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Daddy’s back!
Sunday, August 25th, 2013
Brendan came back into town! We spent his first day on the set of THE SURFACE. We took the girls to watch the rescue Coast Guard scene. It was pretty cool to see it all come together.
On Friday after the last day of shooting the movie, we drove up Green Bay to get in our first Packer Game. We had the pleasure of staying at Ed and my late Aunt Bert’s cabin. Such a beautiful home and nice to see her work. We ate at Kroll’s and ate gourmet butter burgers and deep fried cheese curds. YUM! After the game we went over to my Cousin Gretchen’s house and watched the last bit of the game. Page and Annie were so cute together, wish I could have a picture. We spent the next day relaxing at the cabin. I slept on and off all day, I had no idea how exhausted I was. Kudos to all the single mom’s out there, but I hope to never have to go at it alone like that again. Its such a treat to have Brendan around taking care of.
Hollywood, WI
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
Grandpa Jim helped me sneak over to Milwaukee to surprise my girls.
I walked into Grandpa’s house early on Saturday morning.
I said “Hi” to Page.
Neither Page, nor Alex knew who I was.
After a few minutes they worked it out.
They both got very excited.
The film, that Alex has been working on was being filmed at the house on Monday, so I stayed an extra day to watch it all happen. It was fascinating, and I got to sleep on a movie set! (Look for my jammy pants hanging off a surfboard in one scene)
We had to wake up at 5:30am as the crew started arriving at 6am. By the time Page had woken up, they had turned the house upside down. Page was very excited to see Grandpa’s house “upside down”! I then felt it time to have that “idiom talk” that every parent dreads.
Despite not seeing the house literally upside-down, Page and I did a tour of the house looking at all the equipment. Page was even offered a ride on a “dolly”. Still more confusion.
There are about 75 people involved in the production, and a good number of them were involved in the shooting. The cars stretched half way out of the estate. You might notice the Airstream in this photo, where the stars were supposed to hang out. Though Mimi Rogers preferred to have a nap in the house.
There was even a train in the living room. After I picked up Sienna and Page from daycare we checked out the filming of this scene. We did until I got the feeling Page didn’t want to be quiet any more.
“Settle!”
“Action!”
“Rolling!”
“Cut!”
The final scene of the day was an establishing shot of the house. Should add an extra $100k to the value, I’d say…
Behind the Scenes
Monday, July 29th, 2013
Here are a few shots from today, the first day of shooting. Things went very smoothly today despite a very hectic last week. Its a large crew, about 100 cast and crew members. Now that pre-production is over, its fun to see everything come together!
So cute, little kids in the neighborhood wanting copies of GOONIES autographed.
Setting up for one of the scenes indoors.
Director Gil Cates, Jr. and Sean.
Getting geared up for shooting.
A shot of the crew getting ready for a shot outside.
Back to work!
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
The girls and I made it back to Wisconsin yesterday. They were both exceptional traveling partners. Sienna slept most of the plane ride and Page watched Stuart Little on the iPad. We got to Grandpa’s and settled in. I have a new found respect for single parents today, its no joke. We all woke up early to get ready for the day. The girls went to daycare, the teachers graciously called me every 2 hours to let me know Page has a new BFF, Ashley, and that Sienna was smiling when she wasn’t sleeping or eating. I am so proud of my girls, what troopers.
I am excited about the movie! Today is the start of production, I will be the Production Coordinator on the film and shooting will last 5 weeks in and around Milwaukee and Chicago. That means managing everything from daily cast and crew schedules to equipment rentals. There was a great article in Variety today about the film. Its going to be a fun adventure!
Banana Stand
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Here is one for all you Arrested Development fans out there. Netflix has the original Banana Stand in its courtyard and plenty of frozen bananas. Page had a blast playing Mr. Manager!
Bedtime shenanigans
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
We are bringing Sienna into the bedtime routine. A few books in bed, a few snuggles, some monkey business and then hopefully sleep…
Passing the time…
Friday, April 19th, 2013
We have one week left! I hope. I am done, dunzo, finished. Never again, right?! I am feeling pretty worn out, it feels like it is going to happen soon…
I have been trying to cherish the moments I have when its just me and Page. I feel bad as she has so much energy and all I can do is waddle behind her. I am looking forward to running, biking, and dancing again with her soon. I miss being active!
In the meantime we have been busy playing in the park, getting pedicures, going to the dentist, window shopping, painting pottery and eating Fro-yo!
