 Suzette Laqua, thinking about starting her own family with boyfriend Miles, is eager to play *crash test mommy* for the two young sons of childhood friend Kim Giles. But Suzette starts with two strikes against her: she can t cook and she s got a mouth like a Prairie trucker. Kim is limo d away for a Cinderella weekend of pampering at a luxury resort, culminating in her joining members of the Canadian National Women s softball team in a spirited ball game against her former teammates from an earlier, more carefree era of her life. On the home front, a whole different ballgame is being played out, as Suzette has trouble getting food on the table and keeping certain bad words from spilling out of her mouth. Suzette also has a tendency to procrastinate on tasks and bribe the kids with chocolate. Just for fun, we send in a family friend who asks Suzette to pet-sit Fluffy, his big, furry tarantula, and then an avant garde interior designer, who gets Suzette working on some peculiar kitchen renovations. Whether donning full Hazmat gear of latex gloves, mask and goggles so she can change Ryan s diapers, following our designer s instructions to paint the kitchen window panes black, and even dealing with the trauma of Fluffy the killer spider escaping and going AWOL, Suzette never loses her cool. Nothing seems to faze this woman! Despite, or maybe because of, her  play it as it lays  M.O., the unflappable Suzette survives the weekend with aplomb. Kim, refreshed and reinvigorated from her weekend away from home, thinks Suzette has done a pretty decent job, considering everything. As for Suzette, she begrudgingly admits to having gained insights into the complexities of parenting that give her a new and profound respect for Kim s daily routine. And Miles, Suzette s boyfriend, also thinks Suzette has done a great job - and appears ready to get their family started right away!