My daughter asked my mother how in the world she ever raised 8 kids.
My mom said she doesn’t know.
In fairness,
She was probably so busy in the raising of us she didn’t have time to think about how to do it.
Mom went on to tell her
We were so stupid we would draw on the walls
And sign our names to it.
So in fairness to us,
We made it easier for her.
However,
I believe there were some signed pieces of art
That were fraudulently signed
To getΒ someone else in trouble.
I love it πππ
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I laugh every time I read your message. π π
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Hahaha, oh Colleen! This was so cute to read, but also hilarious! My mum raised five of us and we drove her nuts, you must have been good kids π Also I distinctly remember very vividly getting a good telling off for my name signed on expensive wallpaper in what I was adamant was my brother’s sloppy handwriting. I think I was more mad that my mother would assume my own handwriting would be so awful! π
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Hahahahahahahaha! I’m with you. HOW could she think such a thing!!!!
I don’t know how good we were…..I’m sure time has warped some memories. But I don’t think we were ‘bad’. But there were a lot of us!!!
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A lot of you indeed, seven children! I’m sure your mother has a tonne of stories to tell, as you do π
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I try to get her to tell me the stories….. she thinks we (all 8 of us!) were the best kids ever. I think she is being kind….
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Awww well Colleen if she thinks that, then you must have been so to her π My mother always tells us how we drive her nuts, poor thing, and well, nothing beats a mother’s love for her children. You all must have brought her great joy. π
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I am sure we brought her great joy, which over shadows the terrors I’m sure we could be at times. π
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sneaky ! π
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π I’m just assuming that may have happened Duncan….. π
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so funny and wow )
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We were pretty funny kids, I’m sure. π
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Hahaha.
It sure is hard to not get in trouble these days. Between cameras, and social media, it’s almost like every action is surveillance. Just grateful I get to be a parent for it!
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π We had our own surveillance… It was called “Seven Other Siblings Technology”.
I should make that a blog. π
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Hahahaha! One sibling getting another sibling in trouble! (I wish I had thought of that). Hahaha!
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Oh if only I could remember all of the stories Priceless! π
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Haha that’s funny Colleen! β€
Diana xo
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π I’m sure we kept mom and dad in stitches Diana π
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π π π There’s a bad apple in every barrel–I mean squealer.
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Hahahahahahahaha! “Squeler”…..our go to derogatory name calling was “PIG”. π Perfect!!!
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Your such a great artists, I wouldn’t be surprised if some siblings signed their names to your art to get credit, rather than the other way around.
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Well, there is that. π
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I think the first stories I ever told were those in which I lied though my teeth about what my younger brother had done. There were six of us so my mum had to contend with trying to wade through lies on a very regular basis. She was better than a polygraph!
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Polygraph Parent. There’s a story waiting to be told!!!
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I like to think that our parents knew not to make mountains out of molehills, look the other way and “to pick and choose.” π π
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As parents, we really have to do that! π
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I did that.
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Ha! That makes me happy!
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hahaha my son used to sign his name, etched on a chair, a wall. We all laughed!
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Hhahahahahahahaha! Tell him he wasn’t alone!
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I will! He always asked us how we knew he had scratched on the table, chairs, wall. We said ummm it’s your name cutie. Then he also signed it “ME”! haha
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Hahahahahahahahahaha! This makes me VERY happy!
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