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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It gets harder not easier when the kids move beyond the little kid years with 3 kids.  Even if they do a few modest activities, the evenings are a lot of driving and juggling when they are older.  I found three kids under 6 easier than three kids from 6-11 or 8-13, etc.  I don’t have a teen driver yet, so maybe that makes things easier again.

We do travel, but it gets expensive since many things are organized for a family of 4.  We still shoehorn all 5 of us into one hotel room but it you had enough money you could just get two hotel rooms.  You can’t take a cruise unless you upgrade to a suite because they have a limit of 4 per room, etc.  You can still travel a lot but you have to manage the 5th person problem.

We also had an au pair when the kids were little so that some of the kids could stay home instead of being dragged to the older kids’ events and activities, which helped a lot.  Without one, the youngest kid would have lived in the car outside his brothers’ activities.

Weekends are pretty much kid-focused.  When we had the au pair we tried to do a weeknight date night every week after work and after kid activities.  Neither of us have any real hobbies that take up a lot of time away from the kids.

I have laid out the challenges, but we love having three kids and the challenges are worth managing for us.  It won’t be that many years until they are gone and we can spend more time on ourselves. [/quote]

+1 This resonates a lot for me-- 3 kids w/ 2 working parents and so much of this is true for us. Lots of logistical challenges (not often easily navigated) but worth managing[/quote]

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