People say the jump from 1 -2 is hard or 2 -3.....its the 3 -4 thats hard. Bigger car for starters..(go the disco bus) space in the house, buying food, clothing.
Ive learnt to become a tight wad. I send my kids to the catholic school here (its private) cause everything BAR the uniform is included...and the uniform is pretty easy to get...polo tops with an iron on emblem and shorts in grey that I can get from dimmeys or big W. The school also has after school activities which are free..this term it martial arts on a monday night until 5pm and dancing for girls on a tuesday night.
We've noticed lately that our house is getting to small. we have a normal sized lounge room but its starting to get crowded. 2 bathrooms is a must!!!! We're even considering putting in a 3rd toilet in the new house cause we fight over the toilets we have.
Going on holidays is a pain in the butt as we have discovered lately. finding accomidation for 2 adults and 3 kids is hard enough...let alone 4 kids. Only way we got some was to opt for a portacoat for M and then we took a blow up matress.
Good thing is there is plenty of laughing...even when I scream like a fish wife cause we all start screaming and laughing. There is always atleast one kid that wants a cuddle when I want one, we all do things together which makes time go quicker.
Its also good to be able to sit back and watch the older kids looking out for the younger ones. The love and respect they have for each other melts my heart no end. NO amount of money spent could compeat with that
Ive often said to Jed that if I wasnt fixed up we'd be up to baby number 5 makes me sad but then were do you draw the line?
ETA - Trill...we only live on a small block and cant extend anymore lol. We want N to have his own room cause atm he's sharing with W and its driving him insane and really W needs his own room so he can have down time without N coming in being a loud mouth
like the breezeway idea...jed works for a transportable home company you know
We've got plenty of land to build on, but our house has already been built onto over the years and it was never really done right to allow for extra adding on in the future. The catholic school here doesn't cover much at all - parents still have to buy ALL stationery including pencils etc from Kindergarten plus their uniforms and at $1000 per term per child I can't see how that is a value for money education kwim?
I don't know that I want an extra bathroom - more cleaning for a start but I grew up in a 4 child family with only one bathroom and it was never an issue. Sometimes an extra loo would be great though.
ETA - hey Bek! I missed your post. I did feel like that a few years ago because I was at the stage where playgroup alone wasn't cutting it for stimulation for me but then we started with preschool and then school so that's kept me busy being involved with the preschool committee and I have found other areas to get involved too - I was a part of a reunion committee for our district and published a book on the area and now that they are older I am looking to go to uni and I'm starting a summer course next month to give me better standing to apply for a degree course in 2011 as the kids will be older then and I will be looking to do something just for me by then I think. Plus going to uni will give me a career just in time to combat the empty nest LOL - by the time I finish it DS1 will be 18 and it wont be long after that they will all be gone.
Last edited by Trillian; October 25th, 2009 at 04:09 PM.
The activities issue isnt a factor for me because they may very well not WANT to play a sport or something once they are old enough outside of school; and considering there would be 6 of us Im sure we would get enough exercise playing 3 on 3 basketball or footy at the local grounds for free. Esp having atleast 3 sons. So there again clothing and the like can get passed down. Dh earns a decent wage and being in the military we get cheap housing and atleast a 4bedder. The only real expenditure would be a new car if we cant get seats added to the Kluger. I already cook a bucketload of food to feed them all so I doubt one extra mouth will be an issue.
As for holidays and stuff; being military we get free holidays by moving around the country so thats taken care of
Good news on the Auskick Trill! Glad to hear that dp wants ds to play, but knowing my luck he will decide he has to play polocrosse....
Anna, don't ever understimate the value of outside activities! Boys neeeeeeed to play sports, and learning to be part of a team is good for life skills. Also it's very very good to have friends outside school, sometimes the going gets tough at school and if you have friends outside that square all the better.
LOL Lulu, I am soooo not a horse person and you can add the $$ up pretty quick if they are into Pony Club etc. Actually, what size foot would your DS have? I have a pair of footy boots you could have - we got them because DS played a bit of footy last year and needed them, but they only last one season before they grow out of them unfortunately and they were hardly worn in.
Another thing Anna would be to check out if you have a PCYC or other community based place that may do free activities or at a reduced cost. Our kids aren't overly sporty either, but having them in organised sport has been so good for them because once they go to school you don't want them being the kid who can't play a sport to save themselves kwim? They don't ever have to be world beaters at it, but just so long as they can compete fairly against all the kids who do a million different sports five days a week.
Maz I was just thinking of that thread the other day, about going in and talking to people that get that the noise level of my house is normal and not something abnormal to whinge and whine about, lol.
My boys all 5 of them are quite noisey and with my oldest having some hearing problems it's even more so when your having to talk at the top of your voice to just get an answer out of him or to do something.
I'm thinking of maybe another but DH is still in two minds, so will have to see how we go with that.
makes me sad but then were do you draw the line?
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