms) hope to hear back from Fisher Price very soon.