20 Things I've Learned from Raising Six Children
Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008
by Cheryl Moeller
Momlaughs
1) Salt, pepper and milk are not fish food.
2) It's a bad thing when your child calls from camp and asks if it's a bad thing if one foot is bigger than the other.
3) If you mow the lawn with the basement windows open – the carbon monoxide detector will go off.
4) The ceiling fan doesn't hold more than a 40 pound child and is not a substitute for taking your child to Great America.
6) A 10-year-old cannot run a mile without shoes but he can run a ½ mile.
7) A mother with three sons doesn't have that many friends who are mothers of all girls when the sons are young. The mother has more friends who are mothers of all girls when they reach high school age.
8) You get invited over less to friends and family's houses for Sunday dinner when you have six kids.
9) When the nurse says, "even though the white count is as high as Mononucleosis – it's only E coli," you shouldn't be happy.
10) Finger painting is a good hobby.
11) Finger painting the front door is not a good hobby.
12) Green marker and a new couch don't mix.
13) Black marker and a new loveseat also don't mix.
14) The backyard swimming pool is not a bubble bath.
15) Pool filters do not like bubbles.
16) A dog who has been fed two packages of hot dogs can throw up twice his body weight.
17) Being hit with a marble from the second floor hurts more than being hit by a marble from the first floor.
18) The Easy Bake oven does not bake cookies fast enough for a family of eight.
19) "I hope you didn't forget I put the cell phone on the roof of the car" is not a good thing to hear when you are going 60 mph on the toll way.
20) A good sense of humor will get you through most problems in life.
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Top-level comments on this article: (9 total)Amazing -- you've raised six children and you still have a sense of humor (and a brain!) Wow -- I'm impressed. Love the fish food comment.
Hi Cheryl, welcome to searchwarp. And thanks for the laughs! I am looking forward to reading more of your articles! God Bless!!! Teresa
Bravo! Thanks for the fun.I am glad that I made you smile.
Hi Cheryl, good article. I'm insane after only four kids. You have to laugh a lot. Looking forward to more.
I laughed until I cried and then laughed some more.
Only someone who has lived this could be so believeable. Kudos.
Great article. Insightful and funny. You might consider including a bio so that we can know a little more about you. Raising six kids is amazing, but it doesn't say it all.
Cheryl your 20 things gave me a good laugh. I am sure you have persnally experienced what you wrote about.
Its still a fun article. It appears my first comment to you was 3 years, 180 days ago. Anything new in the way of learning from kids?
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