More Expensive by the 1/2 Dozen

I am the mother of 6 children. I’m going to answer the questions upfront that inevitably come when people find out that I have all these kids:

• No I am not Catholic, Mormon, or Irish
• Yes they were all planned
• No I do not home school (please)
• No I’m not crazy

And

• *sigh* Yes I do know how babies are made

I am a full time mom who also happens to have a full time job as an Educational Consultant, who teaches Adult Ed classes in our town,  who volunteers in all of the kids’ schools, and who was crazy enough to throw 3 Maltese dogs into this mix.

In some ways I am the Master of Organizational Skills, I can write a newspaper article in the morning, be on an international conference call in the afternoon, be ready when the kids come home to drive someone somewhere and still have dinner on the table by about 6:00.

In other ways I am the worst, (And I mean the absolute worst) at organization skills. My kids rarely wear socks that match, we still lose homework assignments because they are misplaced and we are the family that always sends in school supplies just a little later than everyone else because we didn’t have the time to get to it.

What I’ll do with this blog, is chronicle how our family manages to survive with gymnasts, dyslexics, swimmers, skiers, junior politicians, volunteers and soccer players. Mostly though, I think I’ll use this log to share with you just how I survive and keep from walking away from it all.

Just to orient you, here are the players:

The mother:

• Wendy

The husband:

• Marc

The boys:

• Spencer – 11^th grade
• 
  Griffin – 14 9^th grade
• Trevor – 12 7^th grade
• 
  Logan  -  11 5^th grade

The girls:

• Addy – 9 4^th grade
• Emma – 7 2^nd grade

Okay, that’s it for now, I’ll be back soon with the first story.

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