Hey there Jo that sounds like so much fun. I was thinking along the lines of an afternoon tea party and treating the girls like young ladies, teacups, little snacks, etc. Trying to keep it as easy as possible with all the normal day to day stuff taking all my time!!!! I am thinking of sending off the 4 boys and my DH while party is on to keep it ladylike!!!!! I may have to put away my jeans and docs for the day and get into the party mood - hey I may even wear a dress! But I will never wear pink!!!!
Hi Jo, how are you? I just looked at Storm's website, which brought on tears. We lost our first DD at 18 weeks also. 7 months for you now...HUGS.
We are all well here. Just trying to cope with the usual school dramas. Books not brought home, hockey sticks that "vanish", etc! The little ones are a joy. DD was one two weeks ago. DS no 2 will be 11 in October. He was trying to tell me yesterday that his birthday was in four weeks.
"No, eight weeks."
"No, four weeks Mum, don't you know when I was born?!"
"Yes, and you forgot about September."
"Oh yeah...."
we are te same, organising homework times around sport and designating jobs. Running to and from Kinder and school, and about to go to storytime at the library.
Ok guys, just a quick question (and don't get any ideas.... please!)
If I were to have five kids (which has always been my wish) what car would you recommend? I would like to avoid Taragos/Carnivals/vans if at all possible. What do you think?
Opps sorry I forgot about you all!!
Can't catch up properly now but just wanted to say HI!!
Castle, is there something wrong with my website? (if you were referring to me that is )
No Storm, I was looking at Jo's (JLK) website for her little 18 weeker, who was named Storm.
Divvy, there have been some other postings about cars/transport over the past few months! We have 4 & it depends on their age spread. Would have loved to keep the Pajero but since we had to have 2 car seats tethered, we had to get something with 2 seats in the middle, 2/3 in the rear. If the Pajero had had an aft-facing back seat (like the old volvo estate wagons?) so that the big ones could get in & out the back--then we probably would have stuck with that.
The other issue for us was that our big two are at the point of needing a full sized seat--not the knees up by the chest back seat that is in so many cars.
In fact, because of that, we are probably going to swap our current Hyundai Trajet for a Volkswagen van. I KNOW how you feel about the van thing...my big problem with the vans is that they're vans...but unfortunately that's what works best for us now.
We talked with several different car sales people & they all said, basically, there are no other options. Other than a bus like Tiggy's!!
Hey All, We are about to get a new van - YEH!!! We have at present an old 8 seater Nissan Nomad which is a bit squashy and doesn't have room for the buggy and wheelchair which is a real pain. My hubby is buying an ex childcare van that has 12 seats (I just hope he doesn't want me to fill all those seats in a hurry!!!) and room for all the kids gear. It also has the little extra luxury of retractable seatbelts! Most people don't think how much of a time saver that is with heaps of kids! This van only just fits into our carport and I am sure we will get stared at more when we go out but hubby is thinking of tinting the rear windows!!! Well gotta run - seeya.
hey guys are the vans really better than the 4wds i hate to go and buy a 4wd as their so expensive only to find out in a couple of years we need to get a van.i always thought the van wasnt for me but if its more pratical maybe when we have our 5th i should look at the vans instead
We used to have a starwagon, & it was really "vanny" but it was awesome too! I loved it. But not as much as the trajet, but it is really too small, there is no room for baggage & it is full now were don't have a spare seat, it's only a 7 seater.
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but since we had to have 2 car seats tethered, we had to get something with 2 seats in the middle, 2/3 in the rear. If the Pajero had had an aft-facing back seat (like the old volvo estate wagons?) so that the big ones could get in & out the back--then we probably would have stuck with that.
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