’16 Kids and Counting’ – The Sullivan Family One Year On

    Don’t miss the 2017 update at the end of this post Our two episodes of ’16 Kids and Counting’ have now been aired once again in the UK, as well as in many countries all over the world. It has been over a year since they were originally shown and almost two years… Read More

A little (noisy) large family fun

    Three little sisters can easily get their seven older brothers wrapped around their little fingers. Here they convince two of them to play Ring o’ Roses, resulting in some (noisy) family fun.                                          … Read More

Sew, a needle pulling thread… the large family way!

    Eddie is our resident crafter. He always has several projects on the go and his creativity and imagination knows no bounds. This morning he set about making himself an eye mask.     As with pretty much anything in this house, curious siblings quickly gathered to see what was going on and whether… Read More

It’s time to go…

    Those of you who are long-time readers or who watched us on ’16 Kids and Counting’ last year might remember us talking about our desire to move away with a view to becoming a little more self-sufficient. This has been a dream of ours for many years. A dream of a bigger house,… Read More

What 10 children under 11 looks like

      This is what a family with ten children under 11-years-old looks like. (Well, if you ignore Caitlin over there on the left). Wonder if they’ll look as cute when they’re teens?                                          … Read More

How children in large families suffer when a new baby is born

  If you heed the oft-quoted concerns about children in large families you would be hard pressed to decide on what is worse for them. Is it the resentment older kids have when a new sibling is born, or is it the lack of attention a younger child with so many older siblings receives? Jealousy occurs,… Read More