27 Oct 05 Here’s A Story . . .
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.
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Being from the rural south in my growing up years, I can tell you that, although your experience with two added people in the bathrooms, it is infinitely better than two added people and NO bathroom!
It will be fun. And if we are to believe the commercials (once again), just tell Madison to make her friend a peanut butter sandwich, making sure to cut it the way her mother does. Reese might be successful with the same thing!
Here’s the story…of a man named Randy…
Just remember, Mom always said don’t play ball in the house.
At the very least you ought to get to have Alice for the 2 1/2 days they are there.
welcome to the 6 club. Gee, if we had known you’d take some extra kids we might not have moved away.
To get the full effect, however, try it in a little Cape Cod with a small yard. Of course, you could get a friend to come over & help build an addition.
Hopefully your “hearing” won’t start to go on you anytime soon. I said that to tell my favorite “big family story.”
I had a college professor who came from a family of 10 (should have put that uterus in the hall of fame) kids! I think he was #5? He said his father was a very demanding / strict father. When all 12 of them sat down to dinner it was the general rule that everyone kept their mouth shut and especially if his father was ranting or raving about some issue of the day. He said at one particular dinner which happen to feature mash potatoes and gravy, his father was ranting and raving about the day’s events as the rest of the family listened in silence. He said he had the misfortune of being seated next to his dad during dinner on the day in question. As his Dad was ranting and raving, he asked someone quietly to “pass the gravy.” His next memory is looking up at the ceiling as his dad stood over him. He had been the recipient of a back hand from his father. He started to ask his Dad what happened when he heard him say, “Who’s “crazy?”
Makes me want to avoid homophones.
Make sure Beth isn’t serving mash potatoes and gravy until after Friday.
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I loved Steve’s response! Hey, all you need to make life complete is on the way! Chipper should arrive early this afternoon. FedEx!
We have several friends who have listed us in their legal papers as guardians of their children, should the unexpected happen. We now tell them they just can’t all die at the same time!
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