We have friends, and you know who you are, who have 4 (or more) children. We salute you. I’ve always joked about the reasons not to have more than two kids. These reasons include college, wedding, college, wedding, college, wedding and a larger vehicle class.
Our Pastor friend and his wife needed to travel to Florida to take care of some family business. They asked us if we would watch two of their kids while they were away. No problem. The girl is a friend of Madison’s, they go to the same school. The boy goes to the same school as Reese and we were hoping they would become friends.
We said yes and poof our family grew from 4 to 6. Having four kids is different than two kids in some ways but not all that different in others. How’s that for explaining the experience? “It’s like it was before only different!” Granted it will only be for 2 and 1/2 days but it is proving to be an interesting dynamic. The boys are with the boys and the girls are with the girls and they meet in the bathroom. I’m realizing that when large families say “we need a bigger house” its actually code for “we need more bathrooms.”
So our brady bunch experience continues through Friday. I’ll be interested to see how this extended sibling slumber party plays out.
