Wait a minute!  Who is that cool looking dude with the awesome new glasses?  Oh, yeah, that's my poor son who (I thought) never cleaned his glasses.  Then I discovered that the lenses were so scratched, we could hardly see his eyes anymore.  These are the hazards of living in a large family!

Here's another little anecdote to prove my point even further...

The other week when Clare had been gone for a few days on a trip to Lake Superior with friends of our family,  Stephen asks,  "Hey, when's Clare leaving on her trip?"  And my reply,  "Um... she's been gone for two days already."  Yep, we just might be from a large family around here.