Teri discusses her experience dealing with many children in ASL.
Update: It should be working by now. There was some technical difficulties using my laptop and the server this morning. I assumed I deleted the original video clip somehow. I did not save the raw footage on my computer except for the opening (me in towel, carrying Tristan for next video clips), because I wanted to make room on my computer. So, I had to redo. The second video clip is not really the same as the first, however you will have an opportunity to meet another family member, Finn. 
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April 9th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Thanks Teri, for your humble clarification. I hope to share your vlog with the parents in my parenting skills classes after spring break.
By the way, was that Tristan? What a cutie!!
~ LaRonda
http://www.earofmyheart.com
April 9th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Hi Teri! I enjoy watching your video clips. I have a request… Can you do a video clip on “One Day in the Life of The Sentelle Family?” Like from the time you get up to the time you go to bed, what do you and your family do? Just a thought…
April 10th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Teri, I have a friend who have nine brothers and sisters and suppose ten children but anyway brothers and sisters helped each other that I see them in the way more than parents does but surely they helped children in different way. That is very beauiful as gifts what your hubband and you get and good heathly family. God bless all of you in good heathly
April 10th, 2007 at 2:57 am
This vlog was realistic and straightforward in how you deal with life as a parent, always stressing teamwork with your husband.
You are lucky to have a strong teamplayer in your husband… it is becoming less common in today’s society in America.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:40 am
I enjoyed watching you share how you manage your big family
with your husband and children as a team… that is wonderful! thank you for sharing.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:56 am
Amazing. Your daily planner must be as thick as a dictionary, grins.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:08 am
Yes, you got that right! Must arrange the schedule by giving my husband and myself time alone and also must spend time with each kid alone one day at a time! That’s great! I am NO PERFECT SUPER WOMAN and I know that NOBODY”S PERFECT except for one man upstairs in above the Universe! Of course, I do spend my own time alone to get a break from any pressures once in a while!
April 10th, 2007 at 4:48 am
Can you show ur children - Introducing themselves on Vlog.. I remma your first five kids.. I can see all of your 10 kids look almost the same ….
April 10th, 2007 at 4:51 am
Once you and Bill set up the time management, routine are much easier for you both and the children. Your children already know the routine. It is healthy for you guys to go out either together or alone and spend some quality of your time once in a while.
Spending every second of your enjoyment to be with your children. There is a love.
Marriage is the most challenging for you both. Stay happy. That is all it matters.
White Ghost
April 10th, 2007 at 4:55 am
Thank you for your humble clarification. Having the support from spouses and children is important. Great job! Your sweetie pie is cute.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:57 am
I loved it when you were in towels - hahaha!
I’d freak if my towel dropped… oh no!!!
That was an awesome vlog - er, video clip. (I’ll respect your term on YOUR blog only
). 
Yes, time management is the KEY to everything in life.
And for that to work, it takes a team to work!
You have such a wonderful team and that’s just enough on your resume to run as a CEO of a company!
I get the first dibs as your personal secretary!
But I do NOT want to be a babysitter…you’ll have to allocate some money for me to arrange for one!
Thanks for the wonderful vlog - darn it, video clip - and it was a pleasure “meeting” your little one!
April 10th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Yes, you are right.. I have seen plenty of similar to my brother and sister in law with 9 children. Plenty of love and support for each other among kids.
One big question for you. Who do all the laundry — It takes a lot of time away from you and your family doing this. My brother has hired someone who do all the laundry e v e r y d a y. A lot of work has to be done because the kids go to private jewish school which have strict clothes code that doesn’t allow a simple t-shirt! It requires buttons with collars & no jeans for boys and dresses for girls.
Not only that, my brother took care of my mom’s elderly sister.
A lot of noise is constant in the house!
Right now, only remaining 3 kids staying in the house. Unfortunately, my aunt passed away last May 2006 (She was 96).
Bill and Teri, when half of your kids leave the house to move on their lives, please don’t lose your minds. They will come back to you by keeping in touch with you on constant basis or seeing you both. Just like what you keep in touch with your own parents.
Right now, ENJOY your life with children as much as you can before they leave the house very quickly
For your 10 next vlogs, bring one of your kids and husband to the screen and we can meet all of ‘em and your husband!
You have done the youngest one. How about that ?
Again, G-d Bless you, Bill and your football team!
April 10th, 2007 at 5:21 am
Yes I agree. The key is .. a teamwork. I had been there! I am the 8th so I am not surprised. Tristen is awesome especially with his red hair. I had a light auburn hair back then. Smile
April 10th, 2007 at 5:32 am
I love it when you show yourself sneaking out with your towel and walking by with your baby. Yes, yes please show behind-the-scene video clip like Renee had suggested if you don’t mind.
I have two children but it is handful for me raising them since I am a single mom. Having a partner who is actively involved in parenting makes it a lot easier and you are blessed for having a husband like that. It surely takes two to tango! Also having a routine schedule helps keeping the house sane.
Your sharing experiences will give some tips to families on ways to manage situations. Already I saw LaRonda planning on showing this clip to her parenting class. Imagine how your messages can get across to deaf parents or even deaf students taking family and marriage classes in high school. Your family will set a great example on ways to manage and it is not often we get to hear about that coming from a deaf individual.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:41 am
Thank you for true inspring details of your family into the time management. I found it’s very amazing how you handle the whole thing in your life. God bless you very much!
April 10th, 2007 at 6:20 am
The keys are LOVE and TEAMWORK, smile!
April 10th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Barb - wow, you are an inspiration to single deaf moms!
I hope one of those days you’ll make a vlog about that as well.
I had to watch your vlog - sigh - video clip again, Teri!
April 10th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Darn! I could not watch your video clip.:( I alway enjoy watching your clips. By the way, you look the same as I saw u at Gallaudet many years ago.
April 10th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Hello Teri,
I tried to open v-log but it didn’t work…
You may not remember me. I do remember you. I was former MSSD alumni and I graduated there in ‘85. I know your sister, Lisa played J.V. basketball with me. Im mother of 2 hearing kids. Wow, you have 10 beautiful children. I will be happily to explain why you have more boys than girls over VP if you have one.
E-mail me at kslackey@triad.rr.com for Vp nbr exchange if you don’t mind. Smile!
April 10th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Yeah Video Clip seem not work for me either.. Wonder if it did work for a while then not work.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I tried to click on vlog . .. on a picture of you and your son . . .but it still doesnt work, wondering if you could check it out to see if it working or not. Thank you
April 10th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
I was busy for a little while, now i am sitting down to watch your video. My grandfather had 12 sons and 3 daughters including my mother, large families. You are right that we have to support each other almost daily, both good and bad times, which is normal. You are not that SUPER. Even though my grandfather and grandmother were not SUPER in some way. Your family photo on your website looks good and beautiful.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
It’s working now. Amazing! Thanks for sharing and being humble telling us that you are not perfect and not always being able to handle it yourself. I agree with you it takes the whole family to raise a family. It was nice to see your little boys. They are adorable. I agree with Renee and Barb that you ought to introduce all of your kids on vlog. It will be really NEAT. Awesome vlog! Hope one day I will meet you at some deaf events.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Another excellent story here…again, you are very lucky person to have Bill as your husband. It’s really rare to see how man can manage 10 kids.
God bless you and your family.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Oh, I forget to add…did you watch the movie that called ‘Incredibles’?
It sounds like you and your family. lol
April 10th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
I am glad to get to know more about you and your family since sometimes I wonder about how you and your husband manage 10 kids. This reminds me of my big family, but not as big as yours, mine is only 6 children, I was 4th child. That is true, we all work together and support each other, take care of, cook, teach each other! Now I have two children, I can see th big difference! My daugther did not know how to cook so I had to teach her! My son, who is in college, did not know how to budget so I had to teach him! See the difference between a small family and a big family! Like learn each other!
Thanks for sharing your story, I really enjoyed it.
April 10th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Teri, Your energy and love are immeasurable and fathomless! The picture
speaks 10,000 words, showing a tight knot in the family.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Aww, what a cute little boy you have. Makes me look back to my kids when they were little babies.
Well, still I cannot imagine being able to do all the things that you are doing! I am glad that you have a very supportive husband and that your children pitches in to help out.
I remember growing up and helping out a lot with my younger siblings. Now that we are all getting older, there is always something going on with them that it keeps me busy keeping updated with them. Not too long from now they will be having families of their own and even more for me to keep track of.
I can understand your feeling of it being hard to ask for help. I often feel that way too. I have to remember that others have a chance to feel good and blessed when helping others.
I remember one experience when I was pregnant with my daughter. In the first few months, I had mononucleosis (sp?) at the same time as having morning sickness. It was not fun at all. My son was 1 and a half year old at the time. So the ladies from church and many lived in my neighborhood took turns taking my son out in the evenings after my former husband went to work so I could rest a lot. They brought food so I wouldn’t have to cook. That was really nice of them to do that. They did it for a few weeks. Anyway, I realized that it was good for my son so that he wouldn’t have to deal with a sick mother too much and can focus on playing and getting the attention he really needs.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Teri, I have a quick question: How do you fit all 12 people in the same car when you go somewhere on vacation? Do you have a bus or a large van? I was thinking about the car seats you must have in for the little ones. Maybe most are grown out of them by now. But how do you travel as a family?
~ LaRonda
http://www.earofmyheart.com
April 11th, 2007 at 3:35 am
Hey Teri
If you really want a girl baby, you can make an appointment with Reproductive Endo specialist to discuss about In Vitro Fertilization. They can get sex chromosome test on embryos before implanting in your uterus. More Cheaper than adoption.
Just a thought.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
LaRonda,
Teri said that they used their RV for trips…. so I’m sure a large RV can accommodate them!
Smiles,
Amy
April 11th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Can we adopt your sweetie pie??
April 11th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Amy,
Oh, I see. I was wondering which vehicle they used for the trips. I think RV is probably better than a school bus.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:31 am
On a short break …
LaRonda,
Yes, that was Tristan. The last baby. You can certainly share my video clip with others.
Renee,
Not such a bad idea! It will be very hard to do it since we all are very busy going in and out of the house frequently. I will need a “third person” or a cameraman to do a job filming. Maybe some day!
Justmedeaf,
Yes, it is true that my kids help a lot. Most of them help themselves supporting each other such as playing with younger siblings when Bill and I am busy cleaning, cooking, or going out.
That’s why many parents of my children’s friends are always impressed with my kids for playing with their kids’ younger siblings. They often tell us that their kids do not play with their own siblings. Strange?
Deaf Niches,
Yes, I am lucky for having such a wonderful husband. Rare? I do not believe so! I know of many wonderful men out there helping their wives. I can name several ones! Not going to do it publicly!:)
Susan,
Thanks! I am glad you enjoy the video clip!
Jay,
Ha! My daily planner is practically thin on the hard drive! Everything is recorded on the computer, PDA ( as big as Sidekick! Ha!), and one sheet (chores and schedule) being printed out and posted on the fridge weekly.
ASLRisen,
Yes, it is essential to arrange a day to spend time alone — to help give each other some space. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Sherri,
Hi! What a great idea … only if I can convince them to show themselves before the camera or find the older kids to come! They are scuffled all over the house and neighborhood! I will do my best… whenever they walk in the office when I tape, I will pull them into the front of camera. Let’s wait and see!! Good to hear from you again!
White Ghost,
Yes, it is quite a challenge to raise a family and to keep a marriage healthy. Just give plenty of love and attention, it becomes easier to manage both family and marriage.
Lisa,
Thanks! Yes, Tristan Niall is such a cute baby! Red hair and a set of blue eyes. An Irish boy!
IamMine,
Ha! Video clip! Ha! It;s really up to you!
You are absolutely right! Having a new additional member does not really make a difference!
Yes, it takes a team and time management to make it work! CEO? Ha! Funny, my husband, who is a stay- at- home dad for the past three years, told me that when he returns to the working force, he will definitely hire former housewives or husbands to help run a company. He said they are the world best managers!
Judge,
Laundry? No, we do not hire anyone to help us! That’s the one of big issues at home! We cannot afford to miss a single day of washing clothes or the laundry room will be “flooded” with clothes — can barely get into the room! We must wash at least two loads of clothes everyday.
Thanks for your tips. I know we must cherish our time with the kids before they grow up.
Diane,
Yes, it is always nice to have kids with red or auburn hair. I have three kids with red hair — one with dark auburn hair, one with between red and strawberry blond hair, and one with red hair! They are gorgeous!
Ah… I need to go back to work on a project — getting a cup of fresh hot coffee and checking on Bill and kids (it is spring break … everyone is home except two kids). I will be back to reply others during my break time from the web-related project.
April 12th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Amen! Arrange the schedule and time management does all the wonderful help! Having support system is the most important of all with arranging the schedule and time management and of course team work!
Being a single mother of three…I do the same…arrange the schedule with time management and with the help of my big little helper oldest daughter who is only 6 years old. She loves to help a lot!
I have twin daughters, age 3 1/2.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Hi!! You are beautiful people with tenderlovecaring … working together…GREAT!!!! I was raised with 6 brothers and 1 sister. I am the second older of 8 children. I took care of my younger brothers and sister While my parents worked full time daily like housecleaning in a big house (14 rooms), did alot of laundry two or three times a week and alot of ironing two times a week from am to pm(7 or 8 hours) and did cooking two meals with some help from my younger brothers.( we three turn out a great chef). we still do love to cook. I can understand that you are not superwoman at all. all of the love, support and caring system do the wonderful work for you all beautiful people….:) Now I can see the difference between large families and the small families. I have two grandchildren. they demand to get my attention and their parents as well daily. It takes a lot of hardworking to raise families nowaday.huh?? :)KH
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