5 Positive Truths No One Tells You Before Having Multiple Kids
Truth 1: Experiencing multiple ages collide…Incredible!
My 5 kids currently range from 2 to 10. I cannot overstate how cool it is to see them living out their daily lives together. When my three oldest who were once my “3, three and under,” I could not appreciate how different ages at multiple planes of development could enrich family life. It got really incredible when my fourth and fifth became buddies. How they play!
When my oldest3 are preoccupied with school the two littles are playing princess and doll house. Going to the park is an adventure that the older kids lead while carrying the little kids across deadly ravines and molten lava.
Truth 2: More kids does not equal more toys.
I thought that people who had more kids had more toys, well I was wrong for many reasons. Our kids have gotten less toys from us and our extended family as we have more. The amount that the kids get each has decreased but so has the overall total.
I don’t buy the kids a whole lot of toys. I just don’t feel the need to anymore. The girls spend so much of their time playing make-believe with their siblings, they don’t seem to need much else to occupy them. The girls fill each other up so they don’t need as many toys. The three oldest girls still love saving money for 3D printed animals and getting things here and there. What amazes me though is that then they spend hours playing with those four or five miniatures together. This leads me into truth 2
Truth 3: The older kids entertain the littles.
With my first two littles, I was constantly entertaining them. Now their older sisters get to play the imaginative games. Someday, my two year old plays so hard with her older sisters she only stops for a snack and diaper change, then its off to find sisters again!
Truth4: Love is always at the ready and overflowing.
I am so grateful I have five little girls to give me attention. They each have a different way of showing their affection. It’s lovely to receive the variety of their loving expressions.
I get to soak in the love the girls poor out on their daddy too. Such a sweet reward!
Truth 5: Never Bored
There is always something interesting going on!
One thing I really wish someone would have told me, particularly in the early years was that someday I would never be bored. It would have definitely helped when I used to spend all day wiping bums, and cleaning up water messes. I remember people telling me that there would be bigger problems as kids got older. “Bigger people, bigger problems.” What I didn’t realize was just how in depth our conversations would be. It’s nice to have the company of grown ups, but most of the time my children engage me in great conversation.
We are always busy doing art, music, school, activities, cooking, and having conversations about Andrew Jackson.
