How to take 3 kids for a bike ride

Here's how we do it: I have a baby seat that fits on the top tube between the seat and handlebar, which is really nice because the kid can see and you can communicate better. I've never crashed with a kid in the seat, but I suppose if you did your arms would protect the kid better than a rear-mounted baby seat. A "free loader" tag-along type bike (no front wheel) is connected at the seat post, so you have a little stoker back there. Then one on a separate bike. The cruiser bike I use is a Trek Clyde with internal 4-speed hub. It was one of the first generation cruiser bikes that are fairly common now, it looks cool and has old school lines. Pretty decent workout with two kids attached to the bike, and we do about an hour riding around the neighborhoods. A couple times we have also attached a Burley trailer to the bike of the free loader and filled it with bikes, toys, etc, and rode to a destination. Now THAT is a sight!