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[quote=Anonymous]We have 5, age 3-13. We just moved from New England to the Midwest for COL. Four are in Catholic schools. I stay home. HHI is $160K. We had parent help with kids 1-4 but none since our fifth. We have a Honda Odyssey. We do a lot of laundry. Lots of systems. My house is cleaner now than it was with 3. For vacations we split the kids up. My husband just took the 3 older ones out West for a beach vacation with relatives. My grandmother had 12. Yes I am Catholic. I homeschooled one for 6 months and try to be faithful but am not trad or pious at all.  Activities: hockey for one, musical instrument/band for another. Most families who want big families (on kid 3 say) will say oh you make it look fun! We want more! And I am sure 2 kid families shudder. You definitely lower standards for certain stuff (we do not do coordinating outfits photo shoots) but it’s also given me tremendous grace for others bc my 5 are so different. I can’t cluck my tongue in judgment when each of my kids has had a different path. [/quote]

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