For those of you who live close by and want to know what it is like having 6 kids... just walk out to your street and turn your ear towards our house. You will know you are hearing our kids when you hear the hysterical giggles coming from my boys as they watch football with Ben. Why they are giggling like girls over football I cannot say... but they sure are loud. My house is ALWAYS loud. It was loud before Ethiopia - it is even louder now. EVERYTHING around here is a production. Dinner, laundry, brushing teeth, making beds, playing with blocks... even quiet time. There is always laughter, often tears (from Addy who is going through a "stage"), discussions, arguments, more laughter and lots of singing.
So if you wonder what my house sounds like - try this experiment. Call your mom on your cell phone and have her tell you a long story. Then call your grandma on another phone and have her tell you a different story. Play a laugh track on your computer speakers. Turn your radio up really loud. Let your dogs in the house, preferably muddy. Ask your husband to take apart your dishwasher while you ask one of the kids to start making dinner. Then just sit back and watch... you might feel like you are going crazy at first. But after a few minutes your lips will start to twitch into a smile and before you know it you will be grinning at the craziness of it all.
OK seriously, it isn't that bad... most of the time! :)
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