The Shelter

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 14, 2009

Have your children ever built a bomb shelter in your backyard?

Hmm...I kinda didn't think so.

We actually had several in our backyard, but the others were *ahem* dismantled by the "little kids" before I had a chance to photograph them.

This particular bomb shelter was built by Ezra and Boaz. It actually had bowed branches as a support system and is covered in grass.

I'm pretty sure no planes could sight this baby from the sky (although I'm not so sure about the structural strength of dried grass were a nearby area to be bombed).

As you can see, we're still studying WWII over here. Can you believe I'm mean enough to make my children "do school" in the summer? Someone ought to report me.

For blog entries from other camp moms, check these out:

Hilary, Syndi, and Carolynn

It's always fun to see the photos and moments the other moms captured.

And no, we didn't just have a megaphone sitting around, Tami had the foresight to rent it for the weekend. Probably the best investment we made this summer.

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School? In the summer? I'm pretty sure that's child abuse. ;)

Posted by: Hilary | July 14, 2009 at 08:33 AM

I love the bomb shelters! Very cool! We only have fox holes in our backyard.

Posted by: Syndi | July 14, 2009 at 09:40 AM

school in the summer...I thought I was the ONLY mean Mom :)

Posted by: beth | July 15, 2009 at 06:02 AM

LOL I have to raise my hand...mean mom here too. My youngest (11) is homeschooled and the other 2 are in public school. But my high school daughter is making up a failed English class online, and my middle one never stops learning, so it just comes naturally to us.

Posted by: Stephanie | July 16, 2009 at 06:57 PM

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