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Some trips are better than others, some have even been excellent with no problems whatsoever. To be honest, Beth and I want so badly to represent Christ well as a family in the stores together and make big families look good, welcome and desirable. Some days we get comments like"Wow, you guys do so well with four, I could never do that, how do you do it". Today, we got some looks that expressed, "I am so glad I do not have four kids" and, "there a reason I do not have children", these are not the looks we want and this is not how we want to portray Christ or big families.
If you got any pointers, feel free to share. Beth was in tears today. BTW, how big is your crew if you do not mind my askin'.
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I have three children and when they were younger we went to the grocery store..and I had told them they behave and we get out of there in a timely fashion we will go to Taco Bell and get lunch, if they didn't behave and it took longer..*I* would go to Taco Bell and get lunch and they would go home and have PBJ sandwiches..they didn't believe me..they started acting up..when we left the store..I went to taco Bell bought ME lunch to go, and took them home and made them PBJ's...they were NOT happy little campers..but when we went to the store after that..they behaved..at least the older two did..
With my son, I have been known to put everything back on the shelves and take him home..once he asked "Why are we leaving, you didn't buy any food?" I said, "well, I told you, you act up, I am leaving without buying anything, you apparently didn't believe me." Didn't have near as many problems with him after that either..and if he started acting up and seen me start putting things back he would be, "okay, I'm sorry" and start behaving.
If she does something like that, she can let you know whats going on, and she can tell your kids, that when you get home THEY can explain to daddy why there are no groceries for dinner tonight...(and if you can swing it, you can make them PBJ sandwiches and you can take your wife to get something fast food or whatever that you know your kids like as well).
Do you think something like that would work?? Or something you'd want to try with them?
but back to the topic, of the Duggars,
I think it's great..they had a show on TV we watched one night where they were traveling as a family, made me wonder how they could afford the trip to California (going to Disney and a few other places along the way, the Grand Canyon, with a plane ride over head) with all those kids..I know I can't afford it with three kids..
They met up w/ another large family and had lunch..all the kids helped out with the cooking and cleaning up afterwards...but it would certainly be stressful...
But the kids pretty much all wore handmade clothes, and hand-me-downs, did two or three loads of clothes every other day..but they worked together..
To me, with all those kids, reminded me of a family reunion with all my cousins..there were some 21 of us all together at once, but there were always more than two adults..