We Have Four Kids!

My wife pointed out to me last night that I use the same excuse for many, many things in my life.  

For example:

Her:  "The house is a wreck."
Me:  "We have four kids!"

Her:  "We need to go out on more dates."
Me:  "We have four kids!"

Her:  "Oh, no. We're late to church again!"
Me:  "We have four kids!"

Her:  "We still haven't sent (insert any family member's name here) a birthday gift yet!"
Me:  "We have four kids!"

Her: "Our bank account is precipitously low."
Me:  "We have four kids!"

Her:  "Wake up! We just fell asleep through the second episode of 24!" (true story, by the way)
Me:  "We have four kids!"

Her:  "I ran out of flour!"
Me:  "We have four kids!"

I remember the comedian Jim Gaffigan describing what it was like to have four kids, and he said something like, "It's like you're drowning and someone hands you a baby."  

Truer words have never been spoken (if, in fact, they were.  Go ahead and google it - I don't have time.  CUE:  We have four kids!)