Jane Brosseau
- Jane Brosseau and her husband have 10 children between the ages of 4 and 19.
- She says having a big family is like a birthday party where the guests never leave.
- Brosseau shares her best budgeting tips for grocery shopping and events such as Christmas.
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jane Brosseau, a mom of 10 and blogger at 10 Busy Bees in southern Washington. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I knew I didn't want to have an only child, but I didn't think I'd have 10 kids.
Our oldest is 19, and our youngest just turned 4. We have every age in between, and we don't have any twins. Our oldest is starting her sophomore year of college, so we have nine at home.