We've got a full house this week! We spent the weekend visiting my sister and her family - her kids are similar ages to my steppies so they get along really well. This morning we went to a great playground and walked around the lake chasing the ducks lol! DD is now so pooped from running around with the older kids that she's fast asleep while the others go visit their granny. All in all it's been a great few days - DD loves having the kids around, and it's a great help to me as they keep her very entertained!
Hope you're all having a good start to the holidays!
I am enjoying watching the older kids playing with our baby its nice to see and it has made a connection between them all
We have school hols too but all the big boys have left school so I borrowed my nephews 7 and 9 for a fun day out at scienceworks great day out
Do anyone else feel like the have 2 families I do at times as the changing shape of the household
Hope you had a enjoyable week with the full house Claire_A
Hi to kimB
Last edited by marlin; September 25th, 2010 at 03:05 PM.
Hi all, I'm joining late, but would love to join in. I'm very much a mum to a blended family, though the step kids live in various places. Between me dh and I there are 7 kids. I have 4 steps kids, dss22, dsd20, dss18 and dad soon to be 16. We have the 18 and 16 yr olds every 3rd weekend. Then I have 2 girls from previuose relationship who are 10 and 7. They go to their dads every 2nd weekend. Then we have an ours she is 26 months. When they're all together it can be a hand full but it doesn't happen that often any more as the older two are pretty much doing their own thing.
Will be nice to chat to others in similar situations.
Welcome sweetpea - wow you definitely have a full house when everyone is at home! You must need a good calendar to keep track of who is coming and going at your house lol!
Marlin I love watching my steppies play with DD too - it's great isn't it! I know what you mean about it connecting everyone.
Hi Kim - hope you're pregnancy's going well & you're getting a bit of sleep.
Well our week turned out to be a bit more eventful than anticipated. DSD who is almost 13 fell off her skateboard and broke her arm!! So we all trekked off to the emergency dept including our niece and nephew who we were looking after for the day. The kids actually got a buzz out of it - at least they'll have something to report back on when they go back to school lol!
Hi all
checking in again
welcome sweetpea so nice to have you here
wow you are a big bunch it must be hard keeping track of everyone
I find it hard keeping track of 4 let alone 7 you must be one busy woman
claire nothing like a good drama to keep all entertained
Well we have a wayward teenager DSS 16 at the moment he is testing out the water and pushing the boundaries mostly my dh deals with it but it does impact on the household in general
Well its end of holidays here not that it affects this house alot as 2 elder boys past school and 16 yr old in tafe
before we know it will be xmas time
It can be hetis at times. I reli on my calendar alot for organization as without I would have no clue who we had each weekend etc. My dh also shift works so kneed the calendar to be able to plan anything he needs to be at to. I don't find it to hard as we really only have my two and ours mostly.
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- wow you definitely have a full house when everyone is at home! You must need a good calendar to keep track of who is coming and going at your house lol!
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