There isn't a single proper motor car sold in the UK to seat 5, never mind two adults and three ISOFIX seats. Every car that can do that has a roof, and is therefore vastly inferior.
Even Hitler looked silly in the back of a convertible - if a car has no roof, it shouldn't have back seats.
Friday nights are our big night for kid activity. Daughter to Rainbows for 6, Middle boy to Beavers for half past, go and pick daughter up from Rainbows at 7, take home to pick up eldest for Scouts and drop him off as you pick up No2 at 7.45. Get littlest two in bed and wait for Scouts to finish to pick up Biggun then you can finally kick off your shoes and relax. At 10pm.
I used to go out on the lash on Fridays, now I'm a service industry for 3 ungrateful urchins.
Wednesday is quite relaxing. Drop boys at Karate and relax in pub opposite for 2 hours. Lovely.
Third one is the easiest to bring up the first two kids we were really learning
My wife and I are always amazed that daughter number 1 survived her early childhood, because we simply didn't have a clue. 😳
Congrats on the forthcoming number 3.
3 is, erm... fun but hardwork and relentless (especially the youngest).
Got two boys (10 and 7) and a girl (3) but all have birthdays within a 4 week window starting later this month (bad planning).
Cost is definitely the big issue, but we saved by my better half not working and therefore not having child care to pay for. Still earn less than we were both working 10 years ago though. Youngest will be at school full time next year and mrs looking at going into teaching.
Car - Honda FRV (3 seats front and rear - but could do with more boot space). We manage with just one car, but that's difficult especially when all three have different activities (mondays, daughter has ballet, middle one has rugby and eldest has track training) - all manageable so long as I do as I'm told.
Grey hair? Well beard has a nice badger stripe and hair is starting to grey and thin!
Snip? Check!
Biking? Commute every day and try and mix it up with different rides throughout the week. Nice evening today so planning a 40k cross bike ride home.
Worth it? Definitely. Half of my friends who stopped at 2 kids have discovered a void in their lives and are getting dogs instead!
Note to self - arrange vasectomy.
