Our Family of 5 Rips « The adventures of our family of 5

Posted by: enjoybirth | June 7, 2008

Our Family of 5 Rips

Here is the story of our family.

Rip 1 fell in love with me.

We got married and became 2 Rips.

Then we had Thing 1, Thing 2 and Thing 3, ages 10, 7 and 2.

Now we are 5 Rips enjoying the adventure of life together!

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