• Squirmy at Five Months: A Jumpy Boy

    With each of the last three babies I’ve had, I’ve looked at this gigantic jumper, which takes up a lot of real estate, and asked myself quietly whether it is really worth it.  With each baby I decide it is, and about three days later I wonder why I didn’t…

  • Mr. SP Cooks Lunch

    Last Friday I picked up Mr. SP from kindergarten and he enthusiastically told me that he would be in charge of making his own lunch.  “Really?”  I asked.  “What are you going to make?” “Oh, I’ll just look around the refrigerator and find my own ingredients.  Don’t worry about me…

  • Neighborhood Caroling and Household Cookie Baking

    I’ve been wanting to go Christmas caroling up and down my street for years.  Dr. Peds put the kabosh on it.  He believes Christmas caroling is stressful, awkward and just plain wrong! Of course, I disagree.  Christmas caroling is actually one of the very few things about Christmas I actually…