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When I married my husband 17 years ago, I brought with me three sons from my previous marriage.  My husband also had three children from his first marriage- 2 girls and a boy.  Those first few months as a blended family were challenging, to say the least.  We were all adapting to a completely new way of life…different parenting styles, different rules, picky eaters, and a whole lot of different personalities!  I remember describing our family as “the Brady Bunch gone bad”!  We adapted, though, and soon began to form a routine.  It was still chaotic, but it worked.  Two years later, one more was added to our brood when our youngest son was born.  He now refers to himself as “the only one that is blood related to everyone else in the family”.  I guess he is actually right.

With 7 kids in the family, meal planning became essential.  I can’t count how many times I’ve used the phrase “you get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit”…said with a tone that made the word “get” sound like “git”. Continue reading Our Blended Family Tradition: “Whatever Wednesday”