Who knew all of these things about having three kids(if you did and did not tell me you are evil and I may bring all of my kids over for a play date someday soon!!!)
Being the mom of 3, even without the Giardia diet is great for my over all body fat, I am losing weight just chasing them, saving the cat from being mauled, picking up the offended party from a disagreement, and carrying a 28lb little one who has the nastiest diapers known to man(at arms length since they are so nasty!)
We go through a lot of groceries, and have no left overs, it is so strange!! I never knew how much 5 people could eat, but we need at least 1-2 gallons of milk, 2 loaves of bread, 10-15 peaches, apples, oranges and bananas, and many, many packages of graham crackers. And the fridge is bare!!(not really, but I am used to a stuffed full fridge so for me this is weird!)
Kids the world over find the same things funny, gross stuff, silly rhymes, funny faces and hats etc, they are all funny things to these guys!
Kids only sleep in on the days you cannot, darn kids why can't they sleep in on the days you can catch some extra ZZZZ's too, do they plan this!!! With three you have even fewer chances of any extra sleep too, strange but true!
# kids means that even if 2 are annoyed with eachother they can still gang up on the third child and make everyone mad! Conversely they can also seperate and play nicely with the 3rd child without fighting, sometimes!
having 5 people share a bathroom is challenging at times, but having 3 girls in the house is worse, there is never any toilet paper, and we go through so much conditioner and soap for hand washing it is not even funny!
Some toys are universal and require no learning curve and no assistance from mom, these are the ones I love the best, dollies and hair brushes and bows, hair bobs and bows and mom as the willing victim of the "hair salon", mega blocks(thanks mom these are Gabe's fave toy!), little people world(Chris it is still a big hit and loved many times a day by all three, thanks!!), and the kitchen Grammy gave Julianna a few years ago, it now sits outside, but is a huge fave for making mud pies, cookies, coffee, and anything else they can think of, and washing it down is part of the fun!!
Noone told me that having three was also 3 times the fun, they are all so funny, and lunch time with 2 giggly girls and a goofy boy is great, we laugh and play and eat too, perfect, and then all sleep, Oh delight!!!
Gotta go, I have some chasing to do, and hair, dressing, changing, etc you get the idea the days are full and never boring!!
Jamie
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