Making raspberries, originally uploaded by leesepea. SweetPea’s figured out how to stick her tongue over her bottom lip and blow to make that “Thbbbbbbbbt!” sound. We call them raspberries. Shot with my iPhone, so the quality isn’t the best, but she...

Somehow, my body always waits for a vacation to get sick. SweetPea and I have spent the week congested and coughing. I’m pretty sure I got it from her (and not vice-versa) because when I picked her up from the Big House after school on Friday, Sandy...

Okay, here’s the thing: SweetPea has this fantastic morning ritual in which she gets up, has a few ounces of her bottle, plays for about an hour or so, eats some pureed fruits with rice cereal, gets a bath, takes a bottle and sleeps for two and a half...

Scence: My classroom, ten minutes before the final bell. My students have been extra squirrelly this week. Then again, so have I. I mean, seriously, I have been looking forward to this week off more than they have. So anyway, we’re pretty much...

Dear SweetPea, Today is your half birthday. This means that you are six months old! How the time is flying – and how I cherish every moment with you. Your main mode of transportation is rolling about on the floor. Keeping you from rolling onto the...