holding babies

One Tuesday morning a month I volunteer, with two or three other ladies, to baby sit a gaggle of toddlers while their moms attend a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting. This is very good for me.  I get my fill of holding crying babies while they adjust to the fact that their moms have abandoned them, perhaps never to be seen again. This often takes as much as 60 seconds after which they are off and running, crawling, walking and finding the nosiest toys to play with. Two long hours later, after several melt downs. when someone realized all over again that mom wasn't there, an animal cracker snack, and a lot of toy picking up (great bending, stretching, lifting exercises) all 11 moms (one had left 2 little ones with us) came back and claimed their children. Great rejoicing all around.  Tomorrow I will pick up my 11 and 13 year old granddaughters after school and eye the time they spend quietly working on their I pads with new appreciation.