Some random thoughts as I look back at the day.
The kids are all young enough that they still follow me around. If I’m in the family room, they all gather there. If I start to work on my laptop in the dining room, they eventually make their way over with a question or two, then linger at the table. When I move to the couch, they want to show me something and stay nearby. I make it upstairs and they slowly make their way up, for one reason or another. Always close, always a hug away. I hope to keep it this way for as long as they’ll allow it. One day I know they’ll want to be in the opposite side of the house. This smaller house helps me keep them close.
And then there’s their stuff. EVERYWHERE. It’s sort of contained. But I can’t imagine having more rooms, and bigger rooms to pick up. The smaller rooms force us to pick up, and stay semi-organized.
Finally there’s the cleaning. I’m lucky if I can get the whole house cleaned in a 2 week rotation. And we only have 1750 square feet. At the age the kids are now, they still can’t help clean up as good as I’d like. Plus my mom OCD means no one can clean like me..so the less space to clean the better.
So yeah I’m lovin’ the small house and feeling blessed we have a home at all. God will let us know soon enough when it’s time to move on..
About Us
We have five children including 2 sets of twins. Currently ages 7,7,5,2,2. That’s 2 fraternal twin girls, a single boy, followed by 2 identical twin girls. Life After 5 – kids that is, has definitely changed.