If you instantly knew this was a still from the Saturday cartoon hit "Muppet Babies", then you very likely are a child of the 80's (or a mom of a 30-something year old!) I can't believe how many people fell in love with this show. It always creeped me out!! You never saw the nanny's face, only her retched striped socks that she NEVER changed. And those poor lil muppets never went outside -- except for one episode (probably b/c viewing mom's complained!). No wonder they were forced to use their imagination!!

Click on the pic above to enter the world of the 80's as you remembered it -- what's your favorite? Mine were the Scratch n Sniff Stickers - I think I had them all in my cherished sticker book, except the Plumb one!

Do you trust the grandparents?

My parents took care of our 16 month old son while my husband & I were on vacation. They hate to cook (as do I!!), so I stocked the fridge with plenty of healthy pre-made meals and fresh food. I came home to find NOTHING touched! I asked them what they fed him, they said, "oh, he just loves Chinese takeout and Subway tuna hoagies...". !!!!!! Awesome.

They pumped my toddler full of MSG and sodium for a week.

Thanks for all the crazy grandparent stories on The Wake Up Call w/ Eric&Selena! We couldn't believe one mom finding her kids being handed knives by grandma to play in the backyard!!! To Grandma's credit, there were FOUR kids ... that's just too many. Way to teach survival of the fittest, Grandma!

The best calls were from the grandma's themselves defending their honor: One was proud of giving the grandkids chocolate milk and DORITOS for BREAKFAST. "Hey, there's corn in that....they're covered" !!!!!

This is EXACTLY how I feel when I attempt to cook. 
And right now, I'm totally using the fact that Cole won't stop pulling things out of the Lazy Susan as my lame excuse to not cook ... I HATE this stage of repeatedly having to pick the same things up and put away - can't get anything done! 
LAZY Susan, my ass!!

77 Pennsylvania schools made the list of the top 2,000 public high schools in America - is yours on the list?
(check here:)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html
 

Congratulations to Dallas & North Pocono- the only schools in Luzerne/Lackawanna Co's to make list!  Not too shabby, considering there are areas (Lehigh Valley, for instance) that didn't have any schools listed.  Philadelphia suburbs had the most high schools in PA on the list ... congrats to my alma mater: Wissahickon High School !

I was really hoping more schools would be listed in NEPA, were you?  I was surprised Lehman didn't make it (go easy on them, Dallas!), nor Abington Heights (btw, Abington High, outside of Philly, made the list, not to be confused with AH in Clarks Summit)

Which public high schools do you think got robbed? 

I was so touched when I received my FIRST handmade (literally!) gift from my 15 month old son, Cole.  It's a flower, made with the imprints of his hands ...

...althooooough, I'm still trying to figure out what body part imprint made the leaves?!!! 

C'mon, you wondered, too.

A Facebook friend innocently told me it's his fist and thumb.  Ohhhhhhh!!  HAHAHA!  Whew.  I thought I was going to have to call authorities!!

Enjoy your handmade gifts, Moms!!!
May your gifts bring a smile, even a laugh, to your day.
Happy Mother's Day!

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