You Know You Have A Big Family When...

By Megan (Steps for Brady)

1. Your lineup of plates at dinner time resembles what you remember your elementary cafeteria counter looking like.

2. Your recycling bin fills up by mid week because your kids eat a jar of applesauce during one meal.

3. Sorry mom, you can't ride with us, we don't have any empty seats in the van.

4. After looking at the pile of socks you are buying, the check out lady at Target asks you if you are a teacher doing some sort of art project with your class.

5. Hmmmm...where to put the baby's Christmas stocking on the mantel...things are getting tight up there!

6. You start to consider all the benefits of buying a conversion van.

7. There are only a handful of restaurants that you can go to because most don't have 4 highchairs.

8. You try and schedule as many outings as you can before your oldest kid/kids turn 3 so that their admission is still free!

9. You are surprised when the manager of BJs comes up to you as you are checking out and tells you that you qualify for the store's corporate rewards program because of how much you spend there every month.

10. Speaking of BJs...it won't be long until you have to use one of those flats on wheels versus a regular cart as you can barely make the turn out to the parking lot!

Megan is a fellow blogger who is a stay-at-home mom to four wonderful kids under the age of two. She blogs to tell the story of her precious son Brady diagnosed with neuroblastoma on January 21, 2009.