S1 • E1 Jan 7, 2004 45m
What happens when you take a downtown career girl who epitomizes urban chic and get her to act as "crash test mommy" for her suburban sister-in-law's two little girls? Chaos, that's what! Jennifer Gill, this episode's candidate, travels out of Vancouver's downtown core into the deepest, darkest minivan territory of Delta, to care for Deb and Jeff Hutton's daughters: Evan, 5, and Megan, 2. While Deb luxuriates in the gigantic bed of a four star hotel, sleeping in and experiencing mud facials, pedicures and, best of all, adult conversation, Jennifer confronts a barrage of parenting responsibilities, including swarms of small children arriving for a block party, stressful supermarket excursions, crying duets by the little girls, cooking dilemmas, tea parties and, most challenging, keeping the kids happy without letting them watch TV or videos. War may be hell but, as Jenn discovers, parenting is right up there.
