Next month, September 17th to be exact, Nicholas will be entering the world. I am getting very excited.
One thing I have been thinking about lately is our family size. I know this is going to sound kind of a "dah" to some but here goes any way....it just dawn on me recently that we, according to most, are (or will be) a large family.
When did this happen? At what point did we go from being an "average" family to be a "large family"? I honestly do not know. Was it when we got Jessie and Alex and overnight went from a family of 4 to a family of 6? Or is it when we added Emily? Can it be that NOW we are with our new addition coming?
I guess it all comes down to perspective. I would consider us a typical homeschool family. But why? Well, most of the families that I know who homeschool have atleast 4 children (some do have less). Some have 5 or 6. So it doesn't surprise me when I see a family with that many children. I look at a family of 12 (10 children plus parents) as large. However, when I was a mom of 2 with CJ is school, I would have looked at a family with 6 large. Why? Because the "norm" around me was families with 2 kids.
So what do you think? What do you consider a large family? We will be a family of 8, do you consider us a large family?
BTW........I LOVE being a large family : )
2 comments:
I think in today's society a family of 5 is large.
I came from a family of seven and so did my husband. We decided that we would only have one.
Congratulations on your little one.
For me, it was when our son Jesse was born that our family seemed "large". That was when we became a family of 6.
But you're right... in homeschooling circles, sometimes 5 kids (as we have now) isn't a big family. We have friends who are expecting their 10th next month. THAT is a "large" family if you ask me.
But we're "bigger than most" and I'm used to people acting like 5 kids is a big family. I don't mind...
Amy :)
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