You KNOW you are a LARGE family when........

[halltribe]

your dream vehicle is a 12 seater van rather than a 2 door sports car!!!

Come on girls (and Dustmite if he's still around) give me some more, we have been very quiet in here lately.

[mbear]

You need 2 loaves of bread for lunch
10 nugget pack at maccas doesnt feed 3 outta 4 kids
You go thru a roll of toilet paper a day....

[~clover~]

Buying in bulk only lasts the week, lol

[aussienic]

You have to count heads to make sure everyone is still with you
when the washing pile is as tall as you are

[Feijoa Mum]

You start buying two pkts of weet bix a week because one just doesnt last a whole week anymore
You manage to blow through 25ltrs of milk a week
you are thinking about buying a trailer and its not for rubbish
You completely look past the four bedroom houses in the real estate agents windows for five or more bedrooms
You do three loads of washing a day but the basket is still never empty

[mbear]

you are thinking about buying a trailer and its not for rubbish
You completely look past the four bedroom houses in the real estate agents windows for five or more bedrooms

[halltribe]

Your friends and family call you RENT A CROWD so get invites to partys to boost numbers
But not so many dinner invites!!!

You need 3 medicare cards to fit everyones names on.

Your shoe rack looks like a shoe store!

[*Sparklez*]

when you and your hubby have to drive seperate cars to go to your in laws

[Persephone1]

You have to think really hard and do a mental add-up before answering the question "how many siblings do you have?"

You get known around town as "one of the J(surname) Mob."

You fight with your siblings about who's going to share the middle seat-belt, or who has to sit in the boot (I'm not joking either).

Your mother has bought you colour-coded undies.

[KimB]

You know you are a large family when it takes 2 or more trolleys to do the weekly grocery shop and people ask you is that for a month lol. When your clean clothes piles are knee high for each person. When everyone you know asks are you going to stop having more kids lol

[halltribe]

theres not enough space on forms when listing children.
you get a group discount just for your family.
we once went to a church and doubled the size!


Colour coded undies and army drill - I do that!!!!!

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Persephone - we used to fight about who got to go in the boot, not who HAD to go!

When kids don't get presents unless there is 1 in each colour to prevent fighting
When someone compliments one child and the parent goes 'Buy one get 3 free!'

This thread is hilarious, it brings back so much from my childhood!

[Persephone1]

I thought of some more!

When people regret asking you "where does your family live?" because it takes you so long to answer (I had siblings in 3 different States and one overseas at one point).

A tuckerbox (chest) freezer is the most valued possession in the home (and it's contents amounts to a large insurance claim when someone accidentally turns it off).

My poor DH was upset when he realised that if we only invited immediate family to our wedding, he would be inviting 4 people but I would be inviting 12 (we eloped instead).

On the good side, as kids we could entertain ourselves for hours cause someone was always creating new games. There were always enough people to play a game of cricket. And no one ever dared to bully one of us, cause they would find themselves up against the entire clan.

[Marlene]

You forget what your laundry floor looks like.

[halltribe]

We must have run out of things....my hubby read this thread and laughed so hard!!!
He said you know you are a large family when your father in law offers to pay for a vascectomy!! (I am for real!)

[KimB]

pmsl that is a good one halltribe.

[Diamond Girl]

- When your mother calls you one of your four sister's names instead of your own. My brother escaped that one, lol.
- When your initials are sewn onto your underwear and clothes.
- When hand-me downs last 2-3 children
- When you have to share your bedroom with not just one sibling but 2
- When there is a queue system for the bathroom - but exceptions are made for urgency
- When you are never, ever even close to being on time for anything (because someone always needs to go to the toilet just before we go, etc).
- When you start questioning why a family pass only includes two adults and two kids
- I could easily go on...

This is post is hilarious. Brings back many happy memories.

[Pretty Butterfly]

OMG..yes, yes YES to it all!!!!!!!! What a crack up!!!!!

I can relate to EVERYTHING on here, its so funny!!!

* the look on peoples faces when I have 4 or 5 with me and say "lets go get the rest of the kids"... priceless....
* "that will only feed 6, we cant get that!"
* when people joke about not having a tele, and Adam tells them we just do it while watching it, its the only chance we get!!!
* I have to buy a SEVEN bedroom, FIVE loungeroom house... CRAZY!!!
* I tell people our 5 bed, 3 longe house is too small!!!
* Start piling the kids in the bus, counting heads as they go in..