"M" is for the million things she gave me...
Tess (coloring at the table, wanting to label the picture she's just drawn): Remind me how to spell 'mom?'
Me (normally would ask her to sound it out, but momentarily distracted while carefully folding egg whites into cake batter): M-O-M.
Tess (speaking as she writes): N...O. (surveys work, smiles happily with 'aha' moment): Oh, that makes sense!
Me: No! I mean....(Bows head in defeat.)