Consider the following recent changes in our behaviors, food consumption, and perceptions:
- Our 1,700 square foot home feels downright cozy (read: normally fine, but occasionally incredibly, suffocatingly tiny)
- We have to run the dishwasher every day and are always greeted with a rainbow of Ikea plasticware when we open it up
- Our family eats a whole bag of frozen green beans as a side dish
- The house feels empty (or tranquil, depending on our perspective at that moment) when there are "only" two children at home
- We eat things we find in the fridge, not because we want them right then, but because we know that if we don't eat them now, they won't be around when we want them
- Our family consumes an entire box of spaghetti in a single sitting
The laundry never ends (not actually a new feeling as compared to having three children, just worser now)- It doesn't matter how many gallons of milk we purchased last time we were at the store, we are always out of milk
All of this, and our kids aren't even teenagers yet! Just think of the wonders that await when we have 18, 16, 12, and 10 year olds :)
4 comments:
I literally laughed out loud at this post! LOL. I think you just convinced me that we are DONE at 3 kids. :-) LOL.
Ditto what Nicole said! I especially loved the part about the refrigerator -- I was one of four kids, and when mom would come home from the grocery store, it was always every man for himself! GREAT post!
There is an old rhyme about what happens when you get to four. I can't remember the whole thing, but it starts like this, "Have one; still have fun. Have two; not so easy to do. Have three..." You get the idea!
Ruby
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
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