Video- First Lady at Mothers Day Tea at the White House

Poll- What should the President give Michelle for Mother's Day?

I can't believe someone really paid to poll this, but hey, I'll try and get him his money's worth.

The Whispers Poll

With Mother's Day around the corner, it's time for President Obama to come up with a good deed he can do for first lady Michelle Obama. Which of the following fits the bill?

Stop Smoking: 60 percent

Take her shopping: 15 percent

Pick up after first dog Bo: 9 percent

Regularly weed their garden: 9 percent

Finally take her golfing: 7 percent.

Source: The Synovate eNation Internet poll was conducted April 28-30 among 1,000 nationally representative households by global market research firm Synovate.

Happy Mothers Day Linkage

Since I'm only a mother to the furry residents of my house, and my own wonderful one is gone, here's a shout out to all you Moms and Grandmoms out there!! W00T!!

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Michelle and mom in Essence Magazine

This picture made me seriously verklempt.

Add another to Michelle Obama’s growing stack of magazine spreads. In the May issue of Essence, first grandmother Marian Robinson gets into the act, too, joining her daughter for a joint interview and cover shoot for the Mother’s Day issue.

Interviewed in the first lady’s East Wing office at about a month after the Inauguration, the mother-daughter team discuss family, life in the White House and the importance of good role models. Robinson, 71, says her role model is her daughter:

“Michelle has always been Michelle. And she has always accomplished whatever it was she set out to accomplish,” Robinson says in the interview, which is not yet posted online. "I have always looked up to Michelle because she has been able to do things that I couldn’t do emotionally, psychologically or physically. I think she is amazing.”

Obama said of her mother: “She made me who I am.”