Showing posts with label big families. Show all posts
Showing posts with label big families. Show all posts
Friday, January 13, 2012
I Found It Funny
Earlier today I stopped to do some shopping with all five kids at Sam's Club. I got a cart, put Anthony in the seat and made all the kids hold onto the cart so we could go inside. As we walked up the parking lot aisle, I noticed a woman sitting in the passenger seat of a car staring at us. Her eyes were opened wide and as we passed by, I could plainly seeing her counting...one...two...three...four...and then her head whipped around to see if there were any more. She looked quite silly and I had to laugh to myself.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
A New One At The Store
Last night at the grocery store, as the cashier was scanning the 5# of grapes and 6# of bananas I had among my purchases, he asked, "So, are you making a fruit salad?" Implied was that I must be making one for a big party or something.
"No, I have 4 little kids."
"Wow, I've never seen somebody buy that many bananas before!"
"No, I have 4 little kids."
"Wow, I've never seen somebody buy that many bananas before!"
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Big Family Humor
If you have a big family and have ever heard a question from a stranger like, "Are they all yours?" then go watch this video. A family with 7 kids made up a song to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and it is pretty cute. We only have 4 kids and I've heard at least half of these!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaD8xat6VDw&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaD8xat6VDw&NR=1
Thursday, July 3, 2008
I Finally Heard a New One
Everyone who has more than a couple kids, especially if they are all little, has heard the comments:
"Are they all yours?"
"Wow, you must have your hands full!"
"Better you than me!"
"Do you have twins?"
"Are they triplets?"
"Oh, you have a boy and a girl now, you must be done."
The other day, I came out of Walgreens with all four kids (4, 2, 2, and 13 mo) and was busily trying to get everyone into the car and buckled in their seats. As I was working away, I heard someone chuckle and say something. I looked up and a few parking spots away an elderly couple were next to their car and the man was looking at us and he repeated, "Is it in the water?" I looked at him blankly and he laughed and said, "There's something in the water. You don't need any more." I guess he thought he was being funny. I didn't know what to say at the time so we just left. Anybody heard that one before?
"Are they all yours?"
"Wow, you must have your hands full!"
"Better you than me!"
"Do you have twins?"
"Are they triplets?"
"Oh, you have a boy and a girl now, you must be done."
The other day, I came out of Walgreens with all four kids (4, 2, 2, and 13 mo) and was busily trying to get everyone into the car and buckled in their seats. As I was working away, I heard someone chuckle and say something. I looked up and a few parking spots away an elderly couple were next to their car and the man was looking at us and he repeated, "Is it in the water?" I looked at him blankly and he laughed and said, "There's something in the water. You don't need any more." I guess he thought he was being funny. I didn't know what to say at the time so we just left. Anybody heard that one before?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Doing What She Was Born to Do
A classic call-in on The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Original article
Doing What She Was Born to Do
January 16, 2008
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Jean in Harvard, Illinois, glad you waited. Welcome to the Rush Limbaugh program.
CALLER: Hi, Rush.
RUSH: Hi.
CALLER: Thanks for taking my call. I've been listening to you for just about forever. I first heard you in the barbershop when I was there with one of my kids, and that was before you said that you endorsed Clinton.
RUSH: So that's a little bit before 1992.
CALLER: Yeah. Anyway, I'm 54 years old. I got married in '74, got my bachelor in science in nursing in '75, and I worked in OB until I caught it, and that was early in the legal abortion era.
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You worked at OB?
CALLER: I worked in obstetrics --
RUSH: Oh, oh.
CALLER: Not in abortions, but they did some on my floor.
RUSH: I see. I got you.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: (laughter) I understand.
CALLER: I'm calling because of those population controllers that are saying that the only reason people have kids is because they don't have access to abortion.
RUSH: Or contraception.
CALLER: Or contraception. Now, I want you to know that since then my husband and I have had ten lovely children, they're age 31 to nine, and when I stopped having kids, we started having grandkids. We have six grandkids ages eight to two.
RUSH: Wait just a second. I need to get my arms around this. You have ten kids, the oldest is 31, the youngest is nine?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: That means, I'm assuming for most of these 31 years, you have had an infant --
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: -- in your house?
CALLER: Oh, yes.
RUSH: How in the world have you done that?
CALLER: We enjoyed it. We wanted these children. We would have more if we could, and we know all about contraception, and we've rejected it. And these population controllers, they go and no matter what the demographics are of the country, they say, "You need to reduce your population." They want contraception in Africa. They're dying of AIDS, and they say, "You need more abortion and contraception."
RUSH: You know, that is an interesting point about this. When I did these numbers in the first segment today, I forgot to mention that all these environmentalist wackos are out there trying to suppress population to save the planet and so forth. That probably is one of the reasons why they're upset about the US birth rate increasing.
CALLER: This Baby Boom is wonderful. Now, these kids that are having kids now, their parents are like my age, and they've been, you know, got tricked in the sexual revolution.
RUSH: Can I ask -- this is a personal question -- you don't have to answer this.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: But how old were you when your youngest child, the nine-year-old, was born?
CALLER: Forty-five.
RUSH: Forty-five.
CALLER: I'm 54 now. She's nine, yeah.
RUSH: That's right.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: I could have discovered this without asking. So 45 years old when you had your youngest child.
CALLER: I had one at 40, one at 42, and one at 45. I didn't have my first child 'til I was 23.
RUSH: Yeah. You got started late and you kept going.
CALLER: Yep. But these kids that are having kids now, they see what's happened with small families. You know, they don't have a whole lot of brothers and sisters, a lot of them, and they want to have children because they finally figured out that contraceptive sex is a lie and that the purpose of sex is having children. And I support them in that. You know, it's a good thing. And my kids are all giggling in the background.
RUSH: Well, how many of them still live at home?
CALLER: Right now four. I have three of them in the car with me and four sons in high school. I home school the youngest three.
RUSH: Oh, man, this is a heartwarming and wonderful story. You sound genuinely happy.
CALLER: I am. You know, it's hard work, but what's life if it's not hard work? I'm doing what I want to do.
RUSH: Well, then that's fine. You know, that is absolutely -- I think you're also doing as I. I'm doing what I was born to do. You are doing what you were born to do.
END TRANSCRIPT
Original article
Doing What She Was Born to Do
January 16, 2008
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Jean in Harvard, Illinois, glad you waited. Welcome to the Rush Limbaugh program.
CALLER: Hi, Rush.
RUSH: Hi.
CALLER: Thanks for taking my call. I've been listening to you for just about forever. I first heard you in the barbershop when I was there with one of my kids, and that was before you said that you endorsed Clinton.
RUSH: So that's a little bit before 1992.
CALLER: Yeah. Anyway, I'm 54 years old. I got married in '74, got my bachelor in science in nursing in '75, and I worked in OB until I caught it, and that was early in the legal abortion era.
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You worked at OB?
CALLER: I worked in obstetrics --
RUSH: Oh, oh.
CALLER: Not in abortions, but they did some on my floor.
RUSH: I see. I got you.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: (laughter) I understand.
CALLER: I'm calling because of those population controllers that are saying that the only reason people have kids is because they don't have access to abortion.
RUSH: Or contraception.
CALLER: Or contraception. Now, I want you to know that since then my husband and I have had ten lovely children, they're age 31 to nine, and when I stopped having kids, we started having grandkids. We have six grandkids ages eight to two.
RUSH: Wait just a second. I need to get my arms around this. You have ten kids, the oldest is 31, the youngest is nine?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: That means, I'm assuming for most of these 31 years, you have had an infant --
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: -- in your house?
CALLER: Oh, yes.
RUSH: How in the world have you done that?
CALLER: We enjoyed it. We wanted these children. We would have more if we could, and we know all about contraception, and we've rejected it. And these population controllers, they go and no matter what the demographics are of the country, they say, "You need to reduce your population." They want contraception in Africa. They're dying of AIDS, and they say, "You need more abortion and contraception."
RUSH: You know, that is an interesting point about this. When I did these numbers in the first segment today, I forgot to mention that all these environmentalist wackos are out there trying to suppress population to save the planet and so forth. That probably is one of the reasons why they're upset about the US birth rate increasing.
CALLER: This Baby Boom is wonderful. Now, these kids that are having kids now, their parents are like my age, and they've been, you know, got tricked in the sexual revolution.
RUSH: Can I ask -- this is a personal question -- you don't have to answer this.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: But how old were you when your youngest child, the nine-year-old, was born?
CALLER: Forty-five.
RUSH: Forty-five.
CALLER: I'm 54 now. She's nine, yeah.
RUSH: That's right.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: I could have discovered this without asking. So 45 years old when you had your youngest child.
CALLER: I had one at 40, one at 42, and one at 45. I didn't have my first child 'til I was 23.
RUSH: Yeah. You got started late and you kept going.
CALLER: Yep. But these kids that are having kids now, they see what's happened with small families. You know, they don't have a whole lot of brothers and sisters, a lot of them, and they want to have children because they finally figured out that contraceptive sex is a lie and that the purpose of sex is having children. And I support them in that. You know, it's a good thing. And my kids are all giggling in the background.
RUSH: Well, how many of them still live at home?
CALLER: Right now four. I have three of them in the car with me and four sons in high school. I home school the youngest three.
RUSH: Oh, man, this is a heartwarming and wonderful story. You sound genuinely happy.
CALLER: I am. You know, it's hard work, but what's life if it's not hard work? I'm doing what I want to do.
RUSH: Well, then that's fine. You know, that is absolutely -- I think you're also doing as I. I'm doing what I was born to do. You are doing what you were born to do.
END TRANSCRIPT
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Wow, you must have your hands full!
I went to the grocery store with our 4 kids the other day, which is always an adventure. Luckily our local grocery store got these nifty carts within the last year (just in time for #4) where you can put 2 kids side by side on the top and then 2 in a little fun car attached to the front. And you still have room for groceries in the main basket! Is Dillons becoming more in tune to families with lots of little ones? I think I will call them the pro-life carts. Although, most of the people I see using them have one child riding in the little car. Which brings me to the other day, when I got to the store, all those carts were gone! I was in a panic. How can I shop with a 3 and 1/2 year old, 2 year old twins, and a 3 month old baby? Not to mention compare prices and juggle coupons and my grocery list (which I write out in order of how items are arranged in the store). Luckily they still had some old nifty carts, which can fit 3 kids, so I let the oldest child walk and "help" Mommy. We managed to make do, although every New Nifty Cart I saw in the store had one kid in it! Then the comments started. Within minutes I heard the two most common. "Are they all yours?" "Wow, you must have your hands full!" I nod and smile and continue shopping. "Better you than me." Yes, probably so. Some people go so far as to ask, "Are you done yet?" Sometimes I'll just say I hope not, other times I'll say maybe we're halfway done. Some people are speechless, some look shocked, but I am surprised at the positive comments I get on occasion. It is interesting how a stranger will make a comment (very personal, sometimes!) in a disparaging way, then when she hears your pro-family answer, it seems to really make her think. I think perhaps my greatest pro-life work at this time in my life is just being there for people to see.
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