Well, as a child:
Mad: sharing my mum with so many other children (well, only 3 other children!)
Smile: wow! Loads. Um, always someone to play with, always someone to stand up for you, togetherness, closeness, the ability to have fantastic fantasy games with so many participants! Christmas, the lovely family get-togethers now we're all older.
As a parent:
Mad: The laundry - at least one load every bloody day! And drying it is the hardest thing - easy if it's sunny and warm, a nightmare in the spring and autumn.
The bickering - that's the worst thing.
Sometimes the constant noise when I'm trying to work something out.
The constant 'Muuuummmmmmmm's.
Smile: Having them climb on me.
All the cuddles.
Seeing them playing together.
Seeing the wonderful big games that they get into where they're all invovled
Hearing them in fits of giggles somewhere in the house or in the back of the car
Taking them out places - they're really nicely behaved children out and about (if only they were at home too!), and are all very attractive little girls, so we get heaps and heaps of comments, which just make my heart burst
Feeling ever so slightly smug that I am capable (just) of parenting 4 children with very small age gaps!
Seeing them comforting one another if one is hurt or upset
Seeing the big ones helping the little ones with things