You know your in a large family when

This morning I was reading one of my favorite blogs. Larger family life is a wonderful true blog. Today she titled her blog post You know you have a large family when… It got me thinking, so I made my own list. What would you add to it? You know you have a large family when: You have to pull tables together at a restraunts You put large quantities of toilet paper in each bathroom You do not have a ton of out grown clothes in storage because someone can always where the size someone just grew out of. You have multiple refrigerators and deep freezers and your pantry looks like a small grocery store, and there is always a list of things waiting to be brought. Your grocery list looks like you are shopping for a party Your daily menu could be more food than a normal restraunts menu You always have at least one bathroom out of commission. You do not need advanced warning when company is coming over because you always cook a large meal When you find something on sale you buy all they have because you know it will not last You do not worry about food going outdated when you shop because it does not You would love to do a blog review for a washer and dryer company You invite extra kids over and then have to count heads because once there they blend in and you forget they are there. A friend comes over and forgot her diaper bag, no big deal you have everything they could need Someone complains about taking 2 kids to the store and you try not to giggle You take up a whole pew at church You do not have to invite friends to birthday parties and it still looks like you have a huge gathering. Turkeys are bought more often than on Thanksgiving because it is cheaper than regular meat and feeds a small crowd. A week does not go by without being asked: do you want more, didn’t someone teach you how to stop this, or they tell you they could never do this. When you go to the zoo, you are your own field trip and are offered a group rate The cell phone company considers you a business because you have so many numbers. When one child is sick there are many people to keep you company and help do what you cannot do. Everything piece of furniture can be used for multi purposes or you do not buy it. You are never lonely because someone is always there. You are constantly stared at in public, either a child is having a bad day or the kids are being so good that they stare. How many children do you have in your family? How do you make it work? I would love for you to add to this blog post and share your ideas. Pamela

Playgrounds

I love taking the kids to the playground. I love watching all the new things they learn to do on the same playground. I love watching them try to climb over one another. Do you look for new playgrounds or do you stick with your favorite one. We love finding new and exciting playgrounds. Pamela

5 Question Friday

1. What is the funniest thing you saw on Facebook/twitter this week? Actually this was my question. I see a ton of funny things on both but what cracks me up the most is people who try to define twitter/facebook. You know the type who says why do people post pictures of animals all the time, no one cares? I always laugh because they use to post pictures before they had kids. Or the ones who correct you’re spelling for you. Because you know facebook is all about getting in a grammar lesson. 2. What is your favorite Olympic event? Gymnastics, so beautiful. 3. Do your kids to chores around the house? If so, what are they and how old are the children? Do they get paid for them? Oh I love this question. Let’s start with paying them. NO NO way, this is a family and we all work together. Now, saying that I do pay extra for things like cleaning up things I do not want to do like animal upchuck, or changing a diaper or if they are trying to earn money I can always find extra chores. Okay so what chores do they do? This could be a whole blog post but here goes Michael (15) sweeps kitchen/laundry room, clean kitchen table and chairs three times a day, takes out trash Faith (12) does dishes and counters three times a day Hope (9) washes and dries clothes and sorts clothes Grace (6) straightens bathrooms, empties trash in bathrooms Jason (4) brings all laundry from hallway and puts in laundry room, will always be found helping one of the other kids with chores James (2) umm, puts things in trash for me. Okay, going to stop and make a whole blog post. This is a AWESOME question. 4. If you get bad service/food do you complain or keep quiet? I use to be the person who complained almost every time I went out to eat. I have changed over the years. I do complain about food if it is totally bad. But I also have called a million times to say the good things. 5. If you could pick ONE frivolous item for your home, what would it be? (Massive room sized closet? swimming pool? greenhouse? etc...) Don’t laugh but I would want two things. First I would want a massive bedroom/closet. Okay imagine this one room that is a family closet with no broken dressers. Then off from that room I would have four/five bedrooms for the kids. Oh to dream of building a house made just for my family. The second would be a major kitchen, almost restraunts style kitchen. I think I will write another blog post about our dream home. Pamela Don’t forget about my amazing give away going on right here.

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Playdough

I love homemade play dough. I refuse to buy something that I can make so easily. I have been making it for years. I have learned to make it a bunch of different ways. Sometimes I had unsweetened kool-aid for scent. I have also learned to only make one color at a time. It bugs me when they mix colors so now I just make one color at a time. 4 cups flour 1 cup salt 1 3/4 cup warm water food coloring or paint powder I mix mine in the mixer now. For years I would mix it by hand and one day while making bread that I could use it for making play dough. What other fun things do you do with your kids during the summer to keep them busy? Pamela