When our family was smaller I had the firmly held belief that we didn’t need a dishwasher. After all, I had two hands which did the job well enough, thank you very much. Then our family began to grow… and grow… and so did the pile of dirty dishes, which meant so did… Read More
Well, it’s been a weekend of sorts I’ll admit it. It seems the national papers picked up on the local newspaper stories and we ended up hitting quite a few publications. The headlines you have to love – written for reader reaction not necessarily accuracy. In fact the content often isn’t accurate itself.… Read More
The last six months have brought about many changes. An extra two people arrived into our family in the shape of twin baby girls, then my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer which, if you follow Larger Family Life on Facebook and Twitter. you’ll know was incorrect. His health isn’t great but… Read More
The other evening Caitlin came home from a Guide trip and soon enough launched into her story of how another girl had urged her to reveal to an unsuspecting leader how many siblings she had. When the leader, a mum herself, heard that she had one sister, seven brothers and twins on the… Read More
After yesterday’s post I received a comment in response from my friend, Sandra. She said something like all of us having aspects which multiply at crazy rates. Mine being children and hers being mess. I read the comment and laughed. Then I looked around me. I stopped laughing. Fast. My home is not… Read More