Green Treehouse

Two things happened recently that reminded me that life really does go by in a blink of an eye: (1) I sent my first born baby off to kindergarten; and (2) I discovered that Cabbage Patch Kids has released 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Kids, which are replicas of the original dolls.

I vividly remember the day I got Dottie, an original CPK back in 1983. I wasn’t that much older than my kindergartener is now. Dottie is still around–somewhere in storage–but she remains a very special part of me and my childhood memories. In the spirit of time and childhood memories, one of those yarn headed, dimpled cheek 25th Anniversary Kids has made a new friend–my kindergartener.

Wow. Where did time go? Who would have thought that 25 years later, I’d have a real kid of my own. When it comes to babies, motherhood and the environment, who would have thought in 1983 that…

* Smart Cars would be popping up around the United States twenty five years later;
* Parents would be concerned about the safety of baby bottle plastics in 2008;
* Michael and Jennifer, 1983’s top baby names according to the SSA, would years later be replaced by Jacob and Emily;
* Cloth Diapering could be easy, thanks to companies like bumGenius, which by the way, also makes a totally cool, tell-all-your-friends Diaper Sprayer!
* New and seasoned parents would be shopping online for baby essentials and reading blogs!

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