More than a year after having twins, I think we're mostly used to the spectacle our family has become. The looks from strangers as we stroll through Costco, one baby on each side of the cart and three children trotting alongside. People asking if the babies are indeed twins. (I know that one is bigger than the other, but come on, there's no way A2 is nine months older than N.) However, a few months ago, we moved from a ward that had eight or nine sets of twins to a ward with maybe two. Lately, we've been getting a lot of this from our neighbors: "Boy, you really do have your hands full." Yeah, thanks for the tip. I only realize that myself maybe ten times a day or so.
I was laughing on Sunday as I watched my husband struggle to walk in the church hallway while holding A2 in his arms, and holding the hand of a walking N. A2 was trying to leap out of my husband's arms, and N was struggling to get away to inspect some poor woman's diaper bag. And our row in church on any given Sunday is not exactly a pretty sight. There is a lot of whining, a lot of crying, and a lot of hissing. And that's just from me.
Last Sunday evening, as we did tithing settlement, the bishop said that callings for both of us "are in the works." He said this as the babies tried to dump the jelly beans off his desk, pull themselves onto his chair, and rip various papers, all while crying and whining because they were tired. Um, Bishop? I'm not so sure we're ready for that...
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Pray that the inspiration for your callings are VT and HT supervisors...a couple calls a month? Sounds like a dream!!
I have accepted that life as a family of 7 will always bring with it a certain amount of spectacle. Even when everyone is behaving, we get the "such a large family" and "are all these YOURS" and "boy do you have YOUR hands full" (I personally HATE that one--there is no reasonable, non-snarky come back that I can come up with, so I smile and ignore) comments. But I have found that, while there are plenty of days when it seems like having no callings would be a lovely respite, the growth and blessings that come from doing the work of the kingdom in inconvenient ways is what I most need for my own stubborn self. I think it teaches my kids the best lesson of all--that doing hard things mantra we can thank CE's friend for.
That said, I would HATE HATE HATE being a VT supervisor, since I hate the phone so much and especially hate checking up on people that don't want to own up to the fact that they ran out of month before they got to their VTing again. (and I really shouldn't say that, because we all know what happens when you express a calling you DON'T want . . .)
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