* A Mother's dictionary
 
 A - ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now
 growing in the middle.
 
 B - BATHROOM: A room used by the entire family, believed by all except
 Mom to be self-cleaning.
 
 C - COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
 
 D - DATE: Infrequent outings with Dad where Mom can enjoy worrying about
 the kids in a different setting.
 
 E - EMPTY NEST: See "WISHFUL THINKING."
 
 F - FABLE: A story told by a teenager arriving home after curfew.
 
 G - GUM: Adhesive for the
hair.
 
 H - HINDSIGHT: What Mom experiences from changing too many diapers.
 
 I - INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
 
 J - JUNK: Dad's stuff.
 
 K - KISS: Mom's medicine.
 
 L - LEMONADE STAND: Complicated business venture where Mom buys  
    powdered  mix, sugar, lemons, and paper cups, and sets up a table, chairs,
 pitchers and ice for kids who sit there for three to six minutes and
 next a profit of 15 cents.
 
 M - MAYBE: No.
 
 N - NAIL POLISH: part of an assortment of make-up items such as
 lipstick, eyeliner, blush etc. which ironically make Mom look better
 while making her young daughter look "like a tramp."
 
 O - OVERSTUFFED RECLINER: Mom's nickname for Dad.
 
 P - PANIC: What
a mother goes through when the darn wind-up swing stops.
 
 Q - QUIET: A state of household serenity which occurs before the birth
 of the first child and occurs again after the last child has left for
 college.
 
 R - REFRIGERATOR: Combination art gallery and air-conditioner for the
 kitchen.
 
 S - SPOILED ROTTEN: What the kids become after as little as 15 minutes
 with Grandma.
 
 T - TOWELS: See "FLOOR COVERINGS".
 
 U - UNDERWEAR: An article of clothing, the cleanliness of which ensures
 the wearer will never have an accident.
 
 V - VACATION: Where you take the family to get away from it all, only to
 find it there, too.
 
 W - WALLS: Complete set of drawing paper for kids that comes with every
 room.
 
 X - XOXOXOXOXO: Mom salutation guaranteed to make the already

 embarrassing note in a kid's lunch box even more mortifying.
 
 Y - "YIPPEE!": What mother's shout the first day of school.
 
 Z - ZUCCHINI: Vegetable which can be baked, boiled, fried or steamed
 before kids refuse to eat it.

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