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[quote=Anonymous]We have three: currently 10, 8, and 5.5.  DH and I both work FT, albeit with flexible positions.  My family is local but largely not helpful, for various reasons.  My mom does what she can, but it’s not like we have free childcare or grandparents on standby, the way some do.  We did daycare for all three because we found a daycare with our first that we LOVED and so it was worth every penny.  A nanny would have been cheaper, probably, but we still would have had to pay for preschool and had an employee, which neither DH nor I wanted to deal with.  As it was, when our kids were there, we didn’t worry, ever, about their care.  That was priceless.

I book swimming for them at the same time.  All three did/will do summer swim team together.  DD (the oldest) does Girl Scouts and Girls on the Run, which are feasible, in part because I coach the latter.  We’ll let the younger two, both boys, pick another activity and cap it there.  All three are in elementary and go to aftercare together.

For vacations, we go to the same beach each summer; it’s become tradition and we all look forward to it.  We’ll probably plan a second, “bigger” vacation once/year: Europe, Disney, whatever.

We could have had a fourth kid, but that likely would have meant more stress and/or me cutting back professionally more than I wanted to.  I feel very lucky that we have what we do: three amazing kids; rewarding, meaningful, flexible careers; and good neighbors and friends (we vacationed with neighbors, for example).  It’s pretty great. [/quote]

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