Things I know now that I’m a mom…

…as opposed to being a babysitter, like I was back in the day)

– why people have a TV shelf full of kid movies (then: Walt Disney video cassettes/now: Pixar DVD’s)

– why the kitchen cabinets are stuffed with one hundred sippy cups/lids (back then: cups worn to the hilt with thousands of tiny teeth marks/now: cups worn to the hilt with thousands of tiny teeth marks)

– why moms have a whole stack of workout videos (then: aerobics, and maybe a  little   Jane Fonda/now: Pilates, the Wii board)

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms. And especially those whose kids I took care of back in the 80’s & 90’s.

Now I know.

image credit: flickr photo by hownowdesign/Abbey Hendrickson