I am struggling to provide for my kids and they have so much to worry over in this life and christmas is a time to inject magic into thier lives. I could only wish that my children were so comfortable to only want a pink balloon. That would be my dream.

Julia does seem really down to earth. I am always impressed that she seems to use the normal baby gear rather than the $900 strollers etc. I love how she talks about motherhood. It’s really wonderful isn’t it?

About Charlottes Web, I can’t say I want to see it b/c I cry everytime I see it, even since I was little. My sweetie is too small for it(7 months) so I will get a reprieve from crying during it for awhile at least!

I love Julia. She’s fantastic! She has always seemed like such a decent, honest, down to earth person.

There was a little bit more you might want to add here When Dakota Fanning was beeing interviewed, Julia talked about Hazel. I’m from Brasil so I’m not good making the transcript, but there’s a video here and you can see that part (it’s about the kids understanding Christmas and Julia says like ‘I’m still trying to make Hazel understand what’s a birthday -I’m hoping more for next year’.. something like that):

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Wow, sounds like motherhood has really matured Julia (I can say that because it did the same thing to me!). She sounds like someone you would like to know, instead of the typical “celebrity”. And I know exactly what she means about how her kids have expanded her as a person, as well as an environmentalist!

Thanks for the info about the School Bus America organization. I’ve stopped behind countless schoolbuses that have been spewing stinky vapors into the air – immediately I think, I’m supposed to put my daughter in that toxic box in a couple of years? Blech!

Wish I had seen the whole interview – thanks for the recap!

FunnyHoney, I remember that! Julia said she was trying to help the twins understand that their birthday was coming, and she was successful; she reported that every time she brought up the subject of the twins’ birthday, Hazel asked, “Pink balloon, Mommy?” awww!
She also stated that having a boy is a very different experience than having a girl. Phinn is very boyish-he likes trucks and will come into the room and yell, “Hi, Hazel!” while slapping her knee to greet her.

I’m not trying to be rude or negative but it seems like she favors Hazel. She’s always holding her and talking about her, it seems like.

Julia looks beautiful. I’m so glad that she loves being a mother so much

Her children turned 2 yesterday! She noted in the interview that the episode “aired on their birthday, so Hazel will be getting a pink balloon.”