Before I had kids, I honestly, somewhat secretly, thought it would be cool to have like, 6 kids.  Hilarious to me now of course, with two kids, a daughter that is nearly 6, a son that is almost 3, a neglected husband and an even more neglected blog. 

How the hell do people do it?! How do you have more than two kids? Once they out number you, you know they’ll just plan a coup.  As lucky as I am, with two kids that adore each other and are basically sweet, great kids, it’s still super challenging and a ton of work all the time. 

Now that my youngest is 2-1/2 things are settling down, he’s able to play with her, it’s wonderfully delightful to listen to her read to him or play action figures together and crack each other up. It’s something I missed out on as an only-child and it’s exactly why I wanted to have six kids, no two is better, they have each other.  read more »