You know you have a lot of kids when

...the screws and nails in your work bench/shop area are all housed and organized in baby food jars.

I remember always spending a good amount of time playing around in  my grandparents basement in Saugus.  Besides the very old school pram that we used to race around in a circle, avoiding the random square hole that I think was close to the water heater - it seemed dark and endless - my grandfather had a really neat work bench area and tool shop.  We used to play with the red vice that kind of hung off the bench and Pappy had (and I am sure still has ;) all his screws and nails organized in little glass baby food jars.  I imagine this is the product of having 8 kids along the way and a lot of little bits to keep safe.