You Know You Have a Large Family When...

The following list is the result of our late-night musings a few weeks ago...Enjoy!

You Know You Have a Large Family When...


- You have more than ten snappy answers to the observation "You sure have your hands full!"

- You walk in the bathroom in the morning to find no less than 4 people brushing their teeth at once.

- Your 3-year-old is already an aunt or uncle.

- You nod your head knowingly when someone complains about 'Seventh Child Syndrome'

- When you have to miss a game, your sons' baseball team has to play shorthanded.

- Your youngest has abandonment issues when only four of his siblings are in the room.

- Your traded in your 8-passenger van because it was too small.

- You automatically buy four of the 'Family Size' each trip to the grocery store.

- Your Child Tax Credit is worth more than your Mortgage Interest Deduction

- Your kids consider a trip to McDonalds as fine dining.

- Your last trip to McDonald's cost about the same as your last meal at a fine restaurant.

- Your babysitting bill was the same cost as your last trip to a fine restaurant.

- You can't remember the last time you went to a fine restaurant.

- You never bother taking down the 'Happy Birthday' banner in the dining room.

- You had to special order your dining room table, or you eat in shifts.

- You always have the right size of diaper when your friends need to borrow one.

- You would buy a new six burner stove, but you're not sure it would be big enough.

- Your children's sense of "personal space" is measured in millimeters.

- Your garage resembles a bicycle shop.

- None of these observations really seem particularily unusual or humorous.