The Boni Bunch: The Joys of Family

Saturday, January 15, 2011

The Joys of Family

Today I spent the whole day with my family! It was great!! Now, I know you are probably thinking, "Rachel, you're a SAHM, you're with your family EVERY day!" Right? Well, not entirely.... today, I got to spend the day with not just my kiddos, but also, my mom, in laws, and brother all visited us today! My in-laws spent lunchtime with The Bunch and my mom and brother came for dinner! My house is pretty chaotic on our own, but when we have visitors, WOW, it gets nuts!

I had a friend say one time, "Rachel, how are you NOT in therapy with the kids this crazy all the time?" THANKFULLY, they are NOT this crazy all the time! Surely mine aren't the only kids who get like this, right? They're awesome kids... but when company comes, they get wild... they run, they scream, they climb all over the guest as though he/she is a jungle gym. It's like my kids transform in seconds to someone else's children!

I love the adult conversation involved with company.... BUT ... I DO NOT love having to say "get down" "stop climbing" "get your feet out of his face" "get off her shoulders"... you get my point, right?

I have captured a moment of their craziness... the "bunch" on my mom!!

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MarthaJanuary 15, 2011 at 7:54 PM
hahaha, there is something about company that makes kids go crazy, with my kids it manifests when other children come over, mine feel the need to pull out every toy and dump out all the bins...ah fun.
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Annissa January 16, 2011 at 7:44 AM
Some of mine are old enough to be the opposite now. More interested in their video game than someone who may have driven 5 hours to see them. Not sure which is more embarrassing. :/
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...if kids songs are the ones stuck in your head (from Renee)
...if you realize your kids are 3 years old and it is time to start carrying a normal purse and no longer the diaper bag as your purse (from Renee)
...if you find kid's food in your purse or toys (from Renee)
...if you know every episode of spongebob!! (from Michelle)
...if your kids are bathed, fed, and dressed while you are famished and unbathed in your PJ's...And then at that point you have to say screw it, because you cant leave them unattended in the house long enough to take a quick shower, so you pray tomorrow is a better day! (from Jackie & Jennifer)
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...if you go to work and have a coworker tell you you have something on your shirt and you look at it only to find that one of your children has used your shirt as a kleenex (from Rachael)
...if you can hug and kiss a child whose breath smells worse than a dragon's after he/she has been throwing up for most of the day and night. And, not throw up yourself in the process (from Marla)
...if the school principal calls you because your child brought your bra to their kindergarten class for show and tell (from Jennifer)
...if your extended relatives know which parts of your body have hair and which ones dont because it was your childs topic of choice at a Christmas (from Jennifer)
...if you don't mind if your kids drink out of your glass and you will still drink from it too (from Marcia)
...if your living room looks more like a play area for kids than a nice place to entertain guests (mine)
...if you have a funny story (funny now, but not at the time)...how your son passing gas during a diaper change managed to shoot a poo ball on your cheek! (from Sandi)
...if you see your parents in a whole new light! (from Katrina)
...if you carry a diaper bag as a purse (from Kelly)
...if you have items in your purse that would normally be found in a baby's room or diaper bag (from Wendy)
...if nasty bodily fluids don't bother you; OR if you have other children spit their gum into your hand when they're done! (from Candace)
...if your belly gradually got huge over 9 months. Then you suddenly had a bunch of pain followed by a human coming out of you! (from Elizabeth)
...if you start saying the phrase, "Because I said so!" and it may be to a coworker, not your children! (from Melanie)
...if you can change a dirty diaper and not get the dry heaves because it looks like pea soup & smells worse (from Diana)
...if you will eat something out of your child's mouth that they refuse to eat. (from Courtney)
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