Polly we have 5 children 4 girls and 1 boy. They are all different ages and stages the oldest my son graduated from high school last year, our 2nd oldest is a senior this year in High School and the other 2 are teenagers in 6th and 7th grade and they are all lot's of fun,I think Lucy is right time really does fly you do turn around and there in middle school so I am trying to slow them all down and enjoy my time with them. I tried to convince the baby Joanna that for her birthday this year we were going to skip over it and she could stay 5 for another year
but she was awful proud to tell me that she was going to be 6 and I realized I was not going to win but I tried. Currently she is in the barbie stage and perfectly content with her dolls, I just wish it was the same with the rest of them.