The most helpful thing you can do is to get the other kids involved in caring for the new babies. That is what has helped us manage our "Tribe". I have 7 total. Their ages are 10, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3 and 1. The 10 year old son takes care of the 3 year old brother. The 8 year old daughter takes care of the 4 year old sister. the 7 year old daughter takes care of the 6 year old sister. Both 10 year old and 8 year old take care of the 1 year old sister. And when it comes to changing diapers, the 10 and 8 change the 3 and 1. They all have responsibilities for someone else. When we go someplace with lots of people, they pair up and keep track of one another.
If we didn't do this, there would be so much chaos. Just look around to see parents with 3-4 kids running around chasing every one of them in order to have them follow directions. I've seen this with a 1 child family. We're looking forward to having number 8, just don't know when God will bless us with one.
Well, we finally arrived home on 9/14 (Sunday). What a trip that was! Final mileage count was 5100 miles. The trip to see the South was canceled due to Hurricane Ike's arrival. While is PA, we rode out TD Hanna. A whole day of heavy rain, but nothing to keep us from visiting the old stomping grounds. :D
Here are some pictures of our new TT while in Fort Leonard Wood, MO:
This is what how travels ended up:
Of course, once we picked up the TT, our gas mileage went from 14-15 mpg to around 8 mpg. :eek: But, we had a lot of fun for our maiden voyage. We can't wait to plan the next trip anywhere!
Wow! Everyone looked like they had fun at CatJam! We we're hoping to attend this year, but as everyone knows, things happen. We will hopefuly have next year planned out for a trip to Ohio.
One thing that happened for us is that we bought a travel trailer.:D If you know us, that is a big deal for us since we were camping out in a PopUp. For those who don't know us, we have 7 kids to camp with. This one should be plenty big for all of us.
Here is what we bought:
Only thing is that we have to pick it up in Grand Rapids, MI. As some of you know, we moved from PA to NM in 2006. So while picking up our TT, we're going on an East Coast romp to visit family and friends as well as see the sights.
Here is our planned route:
This journey will be about 15 days covering 6000 miles. Starting and ending in Moriarty, NM with stops in Chicago, Grand Rapids MI, Toronto, Niagara Falls (CAN/US), Boston, Cape Cod, New York, Philly, York PA, Gettysburg PA, Washington DC, Jamestown VA, Baltimore, Clarksburg WV, Sutton WV, Charlotte NC, Atlanta, Mobile AL, New Orleans and Dallas. We'll be passing by quite a few of you. So if you happen to see a white Ford E350 15 passenger van pulling this TT, wave! :D
Would you mind sending me the original full size picture of this? My mother loves Tweedy and I plan on getting it put on photo paper and giving it to her.
So what would you recommend for polished wheels that aren't quite polished anymore. Have tarnish from 2 winters. Best I could do was a nicely shined AND tarnished wheel. :)
Nothing that a drive-by wouldn't cure.