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Permalink Reply by Amy Bliss on July 5, 2012 at 7:12pm

See, when it's just two of them together I don't think it's too bad. Well, sometimes. But more than that, yeah.

Bathroom? Ha! That's less than a minute. :)

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Permalink Reply by Tina B on July 15, 2012 at 3:39am

I have a 5yo girl. She is a handful, but at least she's not a brat :)  Usually I can only handle one other child, maybe two if needed. I was raised 1 of 9. I call my adopted mom a nutjob sometimes. I don't know how my parents did it!

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Permalink Reply by Amy Bliss on July 17, 2012 at 6:57pm

I don't know how they did it either. Wow!

My Grandma had 2 boys, 5 girls (1 adopted), and a bunch of foster kids in and out of a little 3 bedroom house.

I can do two.. they entertain each other. But when you get more than that, there's fighting!!

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Blosser on July 26, 2012 at 12:31am

I'm in an interesting spot because I have a 4mo son... and two stepkids, 8yo and 11yo, whom I love dearly. During the summer, we've had them every other week, and sometimes it feels like I live in two worlds.

One world is calm and quiet, except when my wee one gets fussy (though he really is such a well-tempered little guy!) and the other is completely hectic! Of course, the are both wonderful... but in entirely different ways.

When I'm without the stepkids, I get SO MUCH writing done! I have bags of time to network over FB and Twitter, and I am able to keep up on *almost* all the housework. With the kids, however, I don't get to write as much, but I do get to do more fun crafts and take some great photos, and I have to delegate housework. With extra noise in the house, the baby tends to get a little crankier and the kids end up watching over him too! It can be MANIC!

However, I spent 4 years teaching at a theatre summer camp... 80 kids, ages 6-16, for two weeks straight. Yeah, it can be manic at home... but I've dealt with worse. 

I find the trick is to always be one step ahead. Keep a pocketful of activities, games or chores ready for whenever you start to lose control. Kids will snap back into shape when they're given a project with clear rules and guidelines. Still, there's nothing you can do to keep from pulling you hair out sometimes :P

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