The Journey Begins

My name is Journey and I am 6 years old.  Yeah, I know, kind of a different name.  My brother’s have strange names too. They are:  Phoenix, who is 17; Bronze, who is 15; then after me come the 3 1/2 year old triplets, Louie, Giovonni and Rocky.

Yep, I said triplets.  I have heard my mom and dad tell the story to anyone who asks (and believe me, everyone asks) the same way hundreds of times.  “We weren’t expecting baby number four and baby four turned into babies four, five and six!”  Then they laugh as it was the first time they have ever said it.  So, including my parents, there are eight of us in our house and believe me…eight’s enough!

Like I said, EVERYONE asks if they are triplets!   Then it’s, “You have your hands full!” and “You sure are blessed!”  But the one that gets me is, “Wow!  Three boys!”  I mean, I can be standing right there and they don’t even see me past those guys!  But then my mom will hop in with, “Well, we have six boys all together.”  It is the same conversation 20 times a day no matter where we go.

I guess I really don’t mind.  They may steal the spotlight most of the time, but they are pretty fun.  I have heard my dad say that he wishes he would have been in a bigger family so he would have more stories to tell.  There is always a new story to tell because of the trips.  That is why I started writing this.  I wanted to make sure that I write down all of the funny things that will happen in my house so I won’t forget when I get older.

There are plenty of things that have already happened to us that I will be sure to write about too.  Like when the little guys flushed things down the toilet and my dad lost his mind.  Or, when they constantly break things…causing dad to once again, lose his mind.

Well, mom’s telling me I need to go to bed.  So, I will have to save those stories for another day!

(written from Journey’s perspective by dad…but partially typed by Journey)