Mummies, I’m sure you’ve heard it before…. you have your hands full/how do you do it all/are they all yours/you’re a super mum/you must be busy/do you sleep and so it goes on. But for me one of the great things about having 3 (soon to be 4) children so close together means one thing………
they play together!!!!!!!!!!! Really, I’m just there for breaking up the fights, cleaning up (ok that never ends), refreshments and constant supervision…..playtime happens all day long and doesn’t require too much from me. They find things to do, games to play, the colouring, the playdough and places to go in the house like their favourite of climbing the stairs when mummy isn’t watching and thinks she can’t hear us stomping around up there. So moral of the story – keep having babies! (retro daddy you know I’m just kidding!)
Oh I agree. Yes going out and getting them dressed etc is more work as there are more of them. But a day at home with my 3 means I can send the older 2 outside to play or set them up with an activity and they entertain each other!
Bahahaha!! Yes Corrie, when are you having another one lol!?!
That is what I love the most too. Close in age, but not too close and they love each other to bits. Play together is the best and teaches them life skills you can’t get anywhere other then home
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Lots of kids! Yay
I totally agree with that! My guys all play beautifully together.
having 4 not-so-young kids I can add: the fight together… but that will pass too and then I’ll have grown ups. wow.
My younger grandchildren discovered here a good game on the stairs. They slide down each flight from top of house to underground garage. Three big flights. Face down, on their tummies, head first as fast as they can go. Two at a time.
Here here, i see all the mums with one (i don’t judge why people have zero, one or ten children, but they freak out at the size of my tribe) & i just say – there is always someone to play with – especially when i had 4 under 5 at home, well part time preschool, my house was like a creche (without the illness). I have to say, i got more “wow, how many children . . .” comments when i was pregnant with the 4th, it just looked more endless. My husband loves children but did have that vasectemy while i was pregnant, so i could assure on lookers, this was it. Enjoy it, blink & you’re buying high school uniforms, OMG!! Love Posie
Love the post-
Yes people wonder how I get my make-up on in the morning (??) they must think my children need me to hold thier hands all day long.
Corrie this is such a beautiful post. I am blessed with only one, so not used to the chaos and fun you have with your growing family. Good Luck for October, all the best.
When I had my first scraming banshee I had a visit to my lovely old Nan. As she had birthed 8, but mothered 12 children I asked her for some help with what to do with an unhappy crying baby. Her response was simple:
“Just have another one.”
Not exactly what I was thinking at the time, but clearly the more you have the easier it is!
funny, just this evening my 4 little ones were all running up to the lounge, burying their faces in the pillows, then running back down the hall- amusement for a very long time. The 15mth old getting in on the act caused me to get my camera out. But yes, there is always someone to play with, always someone to chat too….im currently working on #5…;)
{Very Big Grin} I love to see stuff like this Corrie — Big families are wonderful!
Exactly!!! My twins were playing a game together today that involved 3 jars of peanut butter and 2 dinosaurs, they even let their little sister play too! It is very nice to have a flock indeed
I can’t wait for Aden to have some play mates!!
That´s exactly what i say!!!!!… i advice my friends to have 2 very soon, cuase they play together… i have a 5 and a 4 year old girls, an it is not complicated at all…
and i sure want more hehehe….
but my coward friends, say they can´t handle the one they have… can you belive that!!! just one!!!
i really really enjoy you blog so much…. it gives me a perspective…
please forgive my english im from Mexico!!!!….
thank you so much for the inspiration you bring….
Oh what a great post! I have two little girls, they are 19 months apart and yes it is hard when they are so close together but it is also so much easier. I’m so excited that they will always have a best friend in each other. Older sister can entertain baby sister for ages so I can go and do things. I don’t understand those people who say “you’ve got your hands full” when really, I’ve actually got more helpers!
It’s so great to read blogs about mothers who welcome lots of children!! Thank you.
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