Booked!

A month after signing with our agent, Sophie finally got her first audition for a fashion show.  The audition date was totally fine, but the start date of the show was when I was just getting back from Costa Rica.  I didn't want to decline our first audition, figuring that worse come to worse, Trung could take Sophie to the show.  That same evening, Sophie got another audition for a photo shoot with "The Children's Place".  Again, the audition date was fine, but the shooting dates were the exact same dates as our Florida trip during Spring Break.  Just our luck!  So, of course, I had to decline this second audition and just hoped that the agent wouldn't be too upset because it is a no-no to decline auditions.

So, it's Saturday and time for Sophie's first audition and we arrived at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising a little early despite the rain that LA has been having.  Never having gone to a fashion show casting, just auditions for commercials and such, I was wondering how the "fittings" would work.  Apparently, people match you kid with an outfit or two, then he/she puts it on, pretends to walk on a runway, and then a picture is taken.  I showed Sophie the fashion show from last year, so she was all prepared with her waves.  :)

Sophie was one of the smallest kids at the casting and the dress she tried on was just right on her, plus her "walk" was super cute, so I was pretty sure she would get the booking.  But right after the casting is when you wait, and wait, supposedly moving on with your life, but still wondering if you'll get that call.  Monday and Tuesday came and went...no call.  Then early this morning, Lydia woke Trung and I up four times complaining that her stomach hurt.  Not sure what was really going on with her, I dropped Sophie off at school and soon after I got home, Lydia decided that she was feeling better and wanted to go to school.  Okay, so back I go with Lydia only to get a phone call two hours later that she was in the nurse's office complaining of nausea.  I picked her up along with Sophie and her friend Luna and she spended the rest of the afternoon resting.  During this crazy time was when I received the call that Sophie got the booking!  I really needed some good news right about then!  We got lucky though, most people don't book anything until after 5-10 auditions and Sophie got it on her first try!  Sometimes it's nice to get confirmation that I knew what I was doing getting her an agent.

So, here's the clip that I showed Sophie to prepare her for the casting.