What we've learned as a family of 6

The dishwasher must be run two to four times each day.

There are no longer enough leftovers for leftover night. So sad. I loved leftover night.

Four kids, once they all acquire the ability to talk, are LOOOUUUDDD. And raising your voice to be heard over the noise they make doesn't really help matters.

Requiring all the kids to hold hands when near a busy street is the responsible thing to do, but the ten families that pile up behind you as you block the sidewalk and move at the pace of a meandering three-year-old likely still get annoyed.

Five gallons of milk a week adds up.

One disgruntled kid can infect the whole bunch. To keep harmony, it is imperative to segregate the crying/screaming/whining kid away from the rest of the family.

It is really difficult to do that while driving in the car.

Four children can, indeed, fit into a normal sized bathtub.

My options for buying a new vehicle are quite limited.

When you go out to eat at a restaurant, if you take one child to the restroom and another child outside for a time out, you leave two children completely unsupervised. Oops.

It is soooo much fun!