Happy Mother's Day...

... to my own mother, currently vacationing in Singapore.
... to my mother-in-law in Brooklyn.
... to my grandmother in West Virginia.
... to my aunt, currently serving the Department of Justice in Afghanistan.
... to Petunia's godmother in Michigan.
... to Dash's godmother, currently vacationing in Norway.
... to my kids' friends' moms, who mother my children alongside me.
... to my fellow Mommy Bloggers, my virtual sisterhood.
... and to my extended family, friends who are moms, friends who are not yet moms...
... and to me.

My little gifts today:

Dash, at McDonald's with daddy: "Mama looks at this table and says GERMS GERMS GERMS."

Mama, to Dash at naptime: "Dash, do you know how much I love you?"  Dash: "To the moon."  Mama: "That's right."  Dash: "And Mama?  I love you to the closet."

Petunia, playing Wii with me: "Mama, I'm going to stomp you and squash you and defeat you right now.  But tomorrow, it's Mother's Day, so I'll have to let you win."  [And, by the way, she ALWAYS beats me at Wii Play's "Find Mii" -- so she will have to let me win.]