I use as high SPF as I can get, and I live under a hat like a mushroom all the time. Someone said they're worried about their kids getting older and doing drugs, and I got this look of horror on my face and thought, 'What if my girls don't wear hats?' But at 13 months old, they could say 'hat.

Marcia Cross

Categorized in : Kids Girl Mushrooms

~I use humor instead of getting into that whole yes and no thing all the time. It's about just getting them to laugh rather than getting in power struggles.~

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It's kind of ironic that if I get my Ph.D., I'll be a real doctor by Marcia Cross

It's kind of ironic that if I get my Ph.D., I'll be a real doctor

ironic doctors real

I walk around with a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen all the time. by Marcia Cross

I walk around with a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen all the time.

sunscreen sunglasses hats

With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach. The pros are in a softly lit room, you look pretty.

white hair beach

Some people think wearing powder ages them, but try it anyway. For me it mattes my makeup and blends it well.

makeup people thinking

I've had the time to go through all the life phases with my parents, from being a bratty teenager, pushing them away, to saying later on, 'Oh my God, I can't believe what you did for me - thank you. I love you so much.'

i-love-you teenager thank-you

Oh my God, I can't believe what you did for me - thank you. I lov... by Marcia Cross

Oh my God, I can't believe what you did for me - thank you. I love you so much.

i-can love-you believe

I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right whe... by Marcia Cross

I'd like to be a wife and mother. I guess I'll know Mr. Right when I meet him.

mr-right wife mother

I'll tell you my routine - it's really exciting. I feed, I burp, I change diapers, I pump. And then I have a tiny window of time to myself.

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It's not like I'm cooking! I'm breastfeeding - I feel like that's... by Marcia Cross

It's not like I'm cooking! I'm breastfeeding - I feel like that's the best cooking I could do.

breastfeeding cooking feels

I really romanticized being pregnant. Then I realized, this is aw... by Marcia Cross

I really romanticized being pregnant. Then I realized, this is awful!

being-pregnant i-realized awful

I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes.

dad people way

I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to... by Marcia Cross

I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it.

acting soul jobs

For women of a certain age, how do you meet a guy, fall in love, and decide he's the right man to have children with? Your clock's ticking, you're looking at him, and it's a crazy, pressure-filled experience.

falling-in-love crazy children

I have always wanted to know what's going on under the surface. by Marcia Cross

I have always wanted to know what's going on under the surface.

surface knows wanted

I don't want to lose my fitness. I'm 45. I have two babies. I've got a long way to go and I want to keep in tiptop shape. There's no magic bullet.

baby two long

I really love and it is important to me to be physically fit. by Marcia Cross

I really love and it is important to me to be physically fit.

physically-fit fit important

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom. by Marcia Cross

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

energy

I try to balance it out on the whole. Being a mum is always the priority. Next, it's taking care of yourself. Right now, I get to only work two days a week - it's a dream. I can't imagine how hard it is for mothers who work 40 hours a week.

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I like bringing the girls on set, but if I can't do that then the next day I feel I have to be uber-mum to make up for it. Then I'm exhausted and feel like I'm running in fumes.

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