Ooh, I'd love to be able to redecorate the rooms too, especially when the new generation moves in. Imagine how dated that house is gonna be after five generations! lol.

I like the idea of surprise births and mixed twins/triplets too.

And, since we're all pretty much set on the mother not carrying the baby any more, how about the time for having a second child being adjusted a bit. I think the least amount of time I heard between births was when the older child three years old. But if she's not holding the baby, couldn't we lower it to one year? It would mostly depend on the family, of course. Their opinions on kids, or whether they fight or think it's too soon. But there are plenty of real life families that have kids a year or two years apart.