A Deeper Peek into Her Mom Brain
My most humbling parenting moment: "Breast-milk leakage while filming romantic scenes with George Clooney."
My proudest parenting moment: "Leaving Fynn 'intact.'"
The biggest surprise about becoming a mom: "Having to obey your child."
My guiltiest pleasure: "A 12-pack of supermarket mini cupcakes with fluorescent frosting."
I always feel saner after: "Mowing the lawn or flossing."
My spouse and I always disagree over: "Whether it's legal for Fynn to skinny-dip in hotel pools."
A typical Saturday morning: "Breakfast of Marmite and butter on toast and Fuji apples dipped in almond butter; harmonizing to Ukrainian folk songs on a family goat walk."
My parenting motto: "Today is a gift."
Proudest moment in my career: "Receiving acting award in Sundance for performance in Down to the Bone."
The best baby gift I ever received is... "...Aden & Anais gauze swaddle cloths that turn Fynn into a merry blanket monster."
I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about... "...the color scheme of my perennial garden."
I define "downtime" as...: "...hours and hours of family cuddles."
Most frazzled mom moment: "Finding solutions for the baby's cabin-pressure earaches as airplane passengers scowl."
Activity I don't really love, but do anyway because my baby loves it so much: "Blowing drool-bubble duets."
My dad always told me... "...to pray in my distress, in my need, in my joy, and in abundance."
My mom was right about... "...the hazardous effects of mixing Sun-In and Toni home perms."
My mom was wrong about... "...some things, I'm sure, but she'll be reading this article, and I'll never hear the end of it."
As a parent, I'm great a... "...coining nicknames for Fynn: Foootakahn, Foooterstein, Foooter-Pooters, Finklebutt...."
As a parent, I wish I were better at... "...laundry."
I can't believe I forgot to... "...prune the plum trees last month."
My favorite moment of the day is... "...Fynn and Renn's first morning smiles."
I wish I had more time for... "...spinning my Angora goats' wool."
To feel pretty, I put on... "...Bobbi Brown Rose Gold eye shadow and heaps of Diorshow Mascara in brown."
I can't live without... "...Balenciaga sweaters, Agent Provocateur lingerie sets, and 45 RPM T-shirts."
Bedtime is always smoother when... "...the sheets are clean, there's a cool breeze, and the bullfrogs serenade."
Mornings are always smoother when... "...the cell phones are turned off."
The parenting issue I wrestle with most is... "...to vaccinate or not."
I'm currently reading: "The Life and Times of Grigori Rasputin by Alex De Longe."
I've started _______ a thousand times. "To stop caffeine."
