Mommies = Superheroes?

So I am cleaning up the kitchen after breakfast this morning and the boys, including Tate, (I wish my camera batteries would not have been dead) were playing with trucks and cars on the kitchen floor. I had noticed that they had designated a certain car as the "mommy" and a truck as the "daddy". There were also multiple toys such as spiderman, a ninja turtle, and batman and robin that were playing the part of "the children". As I was wiping down the counter, I over heard Tracen say, "Yes, we will go together to church tomorrow, but today I must go to work and you need to stay home with the children to protect them from the bad guys. See you later. I love you." WOW! They are so observant! Then I suddenly became quite contemplative about my role as a mom. My job really is to stay at home and protect my babies from all the bad guys in this world. What a huge responsibility we have as mothers. Seriously, how can we possibly do this? My friend Paula had posted a little blurp on her blog where she wondered when she would be getting her super powers to help her in this awesome role as mom. I think I left her some comment saying we all will get our superpowers someday. Just like all the great superheroes out there (think Spiderman and Superman)it sometimes takes us a while to figure out what those powers are and how to use them. So I guess, until then, we will have a few moments of glory and a lot of spectacular crashes. Thanks to my crazy boys and my sidekick, no... superhero partner hubby for always believing in me in this super battle of good vs. evil.