Show Business!

The kids are doing extra work.

Ian got the first job, he's the perfect age for this.  Teenagers can usually be faked by young adults without the special requirements (and higher pay) that children require.

He'll be in the pilot episode of Crash & Bernstein (Disney XD, Oct 8).

Crash & Bernstein

They both should be prominently featured on Criminal Minds, but we don't know what episode.  They played brother and sister doing chores and homework around the house.  The production was building tension between their fake parents who end up arguing.  There were three families doing the same thing.  That's all we know.

Criminal Minds

Then they both got to do a Disneyland commercial.  They filmed all over the park and hotels.  We'd heard bad things about working for Disney, but they had a wonderful experience.  They really enjoyed seeing behind the scenes of a Disney park and the attention they got from the park guests.

Disney Commercial

Today, Ian was at Paramount Studios and shot a scene for an ABC show called Happy Endings.  He'll be in a flashback to 1992 when a young kid got bullied.

Happy Endings (green shirt and jeans)

The director of Happy Endings really liked Ian and told an assistant director to tell the teacher/social worker (who must be present when kids are on set) to find Ian's Mom and tell her what a great kid he was!

Morgen is back in public high school (oops, I should have posted about that) so she won't be doing it so much.

Ian on the other is still home schooled and LOVES this. He's very shy and doesn't require much attention, but on set it's like he's *home* (without the pressure of an older teenage sister).  He'll walk right up to the director and ask if he can go to the bathroom, and the director will walk him there.  He's already asked Beverley if he can get an agent.  It's not what I want for him, but right now it seems harmless and you can't close the door on opportunity.

Also, the money sure beats their allowance.