10 Ways You Know You Have a BIG Family

You know, just in case you forgot that you have a ton of kids, here’s a list to help remind you!

You Know You Have a Big Family If…

1. When you go restaurants that offer “kids eat free with the purchase of an adult entree,” less than half of your children eat free.

2. You have tennis elbow from carrying around small children for so many years…seriously I have more aches and pains from having and chasing children than I do from CrossFit.

3. The amount of space needed to store all the hand-me down clothes in various sizes and genders is the approximate size of a barn….every nook and cranny has boxes of clothes waiting for someone to grow into them.

4. It’s cheaper to rent a hotel room and use the free pool than it is to take everyone swimming at a community pool.

5. The luggage needed to stay overnight looks like you are staying indefinitely….

6. You need a bus for all the children and accessories needed for any outing especially if you are going swimming or to a sporting event…..floaties and baseball bats take up a lot of room.

7. People stop to stare, and sometimes giggle awkwardly, when your family emerges from the car….it’s like a clown car, kids just keep popping out!

8. People constantly remark that you “have your hands full,” even though you only have half your children with you.

9. Your panty and refrigerator look like a doomsday preppers’ paradise….yet you have to restock weekly to feed all those little rascals who are constantly complaining that they are starving to death.

10. Laundry literally runs your life. Someone somewhere always needs clean socks, clean undies, another towel because they somehow peed on their old one, more pants because they wore three pairs everyday for the last 3 days and managed to get food on every single one, and so on and so forth with every article of clothing they own. It’s a never ending battle to the death, and the laundry always wins.

Brandi is a mother of 5 and workout enthusiast. She spends her time cooking and attempting to keep up with housework, but generally failing. She also works part time as a bartender and blogger. You can check out her blog, Big Fit Fam and follow her on Facebook.