Lights, Camera, Action!

Today was a fun day. Randy’s parents drove from Yakima yesterday and Randy’s mom’s sister flew in last night so we had a houseful. This morning, everyone went out to breakfast except for Cass and I. They went to the Black Diamond Bakery, which is one of Randy’s favorite places. They then explored some of the shops around there and took the scenic route home. When they got home, Randy’s mom and her sister headed up to Seattle to meet their other sister who is in town this weekend for a library convention. The three of them are going to stay and hang out in Seattle for the night. Randy spent the afternoon working outside cleaning up our yard. Randy really enjoyed it. I have never been an outside sort of person, especially when it is cold. Prior to the accident, I would hang out inside working on the house and Randy would go outside working until dark. Now, though, he likes to be wherever I am, so he doesn’t go out much. He really enjoyed being out there and working today.

Cass and I had a blast today. Thursday night, while on the way to the support group, we heard an ad on the radio for kids to audition for a chance to audition for Disney Channel. I am generally very skeptical about those things, but thought just going through the motions of it would be fun for Cass. So I called. Today was the audition and it was so much fun. I was expecting to go and have them try to sell me on acting classes for Cass, but there was no sales pitch today. As each kid walked in, they were given a script for a commercial ~ there was about 4 various commercial scripts depending on the age of the kid. The room we were in was so packed that all of the chairs were filled and the walls were lined with people. The vice president talked a little about himself and the company and then he and 3 other employees called kids up one at a time to go through a little interview process (so 4 kids were being interviewed at a time). The families got to go up with the kids for the interview. Everyone was told that they would go through an interview and then they would go out into the hall and do their little commercial to see what they looked like on camera. I watched as kids were called up and then escorted out and I could hear them do their commercial. I noticed, though, that a couple of kids and their parents sat back down. Then Cass was called up for her interview. She is so shy. She would look at me before answering any question. The lady that interviewed her said how much she loved Cass’s red hair and then she really looked at it and commented a little surprised that it was Cass’s real hair color. After the interview, the lady asked us to take a seat because they wanted a little more look at Cass. That was when I found out that those few kids that had sat back down were those they were actually interested in. They told us the other kids got to go through the commercial thing for the experience, but they weren’t interested in any of them. I couldn’t believe my shy kid was actually one they wanted to see more of! It was reduced down to 8 kids. Those 8 kids did their commercial in front of the remaining group. Cass did alright during the first reading, but when the vice president of the company asked her to re-read it and act like a spoiled brat, she kind of flubbed it a bit. But she had so much fun doing it. She had so many people today tell her she was beautiful ~ that alone made it worth is to me. When Cass stepped up the line to do her reading, the vice president commented that Cass was very beautiful. She just beamed as she said “Thank you” in a meek, quiet voice. It was just so much fun.