Do the Math: 2 is Less than 7

This week we took on the duty of babysitting our pastor's kids, while he and his wife attended a pastoral conference in Florida. Our pastor has 7 kids. Add our two kids to the mix, and we were watching 9 kids. Add one of Anna's friends into the mix last night, and we were watching 10. We should have added a couple more then we could have had our own "Cheaper by the Dozen"scenario.

Dorene stayed at the pastor's house the whole time, because it would have been too big of an operation to move to our house, and their house has more room. I was back to work this week so I would stop by in the evening, but then go back home to take care of our dog and cats, which I can confirm is much easier than watching 9 kids.

It actually has gone quite well. The pastor's kids are all very good and well behaved, and very fun to be around. They have Sara, Matt, Rebecca, Hannah, Lydia, Andrew, and Wesley. Sara is 15 and one of the most delightful teenagers I've met. She's a huge help around the house and last night brought Dorene a mint mocha from Starbucks, so she scored some huge points there.

But as Dorene was saying, any thoughts of ever having more kids has now gone completely out the window. She likes our numbers at home. Just our two kids, that's it. We can possibly add another dog, but that's as far as we'll go.