adoption and money

If I understand subsidy rules correctly... the mere fact of them being siblings would qualify them for state and federal subsidy. Outside of that, I understand the scariness of having that many extra mouths to feed. You do learn to be more frugal, watch for sales, buy second-hand clothes or at least on clearance... the upside is extra deductions at tax time. :-) There are lots of blessings to having a larger family, though. And 99% of the time, I wouldn't trade any of the children or our full life for anything.