Post Game Analysis: Week One

A giddy insanity envelopes the entire family. It's like this intense sugar high: Everyone is happy, everyone is communicating well, everyone is extending themselves beyond their comfort zones, EVERYONE is truly attempting to get along.

The house is a universal hit. A house that felt insanely large to my single mother of three eyes is actually *just big enough* for our GIGANTIC family of eight. We quickly came to the realization that the kids LOVE space, and the freedom of movement. We love the roominess and the ability to hide, even if it is just to fornicate in our AMAZING WALK-IN CLOSET!

Watching the kids also helps us see that certain kids have very serious spacial needs. Over the course of the week sharing gets more difficult, and "tantrums" in older children actually occur as a result of too much noise or crowing.

This causes us to question our foray into cohousing, a space almost half the size. We decide by the end of the week that we really cannot exist in a smaller place.

Cohousing was MY idea, so why do I feel relieved?

The kids love that we have two big televisions, both of which make me feel sickeningly decadent and snobbishly superior (is that possible?). Further, they love that we got an Xbox 360. Of course we didn't want it for ourselves; we merely purchased it as a move-in gift to buy the kids love and affection. That's not all that bad. Right?