Practice

Today we practiced having more kids. We ONLY had 2 extra, but they were 4 and 6 so we thought it was probably a good indicator of life with 6 since our new kids are 7, 11, and 14... These are the things I am guessing will be true with 6 kids

• They will ALL get to be much better soccer and basketball players. We had quite a game going on in our backyard today - Danny and Lilly were a bit passive at first, but once they noticed that we were not saying things like, "be careful, don't hurt each other" they got tough and all 4 of the big kids had a great time
• I will do 5 X as much laundry. The kids were outside for less than 90 minutes and ALL needed a change of clothes!
• We will ALWAYS need to drive the Suburban - the weight in the back of the van made the muffler scrape as we pulled in the driveway... and the kids were LITTLE!
• My grocery bill will more than double and we will not get to go out to eat - EVER! :)
• My love affair with hand-me-downs will grow into a passion! Kids wear out clothes so darn fast!
• We will no longer ONLY need 40 minutes to get ready for church/school/game/party etc... we will need a minimum of 700 minutes to get everyone out the door WITH their shoes/hair pretties/backpacks/waterbottles/diaper bag/lunch/purse/keys etc.
• I TRULY CANNOT wait to get home with our 3 new kiddos!

WooHoo!!! That was fun!