...your five year old will say, after a particularly loud and lively car trip: "Someone owes me some quiet!"
Also, when you have a noisy family, and you attempt to soothe your 7 year old's disappointment over not being able to go with the bigger kids to a Saint Mary's College basketball game by saying, "You wouldn't like it! It's super crowded, really noisy, and you probably wouldn't be able to see over the people in front of you," she will say: "Yeah! It's just like our family! I can do that!"
In the immortal words of Russell Brand in Bedtime Stories: she's got a point there.
Also, when you have a noisy family, your head spins a lot.
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