With Mother's Day falling on a Sunday, both it and the Saturday before had a number of special deals and/or programs especially for mothers and mothers-to-be in Animalia and its colonies.
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One of the most popular special programs was a Women's Workout Program, which actually came in a few different forms. There was one form for women/female Animalians who were expecting, one form for those who had just given birth (once they had left the maternity ward), and one for mothers in general. Of course, this was causing the usual "ratio" of peepers to shift from girls to guys, so the "pest control" agents were still as busy as they ever were. As a side effect of this, many Animalians (mostly uplifted ones) had to have terms like "milf" explained to them, though most Animalian "milf's" were considerably less... "soft" than real "milf's".
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Another special event, one that Mrs. Piper was taking full advantage of, was "Mother-Daughter Bonding Time". This was about adult daughters, especially Animalians going on low-level shopping sprees, accompanied with minor spa treatments. This was funny in a way because Morgan was "stuck" with babysitting duties while Mrs. Piper was spending time with her daughters, not helped by the fact that this was sold to her as an episode of "Cheaper by the Dozens" without telling her what it was about (because who wouldn't want a chance to be on TV?). The reviews of the episode were all 5-star, with the comments being all positive ones on how hilarious it was. As one commenter pointed out, 'she'd have an easier time herding cats around.'.
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Speaking of which, Miss Kitty made news in a surprising way: She was the first Animalian to give birth to natural sextuplets, three boys and three girls. This was considered unusual since most Animalians that had multiple births usually topped out at four. Miss Kitty just laughed it off and said that she 'conceived one with each of her boys', which the DNA test for each kitten seemed to confirm, much to the doctor's surprise.
Fortunately, the Catholic Sisters who became Cat Animalians (while still working on a new name for themselves and their new Coventry), were more than willing to babysit said kittens while she and her boys went to the Cavern Spa for Mother's Day. Of course, this was causing the sisters' vow of chastity to be strained even further than it already was.
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Of course, with some families each becoming different species of Animalian, it was a bit of a hassle to confirm that someone was a parent of someone or not.
"... so am I going to be going to Vilcabamba with my parents now?" asked Miles in exasperation after the latest discussion/argument with the TSA agent at Lyre/Animalia International Airport over whether or not he and his parents would be traveling.
"Hang on, let me get your passports stamped." said the agent, Stamping Miles' Animalia Ambassadoria Passport stamped.
But all trials bring their compensation, even more so when Miles got fast tracked to business class while his parents got stuck in economy class, much to their chagrin. While Miles had been, officially, assigned to do coverage of the Summer 2022 events at Vilcabamba, it was also because his parents had met Animalian friends there that were a little more than friends, though Miles didn't really have to worry too much about his parents getting divorced.