Are you a professional writer?
How old are you?
Are you always sarcastic?
How many kids are you planning on having?
How did you manage to have six kids with an equal number of girls and boys AND going in alternating order?
Did you always know you wanted to have a big family?
What is the biggest challenge to having six children?
What is the greatest part about having a big family?
How do you balance your time between six kids, a house, meals, laundry, and writing?
How do you manage to find quiet time for yourself?
Which do you dislike more: taking your kids to the grocery store or to the post office?
Do you plan on sending the kids to college?
You come across as someone who is totally unflappable, even though that’s hard to pull off with little ones running around.
At what point did you realize that your post on eBay had “taken off ” and generated so much attention?
Did you do any writing before your blog?
What do your kids think of your writing?
Are you a professional writer?
I’m a professional diaper changer.
How old are you?
Would you believe twenty-nine? Yeah, my kids don’t buy it either.
Are you always sarcastic?
I’m never sarcastic.
How many kids are you planning on having?
Two.
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How did you manage to have six kids with an equal number of girls and boys AND going in alternating order?
We planned it that way.
Did you always know you wanted to have a big family?
When I was a kid, I always wished I had a ton of aunts, uncles, and cousins. I never really thought about how many kids I wanted to have, though.
What is the biggest challenge to having six children?
It’s a toss-up between coming up with six names that you and your spouse agree upon, getting caught up on laundry, keeping food in the house, and spending enough time with each child.
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What is the greatest part about having a big family?
There’s never a dull moment. There are always plenty of people around to talk to or play with and a lot of “I love you’s” and hugs. Plus, I have a lot of people to pass chores on to.
How do you balance your time between six kids, a house, meals, laundry, and writing?
I don’t. Something always slides. I just try to make sure it’s not always the same thing that gets put on the back burner.
How do you manage to find quiet time for yourself?
I stay up until 2:00 AM or 3:00 AM. It’s the only time it’s quiet in my house.
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Which do you dislike more: taking your kids to the grocery store or to the post office?
Yes.
Do you plan on sending the kids to college?
Yes! As soon as possible!
You come across as someone who is totally unflappable, even though that’s hard to pull off with little ones running around.
Ahh yes, that’s me. Completely unflappable. Yep! Yessiree. I never lose my temper and scream like a lunatic at my kids who have been burping at the dinner table and kicking each other’s chairs and blowing bubbles in their milk. Nope, you’ll never see me do anything like that.
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At what point did you realize that your post on eBay had “taken off ” and generated so much attention?
When I got a wake-up call from Good Morning America.
Did you do any writing before your blog?
I wrote checks to the grocery store, letters to my kids’ teachers, and e-mails to my friends.
What do your kids think of your writing?
I read them some stories from my book a couple of days ago. When I finished, I asked them, “So what do you think? Did you think it was funny?”
Savannah replied, “I wasn’t laughing at the book. I was laughing at your hair. It’s sticking up and you look like a dork.”
Clayton said, “Look Mom! I’m a frog!” Then he jumped off the couch.
Lexi said, “Will you put on a movie?”
Jackson just gave me a blank stare.
Brooklyn left the room before I’d even finished the first sentence, and Austin, bored to tears, said, “Can I go now?”
