The Only Thing Cuter...

You know you have a large family when...

...you have to carry three health insurance cards in your wallet- because that's how many it takes to fit everyone's name.
...you take the wrong child to the dentist...simply because your handwriting on the calendar was messy and both started with a "j".
...grocery shopping for 30 children and 12 adults for a two day camp constitutes a "small" shopping trip for you.
You find yourself relating some small incident to your husband and starting with the words, "Well, I only boiled twenty-six eggs for breakfast..."
...you buy a 40 pound box of bananas intending to make banana bread and freeze a bunch for smoothies...but your children eat them all first.
...you find an afternoon root canal relaxing.
...it takes you twenty-three minutes on the phone to schedule your children's dental appointments.
...you've given up on using your toaster entirely and make all of your toast under the broiler in you oven.
...you are seriously tempted by the stacking cribs you see at Goodwill for $19.99.
...you find yourself thinking, "Wow, the house is so quiet and peaceful with only nine children".
...you have enough children to constitute not one, but TWO large families.
...you have a laundry basket devoted entirely to lonely socks seeking their mate.
...when you got to buy your children those cool "spin toothbrushes" because you think they get their teeth so much cleaner...but the store doesn't carry enough styles/colors for your children to each have a different toothbrush.
...when you can't take all of your children to the doctor's office at the same time because the waiting room has only 10 seats.
...when you still have seven children that are required by law to sit in a carseat or booster seat.
...you call the doctor to get your children tetnus shots, and they tell you they don't have enough in the office and need to order more from the health department.
...you take up more than one entire pew in church.
...you take only half of your children to the library, and STILL get asked if they're all yours.
...you go to fill your children's flouride prescription at the phamacy and you clean them out of every pill they have...and it's still not enough.
...you spend sixty dollars on socks...and not everyone gets new socks.
...you go shopping at Costco and the cashier asks if you're having a soccer barbecue.

July 15, 2009

Than a six year old missing his two front teeth...

Is TWO six year olds missing their front teeth.

Seriously, how cute is this?

These two are twins in all the ways that matter:

same age

closeness

nursed by the same mama

losing their teeth in synch

both having their adenoids removed.

Oh yeah. I don't care what color they are or where they came from. They're twins.

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Very cute!!! :)

Posted by: hilary | July 15, 2009 at 07:05 AM

Aren't you blessed!? I think it is so wonderful that by opening your home the way you have you have allowed God to bless you "double". I would love to adopt, but it scares me beyond belief.... not the kids, but rather myself and my issues. Your life fascinates me and all this little (and not so little) faces. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Shannon | July 15, 2009 at 10:39 AM

What a great picture...and what great blessing all of your children are....

Posted by: Joann10 | July 15, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Love the picture of your twins:) Cute, cute, cute!!

Posted by: Karen | July 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM

TOTALLY twins in every way that counts. They are adorable!

Posted by: FullPlateMom | July 15, 2009 at 12:50 PM

they are adorable children - I especially love the lighting and post processing on the first image.

Posted by: emily | July 15, 2009 at 01:57 PM

Absolute Blessings!!

Posted by: Tammy | July 15, 2009 at 04:34 PM

Same cuteness and they belong to the same loving family.

Joolz

Posted by: Joolz | July 16, 2009 at 06:22 PM

hahaha that's great!!!

Posted by: Anna | July 16, 2009 at 07:40 PM

I love this!

Posted by: Alicia | July 18, 2009 at 07:52 PM

So cute!

I love my two sets of chocolate/vanilla twins ... and they all love having a "virtual twin", too.

Laurel

Posted by: Laurel | July 18, 2009 at 08:04 PM

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July 15, 2009