Even after all the craziness and double-buckling, you wouldn’t have it any other way because your big family is your favorite part about life. Aww.
Here are 21 signs you have a lot of siblings and even more fun:
1. There is no such thing as buying normal-sized cereal boxes.
2. A family trip to Costco costs the equivalent of another small family’s vacation.
3. Even with the Suburban, one kid still has to ride in the trunk to church in order to fit the whole fam.
4. You would be a wealthy human if you had a dollar for every time someone said, “Wow! Your parents must have been busy!,” after they hear how many siblings you have. Okay.
5. There are always so many people in your house that a complete rando could walk in and hang out in the kitchen and no one would really notice.
6. Christmas morning is ratchet in the best way possible. Absolute mayhem.
7. Your mom goes through at least four names before she gets yours right. Sorry girl my name’s not Pete (that’s the dad) or Charlie or Fritz or Lucy (that’s the dog). Still love you though. :)
8. So. Many. Hand-me-downs.
9. There are never enough cars for the amount of drivers in the fam, and there never will be. Carpooling is an art form.
10. When you’re home alone you do weird stuff because it’s such a rare occurrence you have to get it out of your system before the next time it happens (which will be in like two and a half years).
11. There is always someone else to blame.
12. If you’re the middle child you know it’s a blessing in disguise, because when your parents forget about you it’s way easier to come home hella late for curfew.
13. Growing up with that many kids and only one fridge teaches valuable skills about survival and resourcefulness.
14. The christmas card is long enough to have a table of contents and glossary.
15. At one point there is one or more kid in every level of education there is, from grade school, to high school, to college, to grad school. So much tuition. Literally how Mom and Dad.
16. There is the “Big Kid” clique and basically every other kid is a peasant for a while until they earn respect or whatever.
17. There were never quite enough cereal boxes to block your siblings’ dumb faces in the morning before school.
18. You seriously appreciate your parents more when you suck at babysitting and can’t even control the two kids you’re liable for.
19. Picking out a movie to watch takes F O R E V E R because no one can agree.
20. The baby of the family will always be the cutest even when they’re in the awkward sixth grade stage, just because they’re the baby.
21. When you were all younger you thought you hated each other, but now that you’re older you’re thick as thieves and would hate your life without a billion siblings.
