9 kids.....

ok, so....at the 1st home swim meet on wednesday night we marveled at the family of 9 children that participated on the local rec team.....well....not all 9...the three oldest sisters are either in high school or in college...and they were in charge of their younger siblings who appeared to be between the ages of 4 and 12....neither mamma nor pappa were in evidence...which made we wonder if there were not more children at home.....and so these young swimmers had only the cheers of their sisters, who likely wished they were somewhere other than at a swim meet in the 90+ degree sun......which reminded me of my spouse and his multi-child family.....he recalls (sadly) that the year he was mvp for little league baseball, his parents did not manage to come to a single game......whatever one says about having lots and lots of children......having so many that one cannot manage to be there to cheer them on seems like just too many children.....