There were mass layoffs in the Mama household this morning -- Baby C, Gigi and most of all Chebbles were all fired before 7am. Sorry, but I can't justify their salaries in this economy -- not when we're getting the whole everyone-wakes-up-around-the-clock behavior.

So yes, it was, "Ladies, step into my office."

Their severance package was a breakfast out with their visiting grandparents. And once the additional funding we're expecting arrives courtesy of the Obama administration, I will consider rehiring them, if I haven't already outsourced these three plum "daughter" positions to a foreign land.